When headed into San Francisco from the East Bay, many commuters rely on "casual carpools" rather than BART trains. This way, you can...
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This week, a new record label launched on the scene called Hip Chick Music. This almost sounds ridiculous, because music labels are moribund, right?...
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Based on local news outlets, there's no one (yet) peering into their crystal balls about the Oakland Hills. To close this gap, here are my official...
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In the Oakland Hills, you can take on different attitudes when dining out. You experience the haute life in Rockridge, get hip on Piedmont, chill at...
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As a metaphor for its progress, Mills College actually chopped down their well-loved yet overgrown eucalyptus trees last year. While the trigger was...
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If you wake up some weekend morning wondering “what to do” with your kids, simply get in the car and head over to the Oakland Hills.A trip...
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Bay Area Backroads has been part of our landscape forever, exploring local places "through the eyes of those who know it and love it,"...
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In the Oakland Hills, we have amazingly disparate yards and gardens. They showcase natural woodlands, carefully planted local perennials, private...
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Though it would be nice to have an official poet laureate, maybe confining poet Jan Steckel to the Oakland Hills is unfair. She has been writing...
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Sometimes you try something and it works. At a recent Laurel community clean-up day, Michael Johnson staffed a job-opportunities booth on MacArthur...
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