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Vertical gardens feed prisons and communities
There’s a lot of talk of broken systems of late, from the criminal justice system to inequities in global climate impacts. Instead of understanding systems by what is broken, recall this simple check for a healthy system:...
Oakland filmmakers build local industry
The TV shows I’m a Virgo and Blindspotting were both led by Oakland creatives who envisioned filming the entirety of their projects in the Bay Area.
Boots Riley, Rafael Casal and Daveed Diggs filmed as many days as...
Health centers face funding cuts
Eight Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) operate in the East Bay, receiving federal funds to provide healthcare services to medically underserved communities. These health centers serve 290,000 people—regardless of income level or insurance status—at over 140 clinic...
AI founders explore psychedelic consciousness
When AI, math and physics researcher Alejandro Zarzuelo first arrived in the Bay Area from Spain, he joined friends he’d met online from similar circles. Naturally, they embarked on a four-day bender, one that included an LSD...
Closing the wisdom gap: Exploring AI psychotherapy, part 3
This is the third and final installment of a three-part series in which our writer delves into the depths of his psyche, guided by artificial intelligence. Read Part One, ‘AI: Final Weapon or Final Healer?’ and Part...
Berkeley residents challenge scooter parking
Electric scooters: Once one notices them, they’re hard to miss. In many neighborhoods around Berkeley it’s common to encounter two, and sometimes even three, wheeled scooters directly in the middle of a sidewalk.
A mild hindrance for some...
Black Bay Area artists rebuild cultural infrastructure
A map is drawn to lay claim to a place. This one is drawn to recover it: By walking ground that already belonged to someone and naming what survived the three-headed blaze of divestment, disorganization and gentrification.
Not...
