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• A Cheat Sheet for Eating Locally

  Published: August 4, 2007, 2:50 pm

  Tags: Organic, Berkeley, East Bay, Oakland, Environmentalism, San Francisco, Green, Food

  for those of us in the Bay Area. I know I’m tired of making my head hurt in the bread aisle, trying to figure out what’s local and what’s organic. So here’s a hopelessly incomplete list of local farms and companies in the extended Bay Area that make delicious food. I’ve left off the obvious - produce, beer, and

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• Riding the Rapid Bus

  Published: July 6, 2007, 11:21 pm

  Tags: Public Transit, East Bay, Berkeley, Oakland

  than when I’m in the East Bay busing and walking. I’m not quite at the point of getting rid of my car completely, but my new bus line is pushing me in that direction… So next time you’re thinking about hopping in your car and throwing your paycheck into your gas tank, put down those keys, pick up a good book or throw on

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• Why the East Bay is Better than the West Bay

  Published: June 9, 2007, 1:49 am

  Tags: East Bay, Oakland, San Francisco

  10. We know how to cross the bay… This last reason might seem counterintuitive, but just listen… People in the West Bay don’t know how to cross the bay (ok, I’ll admit there are a FEW exceptions) so they never get to appreciate the fruits of East Bay living. But us East Bayers don’t think we’re too

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• Emeryville - the Bane of Oakland?

  Published: August 13, 2007, 2:04 am

  Tags: East Bay, Berkeley, Walking, Oakland, Urban Planning

  I saw a jazz band playing at Bay Street - a brief distraction from the lure of dozens of chain stores and restaurants. I really don’t want my hard earned money going to Emeryville stores. And even more so, it’s not right to have to hop in my car just to buy groceries. But I can only buy so much at the farmer’s market, and I just

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• Keenen Ivory Wayans' Destination Oakland Project Dead

  Published: August 17, 2007, 9:38 pm

  Tags: East Bay

  According to the Chronicle, '90s comic brain behind the long-ago hit In Living Color and current Scary Movie franchise, Keenen Ivory Wayans, will not build a movie studio and shopping center (a shopping center and movie studio...why not?) on the old Oakland Army base as originally planned. Pacifica Capital Group and Mr. Wayans claim that the

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• Guess I don’t know everything about public transit…

  Published: August 20, 2007, 1:44 am

  Tags: Public Transit, East Bay, Oakland

  AC Transit has become a pretty significant part of my life. I spend several hours on buses every week, I think about public transit all the time, I talk about transit issues to anyone who will listen, and I even write about bus conversations here. So you think I’d know most of tips and tricks about riding the bus by now. But last week, I was

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• Cerrito Speakeasy Theater: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

  Published: August 23, 2007, 8:48 pm

  Tags: East Bay, Oakland, Community, Food, Art

  Cerrito Speakeasy Theater Marquee, photo courtesy of the Cerrito On Tuesday, I went to the Cerrito Speakeasy Theater in El Cerrito for the first time to see The Simpsons Movie. I’m sure if I had never been to the Parkway in Oakland, I would have really enjoyed the Cerrito, but I couldn’t help comparing it to its sister theater. The

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• Almost as Fun as Burning Man…

  Published: August 27, 2007, 11:11 pm

  Tags: East Bay, Public Transit, Oakland, Environmentalism, Community, Green, San Francisco

  the past couple years, the Bay Bridge has been shut down a few times for construction during weekend nights. With the bridge shut down, BART is forced to run all night. Hourly, from 1 a.m. until the regular schedule starts up in the morning, BART runs in all directions at select stations. Last time it ran all night, I organized a large group of

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• Mixing It Up in the East Bay

  Published: September 16, 2007, 9:30 pm

  Tags: Activism, Community, East Bay, Oakland

  the third “Mix It Up East Bay,” a monthly happy hour for young progressive activists, held at Arsimona Bar & Grill in downtown Oakland. Some of the leaders of the East Bay Young Democrats started this monthly gathering to promote community building among young liberals in the East Bay. I had a lot of fun and met some interesting

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• Gettin’ Hyphy in Oregon?

  Published: September 22, 2007, 7:38 pm

  Tags: East Bay, Music, Oakland

  here: I guess there’s East Bay pride, even in in other states, and it looks like hyphy has more staying power than it’s been given credit for. More proof: Cornel West recently said that Mistah FAB is the “future of rap.” I’d have to agree with Mr. West. If you’ve only heard Mistah FAB’s radio singles,

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• Beauty, Interrupted

  Published: September 23, 2007, 10:45 pm

  Tags: Art, Berkeley, Community, East Bay, Music, Oakland

  I’ve lived in the East Bay, there are at least a couple dancers in each class, and they’ve all spoken highly of Mark Morris. Each of the three dances were incredibly beautiful, filled with movement, emotion, and sometimes surprises. As Cecly Placenti writes in Ballet-Dance Magazine, The dancing in Mozart Dances served as a

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• RIP: Port Of Oakland Longshore Worker Killed

  Published: September 25, 2007, 7:44 pm

  Tags: East Bay

  Reginald Ross, 39, of San Francisco died today after getting struck by a 15-ton shipping container while working aboard the CMS Stuttgart Express. Due to the incident, all longshore workers halted shiploading for the day, and won't return until tomorrow morning. The ship was docked at the time of the fatal accident, said Diann

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• Riding the bus just got easier (and cheaper)…

  Published: September 26, 2007, 1:39 am

  Tags: East Bay, Oakland, Public Transit

  part is that eventually ALL Bay Area public transit systems will be linked to the card so avid public transit riders will only have to carry around one card (no more missing my BART train because I was trying to fit a crumpled bill into the machine!). BART, Muni, Caltrain, and all the rest are all supposed to sign on sometime in ‘08. An

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• What’s Happened to the Jack London Square Farmer’s Market?

  Published: October 7, 2007, 10:41 pm

  Tags: Community, East Bay, Environmentalism, Food, Oakland, Farmer S Market, Happy Boy Farms, Jack London Square, Kashiwase Farms, Mental Masala, Organic, The Ethicurean

  thinking there would be at least a few other farmers selling tomatoes (I like to spread my money throughout the market). As I walked through the market though, I started to realize that spending money at various stands would not be an easy task. Besides Happy Boy, there were about three other stands selling organic vegetables. One of them had

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• Three reasons to stay in Oakland this weekend…

  Published: October 9, 2007, 9:24 pm

  Tags: Activism, Community, East Bay, Food, Oakland, Politics, Jane Brunner, Mix It Up East Bay, Numi, Ron Dellums, Tea

  October 11th: Mix It Up East Bay I wrote about September’s Mix It Up East Bay and plan to be back next month. Check out this East Bay activist happy hour: This month’s short presentations will focus on increasing healthcare access and education. Invited speakers include: -Planned Parenthood Golden Gate -Operation Access -Asian

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