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News + Politics

Tim Redmond - April 4, 2022

Huge outpouring of opposition to the mayor's approach leads to a much-better map—for the moment.

City Hall

Tim Redmond - March 31, 2022

Nobody except the mayor seems to like what the Redistricting Task Force is doing. Will the community opposition even matter?

News + Politics

Tim Redmond - March 28, 2022

Astonishing gerrymandering blows District 5 into bits and divides up progressive voters across the city to give the conservatives a strong advantage.

Arts + Culture

Alan Chazaro - March 25, 2022

Celebrating "each-one-teach-one Bay Area flavor" at a sold-out California Ballroom in downtown Oakland.

Culture

Caitlin Donohue - March 23, 2022

"Our relationship with cannabis was shaped by activists like Denis Peron and Brownie Mary," says co-founder John Xavier.

Drug policy

Erika Siao - March 22, 2022

Local groups have been doing this work for decades. They weren't included when the Mayor's Office set new policies.

Tim Redmond - March 10, 2022

Critics—and there are plenty—say the plan would undermine LGBT, Black, and progressive representation on the board.

Education

Tiny - February 28, 2022

If I hadn’t had a school to go to with teachers and free breakfast as a houseless child, I literally couldn’t have made it through my life.

Art

Ava Morton - February 22, 2022

In 'Tied' at Cushion Works and Delaplane, the artist shows tactile graphite works of generative entropy

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