Oakland vocalist, composer and multi-instrumentalist Rhonda Sauce in 2026 establishes that everything new is actually old.

Week of May 7-13 features Danny Seraphine, Filipinos Sounding Everywhere, Lara Downes, San Francisco Scottish Fiddlers, and ...

Also in Alameda, apparently the high tea capital of the East Bay, Julie’s Coffee & Tea Garden is hosting a series of ...

GARDEN COMMITTEE Volunteers work to transform the overgrown, ivy-strangled Temescal parcel into a native, flowering habitat. (Photo by A.V. Benford) Call it the scars of a beer bottle broken across ...

“Workers of the world, unite!” might have been made famous by Marx—Karl, not Groucho—but International Workers Day actually commemorates the 1886 general strike that led to the eight-hour workday.

GAVIN, MIXED As with many issues, the governor has a nuanced record on cannabis reform. (Photo by Shaun Curry / DESNZ) Many people are asking: What is the deal with Gavin Newsom? Since Donald Trump ...

YUM Now’s the time for locals to stuff themselves with America’s favorite fun food. (Photo by BeStaRoom22/Shutterstock) Bay Area Pizza Week is a 12-day ...

NEIGHBORHOOD SPOT Evergreen’s co-owners hope to provide ‘delicious food that highlights what’s beautiful about living in the East Bay and this part of California.’ (Photo by Lydia Daniller) Nine ...

RESPECTING NATURE The marsh is designed to adapt to rising sea levels, providing a natural buffer for the surrounding communities while restoring a habitat that had lost 90% of its historic footprint.

REEF LIFE U.K. photographer Aaron Sanders captures clouds of white spawn billowing from a giant barrel sponge, as a frenzy of midnight snappers feast upon the rising plumes. (Photo by Aaron Sanders) ...

UPSCALE DINER The Wasems try to keep their third location in Noe Valley accessible, affordable and casual. (Photo by @lamarrathon) Grand Lake Kitchen’s co-owner, May Seto Wasem, confirmed the feeling ...

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Anthropologist and author Clifford Geertz loved to use “thick description.” He wrote detailed reports that captured not just the surface level of what happened but the ...