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Get Your Feast On at Berkeley Restaurant Week, and Hurry!
How lucky are we? Seriously, everyday life in the East Bay is like finding a pot of gold around every corner. We’ve got it all: rich history, prolific musicians, visionary artists, prophets of prose and some of the best damn food from around the globe, because people come from around

Explore 1930s San Francisco in This Amazing Giant Scale Model
If you have ever wondered what life in San Francisco looked like in 1940, you will now have a chance to see it for yourself in incredible detail that reaches only 11 inches tall. The scale model took two years to build but has been missing for decades, until now.

Oakland Teachers Will Soon Vote on Potential Strike
As the teacher’s strike in Los Angeles comes to an end, the potential for a similar strike is growing in intensity for employees of Oakland Unified School District. A group of teachers, parents and students plan to gather in protest at a Wednesday night meeting where the closure of Roots

Living in a Liberal Area, is a Privilege in Itself
These days there is a lot said and written about White Privilege and White Male Privilege which many times turns on the lighted sign that says “Ugly Conservative”. On the other hand how much is said about well educated, urban Liberals who live in large cities such as San Francisco,

Outrage Marketing: How Gillette and Others Profit Off Our Nation’s Divide
Gillette’s new commercial is so touching I almost forgot they charge more for a razor with less Blades simply because it’s pink. Remember their long running Venus ads with half naked model’s shaving already hairless legs under waterfalls? Beyond the veil of social responsibility and activism the simple truth is

Oakland Women’s March Photos: “I Will Stand Up For You”
By Betty Rose Livingston Between 15,000 and 20,000 protesters participated in the third annual Women’s March in Oakland Saturday. Part of a national day of action that began following President Donald Trump’s inauguration, the mass protest was smaller, yet more diverse, than years previous.

Lew the Jew & The Origins of American Tattooing at CJM is Fascinating
Now on display at Contemporary Jewish Museum, Lew The Jew And His Circle: Origins Of American Tattoo looks back upon one of New York’s earliest tattoo artists and his contemporaries. The exhibition will remain up through June 9. Albert Morton Kurzman, aka Lew The Jew, was born in New York