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Finally, Native American land returned to Native Americans in Berkeley

Tiny - March 18, 2024

At the ancient Berkeley shellmound, the Lisjan people get back their sacred land.

Housing

Is this the end of CEQA as a tool to challenge housing projects that damage communities?

Tim Redmond - January 30, 2024

A dramatic change in the use of a longtime neighborhood and community planning process is about to happen; can the supes do anything about it?

Stage Review

‘Bulrusher’: A California story that wades into fetid weeds

Charles Lewis III - November 16, 2023

Eisa Davis' 2007 Pulitzer nominee at Berkeley Rep is engrossing, until it succumbs to colorism and misogynoir.

Movies

Screen Grabs: American Indian Film Fest 48 brings superheroes and reckonings

Dennis Harvey - October 30, 2023

The longest-running showcase of its kind kicks off with 'Bones of Crows,' about the devastation wrought by state residential schools

Movies

Screen Grabs: Listening to legends of the Bayou with Les Blank

Dennis Harvey - September 11, 2023

'I Went to the Dance' delights. Plus: powerful immigrant saga 'Marisol,' redevelopment dilemma in 'White Building'

Movies

Screen Grabs: CAAMFest returns with raunchy ‘Joy Ride,’ Indonesian rap, rocking Fanny

Dennis Harvey - May 8, 2023

Plus: Doclands brings a focus on music and climate change, and 'Man With a Camera' still stuns.

Movies

Screen Grabs: Family dysfunction, with all the yikes

Dennis Harvey - August 4, 2022

Patton Oswalt's 'I Love My Dad,' Lena Dunham's 'Sharp Stick,' teen pregnancy fallout in 'Icon,' more cringey relations

Onstage

‘Good Medicine’ brings on the Native American laughs

Emily Wilson - July 12, 2022

'It's so rare for this to happen': The Bay Area's only comedy show of its kind comes to the Cal Shakes Theater

Environment

50 years ago, San Bruno Mountain was almost cut in half

Tom Molanphy - September 15, 2021

Remembering a successful community campaign to save the local environment—as climate challenges loom.

Opinion

The campaign against CRT is all about preserving white privilege

Bruce Mirken - July 28, 2021

That's the story the right-wing politicians don't want to talk about—because it's still a very real part of American life.

Tagged with: Native Americans

Finally, Native American land returned to Native Americans in Berkeley

Is this the end of CEQA as a tool to challenge housing projects that damage communities?

‘Bulrusher’: A California story that wades into fetid weeds

Screen Grabs: American Indian Film Fest 48 brings superheroes and reckonings

Screen Grabs: Listening to legends of the Bayou with Les Blank

Screen Grabs: CAAMFest returns with raunchy ‘Joy Ride,’ Indonesian rap, rocking Fanny

Screen Grabs: Family dysfunction, with all the yikes

‘Good Medicine’ brings on the Native American laughs

50 years ago, San Bruno Mountain was almost cut in half

The campaign against CRT is all about preserving white privilege

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