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Every Saturday at 5pm in East Oakland, a thunderous rumble can be felt in one’s bones. This is the roar of the Dragons. By 5:30pm, dozens of mighty Dragons cruise the streets, and the few, scattered grumbles swell...

Four people roll themselves into the frame of a Zoom call, each with their own distinct look. Starting from the left, Piña is all color, from their bright, giving-’80s-vintage jacket to the neon streak in their hair....

For the second time in roughly 60 years, major American civil rights and feminist milestones are causing Oakland artist/activist Michele Pred, and Oakland-born, Berkeley-raised vice president and 2024 presidential candidate Kamala Harris, to operate in close proximity. “Even...

The Fremont of Tony Gemignani’s childhood looks a lot different than the Fremont of today. The world-renowned pizza chef and restaurateur remembers a landscape filled with farms and a wide expanse of city. He remembers cruising up...

In families with children age 12 and younger, the back-to-school season launches a noticeably stressful time. Juggling to balance work/home life, altered sleep schedules, upticks in anxiety and separation issues, and other challenges can ignite negative dynamics...

Cellist Jacqueline du Pré died at 42 of complications from multiple sclerosis. But during her brief, brilliant life, she was “a supernova,” said Marnie Breckenridge, the soprano who will portray her in West Edge Opera’s production of...

In an era where the political arena is dominated by candidates who serve up the juiciest slices of red meat to the masses, it may be inevitable that technology to produce new forms of meat—red and white—becomes...