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Apr 30, 2024
Palestinian Pride Expressed Through Coffee and Cuisine
For diasporic communities everywhere, food is a love language.
Now six months into Israel’s latest attack on Gaza, Palestinians in Gaza and surrounding occupied territories remain without steady access to food, water and electricity. Instead of turning to...
Apr 30, 2024
What’s Up, Doc?
If Bugs Bunny were injured or sick, he would need to see a doc who specializes in the treatment of exotic animals.
Rabbits, potbellied pigs, birds, reptiles, amphibians, guinea pigs, rats, mice, hamsters, turtles and chinchillas are among...
Apr 30, 2024
Dog-Friendly Dining and Cat Cafes in Honor of Pet Week
If one’s best buddy is a furry, ball-chasing bundle of energy commonly known as “my dog,” and one’s appetite leans to beer, burgers and beyond, the East Bay responds. Or let’s say a person wakes up one...
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Apr 30, 2024
The Main Dish in Berkeley Headlines Food Fest
The Main Dish is the biggest event taking place in Berkeley over the POC Food & Wine Festival’s inaugural weekend. The festival’s founder, Gina Mariko Rosales, said she and the event organizers wanted to curate an inclusive...
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Apr 9, 2024
Henry J. Gets Ready to Play
The beautiful Beaux Arts building that opened on Oakland’s 10th Street in 1915 was originally called the Oakland Civic Auditorium. During its time under that name, it served as an infirmary during the 1918 flu epidemic, hosted...
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Apr 2, 2024
‘The Carbonator’ Fights Wildfire Danger at East Bay Parks
The East Bay Regional Park District may have found the wildfire-fighter equivalent of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s “Terminator.”
The most recent California drought is over. But it, and the bigger issue of ongoing climate change, left behind over 1,500 acres...
Mar 26, 2024
‘Richmond Renaissance’ Vision Ignited
Imagine walking up Richmond’s Macdonald Avenue, from the RYSE Center to the Richmond Museum of History & Culture, and seeing “asphalt art”—open studios and galleries, maybe even a live theater performance in Civic Center Plaza. Long-disused buildings...
