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04 Aug 2021

Hooray! The Oakland & East Bay Beer Passport is Here!

Step into a world of adventure with the Oakland & East Bay Beer Passport There’s no better way to explore Oakland and the East Bay than to literally drink it in. This passport is amazing! Each one contains 28 coupons to buy one beer, get a second beer FREE at 28 of the

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04 Aug 2021

The Nut Tree Just Turned 100 Years Old

Legendary rest stop and gloriously tacky amusement park The Nut Tree is indeed still around in Vacaville, and now celebrating its 100th birthday. Generations of northern Californians have known the Nut Tree as their halfway stop on I-80 between the Bay Area and Sacramento, and we remember its glory days

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03 Aug 2021

Uber Offers Driver Hush Money After Carjacking

Uber was outed Tuesday for trying to pay off an Atlanta, Georgia driver to stay silent after being carjacked on the job. The $1,000 hush money offer would have been the equivalent of his insurance deductible, but the “offer” came five months after the incident and with the condition he

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03 Aug 2021

West Oakland Leads Alameda County in Highest COVID-19 Case Rates

Oakland has some of Alameda County’s worst COVID-19 statistics, which makes it frustrating to hear that customers in an Oakland market are verbally and physically abusing employees when asked to mask up. The San Francisco Chronicle ran a story Monday about violent customer behavior at Community Foods Market, which reinstated

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03 Aug 2021

Cuomo Refuses to Resign After Sexual Harassment Findings

All eyes are on New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo Tuesday after an investigation conducted by the state’s attorney general’s office found he sexually harassed multiple women and created a “toxic” workplace culture. The immediate question was would happen next. Cuomo answered swiftly with a full-throated rebuttal, saying the report findings

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03 Aug 2021

This Week’s Sweetest (and Safest!) Stuff to Do

Every Tuesday our subscribers get this awesome roundup in their inboxes. You should sign up right here to make sure you never miss a thing. Welp, that darned old mask mandate is back again – but don’t worry, there’s still plenty of fun to be had while keeping yourself and

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02 Aug 2021

Siren Island’s New Immersive Theatre Production Promises Magic, Mystique

Siren Island, the brainchild of artist Serena JV Elston, is many things: part boat, part sculpture, part stage, and part sanctuary, the floating wooden installation can often be found drifting along the shores of Treasure Island. Perched upon its peaks and lounging in its valleys one can spy the alluring

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