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September 27, 2024
Tracking the scent in Berkeley
After reading about Berkeley’s Aftel Archive of Curious Scents in T: The New York Times Style Magazine, Vogue and Smithsonian magazine—to name a few—I...
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September 26, 2024
Insert Art Here
When husband-and-wife team Sage and Tari Loring started their arts consultancy agency, Local Edition Creative, the vision for their company wasn’t fully formed. It...
August 29, 2024
School’s in at BandWorks
Bug bites and bunk beds. Fireside stories and cafeteria food. Sunburn, sweat and sand in the cracks, all under the care of counselors who...
August 29, 2024
Oakland nail artist Alice Kincade takes care
These days, nail art has no limits. That’s been the experience of Alice Kincade anyway. The Oakland-based nail artist started her work in her...
August 7, 2024
Steeped in History
The fragrant roots of tea reach back centuries to Chinese soil, discovered, according to myth, by a divine farmer named Shunan Teng. In search...
July 31, 2024
Which book receives the most pawsitive reviews?
He’s part dog, part man, a champion of justice—and the canine hero of the Fremont Main Library’s most checked-out book.
Since the beginning of the...
July 24, 2024
Best places to shop summer trends in the East Bay
Spring cleaning may get all the credit but there’s nothing like a summer wardrobe refresh. Sahra Brandt, the Oakland-based personal stylist behind Shop the...
July 18, 2024
Temescal Brewing’s unstuffy Drinking Society
“Come rally friends and raise your cups, at Temescal Brewing where it’s pilsners up.” — The Summertime Drinking Society chant
At Temescal Brewing, Monday night...