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Farmer Joe’s marks 11 years in Oakland’s Dimond district
OAKLAND — No one quite remembers what store was open at the Farmer Joe’s grocery store site in the Dimond district right before the small grocery chain that began in the Laurel district opened a bigger...
View ArticlePiedmont moving ahead to update Climate Action Plan
PIEDMONT — Piedmont’s current Climate Action Plan, a plan the city goes by to help public and private entities as well as its citizens reduce greenhouse gas emissions, is seven years old — so the city...
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Montclair Village’s beloved bookstore struggling to stay open
OAKLAND — A Great Good Place for Books’ owner Kathleen Caldwell loves doing business in Montclair. In fact, she simply loves the neighborhood Montclair Village itself. “This is my home,” Caldwell said....
View ArticleBusiness at beloved Montclair bookstore improving, but struggle remains
OAKLAND — About a month ago, Montclair Village bookseller Kathleen Caldwell of A Great Good Place for Books sent out a blast to her customers asking them to buy “Just One Book.” Business stalled over...
View ArticleFairy door craze takes over Alameda’s Webster Street
ALAMEDA — A green wreath hangs in on the red door. Bright white lights sparkle in the night. It’s a welcoming spot for visitors — if you’re 3 inches tall. Alameda’s fairy door craze came to Webster...
View ArticleAfter nearly two years, children’s clothing store mysteriously reopens in...
OAKLAND — A Little Peace of Heaven, the Montclair Village children’s clothing boutique on Mountain Boulevard that has been closed for nearly two years, has reopened for business. The store, decorated...
View ArticleMontclair’s on-and-off clothing store is back on — for the moment
OAKLAND — A Little Peace of Heaven, the Montclair children’s clothing store that opens and closes and opens and closes, is now open for business after a more than month-long hiatus since around...
View ArticleAlameda inventor builds new pillow designed to counter ‘flight neck syndrome’
ALAMEDA — Aaron Cruz embodies at least two truths. He is an endless tinkerer and a voracious world traveler. Growing up in Mexico City, one of eight children raised by a single mother, he could only...
View Article5 Burning Man myths — debunked
There’s no doubting the mystique of Burning Man, the temporary community that rises in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert each year. Naturally, anything that involves 70,000 people cavorting in the desert for...
View ArticleThe Burning Man 2018 survival guide
Headed to Burning Man for the first time? It’s time to to start packing. First the basics: Some 70,000 people — or burners — flock to this temporary city in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert every summer....
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