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The Ruckus Over Alameda’s Shore Line Cycle Track - Alameda Magazine - January-February 2015 - Alameda, California
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The Ruckus Over Alameda’s Shore Line Cycle Track. The Ruckus Over Alameda’s Shore Line Cycle Track. In a surprising twist, not everybody is happy about the Shore Line cycle track, pitting bike people against car people. The under-construction cycle track on Shore Line has bike and car people at odds. Photo by Megan Small. Pete Grosser started one online thread on an upbeat note, expecting neighbors to share his anticipation of biking on a “complete road” starting in February. Of the project’s milli...
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Pixar’s Inside Out Is a Love Letter to Kids
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Pixar’s Inside Out Is a Love Letter to Kids. Pixar’s Inside Out Is a Love Letter to Kids. Pixar’s latest delights with runaway emotions. Illustrations courtesy of Disney Pixar. Pixar’s magic: making the events on the big screen somehow related to our small, foible-filled lives. And this year’s offering Inside Out proves that enchanted formula works again, but this time to a degree that leaves audience members in tears of reflection. That sentiment is firmly underlined by the movie’s dedication at t...
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Dreamers - Oakland Magazine - March-April 2009 - Oakland, California
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Lessons From the Harpist From the Hood. Her musical career did not follow a typical trajectory; no one can accuse Destiny of being average. She’s the sort of person who honors her instincts and feels at ease making life’s biggest decisions because of a sudden burst of inspiration. Take her name, for example. Ldquo;After 10 years, I still laugh when people say it,” says the artist. “People are usually looking for their destiny—and here I am.”. Take Me Out to the Ball Game. However, her nascent aspirations...
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Berkeley Artisans Holiday Open StudiosA Free Self-Guided Tour of Workshops & Galleries
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A Free Self-Guided Tour of Workshops and Galleries. 100 Artists and Craftspeople. Open Their Workshops and Galleries to the Public. Saturdays and Sundays 116 pm. November 28 29, December 56, 1213, 1920, (& 21 24) 2015 *. Throughout the year, you have access to. 100 professional artists, craftspeople, and galleries in Berkeley. Many have regular hours or are available by appointment. Media and Event Contact: Susan Brooks 510-845-2612 berkeleyartisans@yahoo.com. The Artists Invite You In! All participa...
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East Bay Book Notes - Oakland Magazine - December 2011 - Oakland, California
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East Bay Book Notes. East Bay Book Notes. And East Bay on the Brain. Author, editor, reading series curator and Oakland resident Lauren Becker likes her chosen city. A lot. “I love it here. I’m never leaving. Seriously,” she says. The East Bay’s literary community is a big part. Of her Oakland amour. She sees something special in the fact that literary gatherings here are a bit. Less frequent and less infused with a hipster vibe. But that doesn’t mean she totally avoids print. Her first book, a...Becker ...
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Food & Drink - Alameda, California
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The Double Standard Creates a Devilish Seasonal Cocktail. To celebrate summer, The Double Standard mixes good and evil in a devilishly delicious drink, The Devil’s Advocate, of gin, raspberry, and absinthe, mostly. East Bay 365: Our Daily Blog. We Tried FIVE's Meatless Monday; Now We Want This Stuff Every Night. Thursday’s Daily Briefing: Bay Area Tech Boom Sets Record; Number of Oakland Homeless Camps Surges. The Double Standard Creates a Devilish Seasonal Cocktail. Tigerlily Works Wonders With Dough.
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News & Politics - Alameda, California
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A battle is brewing over whether cutting down trees will increase California's water supply. East Bay 365: Our Daily Blog. We Tried FIVE's Meatless Monday; Now We Want This Stuff Every Night. Thursday’s Daily Briefing: Bay Area Tech Boom Sets Record; Number of Oakland Homeless Camps Surges. The GolfBoard Arrives at Chuck Corica. Alameda’s Newest Rising Star. Alameda Peeps Fight for Traffic Safety. The Urban Wine Movement Heads to Richmond. Travel Alameda . By Rail. The Heartbeat of Oakland. For two decad...
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Beating the Odds - Oakland Magazine - May 2007 - Oakland, California
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By Marcus Thompson II. Can you imagine studying chemistry on an empty stomach? Think you can write an A essay in the middle of bereaving? How well would you do on a take-home quiz completed in the bathroom with the shower running, the quietest place in the house? Their achievements should be celebrated, their perseverance highlighted. But, sometimes obscured by the hard-knock reputation of their city, they go largely. Unnoticed and underappreciated—until now. One look at Jerry Phongphoumy’s grades,...
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Snorkling with Manta Rays Off the Kona Coast
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Snorkling with Manta Rays Off the Kona Coast. Snorkling with Manta Rays Off the Kona Coast. Just off the Kona coast, visitors with a snorkel mask can see manta rays twist, turn, and twirl and feast. Manta ray photo stock. In photographs, they resemble some kind of alien space being. These aquatic gentle giants possess wingspans that can reach 20 feet across; so it’s not all that inconceivable to imagine hitching a ride atop one of them as the animated sea creatures did in Finding Nemo. Lying prone atop t...
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