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5 Local Restaurants in Orinda, California Worth Adding to Your Dining List
Orinda, California, may be a small community, but its dining scene offers more variety than visitors might expect. From traditional American comfort food and freshly carved meats to Japanese cuisine, Mexican favorites, and Indian dishes, the city has options for different tastes and occasions. Some restaurants have been part of the community for decades, while... The post 5 Local Restaurants in Orinda, California Worth Adding to Your Dining List appeared first on Timeless Dishes .
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A fresh take on Turkish cuisine takes root in West Berkeley
Divan, a new Turkish restaurant in West Berkeley, delivers on some of the cuisine’s greatest hits: pides (“Turkish pizza”), pomegranates and pistachios, plus the passion for grilled meats and eggplant, Turkey’s most beloved vegetable. But, Divan does it in a sleek, contemporary, spacious room with a full bar, without the museum-like displays of ceramics and rugs other Turkish restaurants in the Bay Area often lean on for decor.
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Fat Dog, owner of Berkeley’s Subway Guitars and a legend of the city, dies at 80
Stapled to the baby blue front wall of Subway Guitars is a page of sheet music for the 1942 standard “There Will Never Be Another You.” It’s unclear whether it was intended as an elegy for Fat Dog, the founder and owner of the Berkeley shop that has served as a musical mecca for generations. But as news of his death on Oct. 30 at the age of 80 spread on social media, it seems like a perfect fanfare for a man who embodied Berkeley’s countercultural contradictions by turning his creative passion into a welcoming, self-sustaining empire that elevated everyone who crossed the threshold.
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These 10 California Grocery Stores Are Worth A Visit If You Want To Spend Less On Food
Some grocery stores ask you to bag your own groceries, and that tiny chore helps keep prices down. I love that kind of trade. A few minutes of packing for a lighter bill feels like a deal I’d take every week. Other stores buy surplus and overstock goods from...
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Van fire closes westbound Richmond Bridge during morning commute
Last update: 10:55 a.m. Thursday, November 12, 2026 All lanes of the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge are now open after a van fire closed the westbound direction during the Thursday morning commute, causing a massive traffic backup. Callers to the California Highway Patrol dispatch reported a white Ford