An ex-teacher is on trial for revealing the secrets of an alleged cult. And in what may be a precedent for free-speech rights, he won't have to reveal his identity. Very little is known about the ...

Adam Myatt is known as one half of Oakland electro-pop duo James & Evander. But now he's also known for his love of cats. Step inside Adam Myatt’s bottom-floor apartment in West Oakland, which ...

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This will be the last year the Oakland Museum of California will host the annual art exhibit for Dia de los Muertos, and it's going out with a bang. According to Mexican legend, as the clock ...

Growth Mindset Cultivating and connecting at Planting Justice Recommendations from experts in multiple fields—medicine, science, academia, lifestyle, faith—consistently place social ...

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Single-cup brewing is the hottest and most lucrative sector of the coffee market nationwide, but it's also producing massive amounts of trash. In June, Peet’s Coffee & Tea dispatched a truck ...

The desire to cut down all eucalyptus on UC property in the East Bay hills ignores the tree's beauty and recreational value. The debate over clear-cutting tens of thousands of non-native trees in ...

Brendon Woods, Alameda County's new public defender, is determined to raise the profile of his office and speak out on behalf of indigent defendants. When Alameda County Sheriff Greg Ahern ...

When staff turnover is at an all-time high, Cheese Board, Arizmendi, and other East Bay collectives buck the trend. Denis Gomez, Megan Ledet, Delia Desmond, Mahasin Munir, and Luis Andrade live ...

THURSDAY POST-EMO HOT MULLIGAN Hot Mulligan not only identifies as a post-emo; they claim they invented the genre. Taking inspiration from pop-punk greats (Blink 182, Green Day, etc.), they’ve ...

WIT AND WISDOM From the pages of ‘Fuzz’ arise an endlessly diverse and rich carpet of the cultures that underpin science. Centered in Roach’s vise-like command of tone, broadly cast net of ...