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| Language | English |
| Country | United States of America |
| Media Market | San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose |
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Search ArticlesPagarung, Home of Chicken and Waffles, Coffee Mill, and Horn among Oakland’s August closures
Editor’s note: Nosh covers food and restaurant news across the East Bay, and each week we publish one article covering all the restaurant openings and one article covering closings. The openings and closings for each month are then compiled into a round-up. Have a tip for Nosh? Submit it here. Subscribing to the Nosh newsletter is the best way to stay up to date on all of the openings and closings, breaking news, deeper developments, and events in the East Bay food scene.
Lawyer Eric Ivary now mediates legal disputes — keeping them as relaxed as he can
In the legal world, mediation is defined as “an alternative dispute resolution method with a neutral person helping the parties find a solution to their dispute.” But Eric Ivary prefers to think of it as a “time-out” from litigation. “Many litigants have lost the ability to see the forest for the trees because they’re so wrapped up in the case,” said Ivary, a longtime mediator and arbitrator at ADR Services, Inc. in San Francisco.
2026 Oakland voter guide: What to know about the November election
As November nears, many eyes are fixed on the national midterm elections, with voters wondering whether the House and Senate will flip in favor of the Democrats, what big money will buy, and how regular people will fare once the polls are closed. The local elections are a bit sleepier this time. In Oakland’s April special election, there were 10 candidates for mayor. This time, there are four. One city councilmember is running entirely unopposed.
This week in Oakland: Good Medicine Comedy at OMCA, and the Hyphy Function at Crybaby
September is a busy month in The Town — so busy we had a hard time choosing which events to feature. But we couldn’t skip the Hyphy Function at Crybaby.
Prescribed burn on Angel Island lofts smoke over East Bay
Smell something burning? See smoke drifting over the Bay? It’s probably the prescribed fire on Angel Island. On Tuesday, California State Parks, Cal Fire, and the Marin County Fire Department began burning vegetation across roughly 260 acres on Angel Island, a roughly one-square-mile island in the Bay just offshore of Tiburon. The burn will continue for several more days, conditions permitting, the agencies said in a press release.
New game cafe comes to Uptown, McQueen soft opens downtown pub, and more openings
Editor’s note: Nosh covers food and restaurant news across the East Bay, and each week we publish one article covering all the restaurant openings and one article covering closings. Have a tip for Nosh? Submit it here. Subscribing to the Nosh newsletter is the best way to stay up to date on all of the openings and closings, breaking news, deeper developments, and events in the East Bay food scene. The fast food chain is opening a new shop in San Leandro. Chipotle, 1232 Fairmont Dr. Ste.
You’re walking in Oakland. You see a conflict brewing. What do you do?
This is an edited transcript of Oaklandside 510. You can listen to the episode wherever you get your podcasts. If you’ve ever been out and about in Oakland and seen a situation start to get tense — a heated argument at a bus stop, something escalating outside a store — you’ve probably wondered: do I step in? And if I do, what do I actually say? Our public safety reporter, Roselyn Romero, just published a piece talking to four Oakland violence prevention experts about exactly that.
Waymo is poised for Oakland
Self-driving Waymo taxis have become common sights in San Francisco and the Peninsula over the last year. But passengers haven’t yet been able to use them to drive into Oakland. And while Tesla’s Robotaxi app has been available in Oakland for a year, so far it only hails Tesla cars with drivers supervising the automated tech — and not the company’s fully automated golden Cybertaxis without drivers, steering wheels or even visible brakes. Now Waymo has the green light to roll out in Oakland.
JWalt’s new spoken word album is a testament to parenting
The past two years have been a whirlwind for the Oakland artist JWalt. The rapper, born Justin Carter Walton, released the album “Every Version of Me” last year, and he has been everywhere — from freestyling alongside rapper Bow Wow on the Sirius XM Radio show Sway’s Universe earlier this year, to performing locally at events like the Temescal Street Fair and LakeFest, to throwing the first pitch at the Oakland Ballers home opener, to his song “Love Myself” reaching No. 74 on the charts.
AI-generated ads have come to Oakland politics. Accessible solution — or risky deception?
The camera pans over a bustling Port of Oakland. Cranes lift colorful shipping containers. Diverse workers in neon vests and hard hats huddle in conversation. “Real jobs, real industry,” narrates mayoral candidate Mindy Pechenuk.