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Meredith Edgar was born in San Francisco but grew up in the South Bay, in a musical home. “My parents listened to a lot of different artists—rock, folk, country, blues,” Edgar says.

For most purveyors of artisanal ice cream, winter is a cruel season. Families and friends gather to share slices of pie, their holiday dessert plates piled with spoonfuls of whipped cream.

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 ...

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BRING HOME THE BACON Restaurateur Hoyul Steven Choi’s signature Millionaire’s Bacon, at Rockridge’s Kitchen Story, will satisfy the foodies in the family. Instead of stressing to uncork ...

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 ...

If pot is truly medicine, shouldn't it be standardized? Analytical Labs wants to test the potency and safety of Cali cannabis. At downtown Oakland’s Harborside Health Center, the hairy green ...

Local business owners say Yelp offers to hide negative customer reviews of their businesses on its web site ... for a price. The phone calls came almost daily. It started to get creepy. “Hi ...

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.

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 ...

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.