FOOD & DRINK
Award-winning Oakland brewery to close permanently this weekend
(KRON) — An award-winning brewery and taproom near Oakland’s Jack London Square will be pouring its last pints this weekend. In a post on its Instagram page, Buck Wild Brewing announced that it was closing and its final day of service will be this Sunday. “Friends, it is with a very heavy heart that we […]
Dead whale near Alameda moved to determine cause of death
A tow boat with flashing lights slowly maneuvered through the water, pulling what appeared to be a large mass with several birds perched on top in the San Francisco Bay on Monday. "It's 40,000 pounds. It is 35 feet long," said Capt. Philip Delano of TowBoatUS San Francisco Bay and...
Temple nightclub was riddled with dangerous defects, mice, complaints say
A San Francisco nightclub known for techie parties blamed its abrupt closure on financial issues, but a paper trail of complaints suggests there may be more to the club’s shutdown than the venue is letting on. Temple, located at 540 Howard St., is slated to shut its doors forever...
San Francisco's Outside Lands Festival announces headliners
(KRON) – The fifteenth annual music festival Outside Lands Festival has announced the headliners. Tyler the Creator, The Killers, Sturgill Simpson, The Postal Service, Grace Jones, Kaytranada, Jungle, Chris Lake, and Gryffin are listed as top headliners. Pop star Post Malone is also headlining with a special county set. The three-day festival will also include […]
The Rainin Foundation Announces Its 2024 Fellows, Receiving $100,000 Each
The Kenneth Rainin Foundation announced its 2024 class of fellows on Wednesday, giving unrestricted grants of $100,000 each to three individual artists and one trio of creatives. The list includes filmmaker Adrian L. Burrell, dancer Antoine Hunter, a.k.a. Purple Fire Crow, poet and thespian Ayodele ‘WordSlanger’ Nzinga, and the trio...
Willows & Pine Honors Oakland Family History
The name of Chef Michauxnée Olier’s restaurant, Willows & Pine, pays homage to her family’s history in Oakland. When she was growing up, her mother and grandmother worked at The Barn, which used to be on Pine Street in West Oakland. “I loved being in that space because it was family, it was home,” she said. And the first house her great-grandparents bought was on Willow Street. Naming her first restaurant in their honor is Olier’s way of saying thank you because they worked hard to take her family out of poverty.
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