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11 Oakland, California Restaurants Where Delicious Meals Still Come At Surprisingly Low Prices

I have a theory about cheap eats. The best ones rarely make a big deal about being affordable. They just hand you a plate that makes you wonder why you ever paid twice as much somewhere else. Oakland is a good city to test that theory. Of course, finding a...

Oakland, CA · 2d

FOX 2 San Francisco

Select international flights cleared for takeoff amid ground stop

San Francisco, CA · 59m

KRON4 News

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Salt & Straw opens first location in Oakland

(KRON) — Popular ice cream chain, Salt & Straw is now open in Oakland. To celebrate the Grand Opening of Oakland’s first Salt & Straw, the shop featured two exclusive flavors you can only get at the Oakland location. “Calabrese with Honey Butter Rolls” which is a Calabrese spiced ice cream with whipped honey butter […]

Oakland, CA · 5h

KTVU FOX 2

Popular Oakland nightclub to close; no reason given

OAKLAND, Calif. - A popular Oakland nightclub is closing abruptly at the end of the month. Crybaby, located on Telegraph Avenue across from the Fox Theater, announced Tuesday on social media that its doors will soon close. The post did not give a reason why. "Crybaby is closing its doors...

Oakland, CA · 2d

sfstandard.com

The best events in SF this week, from holiday markets to fashion shows

12 Nights of Chocolate (opens in new tab) For the 12th year, Dandelion Chocolate opens its factory doors for a slate of chocolate-forward programming to benefit the SF-Marin Food Bank. Website. Tickets (opens in new tab) Date and time. Wednesday, Nov. 11 to Sunday, Nov. 15. Address. Dandelion Chocolate Factory...

KQED

The Little-Known Naval History of the Nimitz House

You might not know it, but there’s a grand mansion hiding under the Bay Bridge, and it has deep ties to Yerba Buena’s naval history. For Veteran’s Day, we are bringing back a story reported by our producer Gabriela Glueck for the Bay Curious podcast. We’ll learn more about the house’s namesake, meet a retired Navy officer who used to live there, and understand how the Bay Bridge fits into the picture.

KQED

Most Bay Area Flights Grounded Amid Nationwide FAA Outage

Most planes are not departing from San Francisco International, Oakland San Francisco Bay, Sacramento International and San José Mineta airports, after the Federal Aviation Administration issued a nationwide ground stop for all departures Friday. The FAA issued an advisory shortly before 1 p.m. that all airports were ground stopped...

San Francisco, CA · 4h

decorhint.com

This California Zoo Is Bringing Back Its Magical Holiday Light Show For The First Time Since 2018

Life-sized animatronic dinosaurs are getting the holiday glow treatment this winter. They’ll share the night with a tree full of glowing lemurs and a shining Golden Gate Bridge. That’s the kind of lineup that makes me grin. Over one million lights are spread across 14 themed zones, and the...

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People

Candidate Who Died Months Ago Is About to Win His Election in California

“He’s the best guy for the job, even in this situation, unfortunately,” one former rival said of the candidate days after he died in August

Calaveras County, CA · 1d

berkeleyside.org

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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.

Berkeley, CA · 1d

People

Archaeologist Unearthed Staircase in San Francisco, Leading to a Basement Preserved Since a 7.9-Magnitude Earthquake Destroyed the City in 1906 (Exclusive)

Alex Coburn was working as an archaeologist on staff for an engineering company when his crew discovered the perfectly intact space

San Francisco, CA · 1d

San Francisco Chronicle

Only 5 Bay Area artists made the massive Coachella 2027 lineup

The Coachella 2027 poster is huge, but the Bay Area contingent is surprisingly small.

San Francisco Bay Area, CA · 1d

everafterinthewoods.com

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...

Fresno, CA · 2d

berkeleyside.org

Berkeley Half Marathon will bring road closures Sunday

The annual Berkeley Half Marathon is back Sunday, and the city has announced road closures for race day. There will be parking restrictions along the main 13.1-mile race course and shorter 5- and 10-kilometer courses, according to an announcement posted Tuesday. The city will shut down several blocks around the...

Berkeley, CA · 11h

San Francisco Chronicle

The bakery behind some of the Bay Area’s most beautiful pastries is headed to a new city

A nationally recognized Oakland bakery from two fine-dining chefs is expanding to an upscale Tri-Valley mall.

San Francisco Bay Area, CA · 14h

San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco approves first new gay bathhouse in decades

The San Francisco Planning Commission voted to approve permits for Sanctum Baths, an “adult sex venue” and the first gay bathhouse to be authorized in the city in decades.

San Francisco Chronicle

Oakland charter school could face closure after leaders mistakenly cut high school without approval

An Oakland charter school skirted state law when its leaders quietly voted to eliminate the high school without seeking the required authorization. It now faces a critical vote by the school board.

Oakland, CA · 2d

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