The sign below BH Wood-Fired Grill’s roofline still reads “Bounty Hunter,” an unfortunate name that conjures chase scenes in B movies. Since it’s embedded in the façade, removing it would ...

In late 2017, drummer Jason Willer (Jello Biafra’s Guantanamo School of Medicine, UK Subs) and bassist Matt Freeman (Operation Ivy, Rancid) started laying the foundation for what would become an ...

The space is just the latest underground art spot to fall victim to rising real estate costs in the East Bay. On a recent Tuesday evening, a group of seven artists sat in the community kitchen of ...

DIVA DRAMA Soprano Shawnette Sulker as Poppea scandalizes in WEO’s ‘The Coronation of Poppea.’ Photo courtesy of West Edge Opera. Not often can an opera season be touted that way—unless it ...

It's time to talk about pedigreed restaurateurs that co-opt traditional eats — and how the food-media hype machine enables cultural erasure. The small, unassuming building on the corner of ...

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Fecal transplants are being heralded as a simple cure for a dangerous and growing intestinal infection. But their future is uncertain. The answer to her woes, it turns out, was feces. Oakland ...

The Great Recession may be over, but every night people are sleeping on benches or in makeshift shelters. Here are a few of their stories. After I went out with Vinny Pannizzo, I began to see ...

These days, nail art has no limits. In Alice Kincade’s experience, anyway. The Oakland-based nail artist began her work in her dorm room at UCLA in 2019 while recovering from a car accident.

Growing elk herds are competing with grazing cattle at the national park, raising questions about how best to manage public lands. After being reintroduced to the park in 1978, Tule elk are now ...

Victor Arnautoff's mural about George Washington is squarely on the side of the oppressed. The notion that today's adolescents need protection from history or reality is deeply patronizing.

Scientists believe global warming may explain why populations have collapsed. That suggests looming troubles for marine species that rely on the tiny fish. Tens of millions of silvery sardine ...