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We wanna send you plus one to see Noise Pop Presents: Prince Nokia!
Destiny Nicole Frasqueri (born June 14, 1992), better known by her stage name Princess Nokia is an American rapper of Afro-Puerto Rican descent. She began gaining online attention through songs such as “G.O.A.T” and “Tomboy”, releasing her mixtape 1992 Deluxe in September 2017. Saturday, March 2, 2019 | The UC
Kids Are Cold at Oakland’s Brookfield Elementary, but There’s Pizza
Students in Oakland Unified School District already had enough on their plate with a potential teachers strike looming, but things went from bad to worse last week for the kids at Brookfield Elementary School when a gas outage cut off their central heat and access to hot food. The district
Diabolical Valentine’s Day: Break Up Unhappy Couples
Valentine’s Day is just a day away…oh, joy! Nobody really knows why we claim Feb. 14 as the one special day of the year to express the love. If you look at different origin stories the holiday may be based on, it makes no sense at all that we choose
Oakland Teachers Inch Closer to Strike
By Nevin Long Teachers in Oakland are preparing to walk off the job. The contents of a district fact-finding report, to be released on Friday, will prove the deciding factor in whether or not some 3,000 members of the Oakland Education Association, the union representing Oakland Unified School District’s teachers,
Another Volleyball Fight Brews in Berkeley
Berkeley residents filed a lawsuit against the university Friday to stop plans to build a 14,000-square- foot volleyball beach complex at Sports Lane and Dwight Way. This is not the first time the city has been embroiled in a battle over a volleyball court. Hundreds of residents from four neighborhood
Hallmark Cards to Grandparents Now Subtly Mention Inheritance
It’s nearly Valentines Day again, and America is gearing up for a lovely day full of candy, chocolate, & romance. Holiday Card makers Hallmark are also gearing up for a very busy week of business, but it’s not all hearts and cherubs at company headquarters this year. It turns out Hallmark’s
Meet The Hip Hop Drag Queen Of Boston and New York
There is no shortage of drag queens in NYC. You can’t throw a rock without hitting some twink in a dress who thinks he’s got what it takes to shantay down the runway just because he’s seen every season of Ru Paul’s Drag Race while practicing YouTube makeup tutorials. There’s a difference,
The Pleasures and Pains of Having a Dog in San Francisco
One of the many weird things about San Francisco is that even though it’s not a particularly dog friendly city there are still more dogs here than children.