Nisha Balaram’s doc series, Meals That Made Us, premieres at the Center for Asian American Media’s 2026 CAAMFest (May 7–10).

Michael Pollan explores consciousness in Berkeley conversation: Acclaimed local author probes mind, plants and AI in new book ...

At age 22, Oakland-based artist Jasmine Ross is the youngest award recipient ever in the Museum of the African Diaspora’s ...

Oakland vocalist, composer and multi-instrumentalist Rhonda Sauce in 2026 establishes that everything new is actually old.

Week of May 6 features Rob Brezsny's insightful, lyrical and always entertaining horoscopes through May 12, 2026.

Also in Alameda, apparently the high tea capital of the East Bay, Julie’s Coffee & Tea Garden is hosting a series of ...

Week of May 7-13 features Danny Seraphine, Filipinos Sounding Everywhere, Lara Downes, San Francisco Scottish Fiddlers, and ...

Tony Gemignani and the rise of world-class pizza in the Bay Area: East Bay chefs reshape California’s pizza culture.

MAYORAL RACE Former congresswoman Barbara Lee is considering running for mayor of Oakland. (Copyright (c) 2023 Sheila Fitzgerald/Shutterstock.) Post-November ...

GROWTH Chef Grégoire Jacquet has ambitious plans for his Berkeley restaurant, which recently opened a franchise in San ...

Temescal garden grows roots and resistance on Caltrans land—the pollinator project reclaims freeway-scarred space for ...

In paintings exploring his cultural identity, spirituality and relationship with the natural world, Marin’s newest work ...