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We asked the Oakland Observer to explain what is going on.

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Sep 24, 2026Poets from the Pond Farm Pottery Artists Residency will read from their work at Books & Letters

A joyful absurdity.

I Survived Monday.

For the seventeenth year: Welcome to autumn, fuckheads.

I Survived Monday.

What this is and how I got here.

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back, and my apology wins you back, wins you over, wins the NOBEL PRIZE IN PEACE, the PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION, the TONY AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTION, the PRIMETIME EMMY AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING LEAD AC…

Over 125 people, many of them with their toddlers, rallied outside Berkeley City Council in support of a resolution opposing coal handling, storage, and transport in the Bay Area. The Berkeley City Council passed the resolution unanimously.

This week we've got piracy, several forms of trash, cake, Sappho, texting, and more.

Now in paperback: a "deeply researched and reported" (San Francisco Chronicle) exploration of sea level rise in California that "breathes exquisite detail Now in paperback: a "deeply researched and re...

Sep 24, 2026Poets from the Pond Farm Pottery Artists Residency will read from their work at Books & Letters

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We were all slightly different people 20 years ago.

We were all slightly different people 20 years ago.

This year, the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival features its first-ever staging of Shakespeare’s Antony and Ceopatra.

110 new affordable units available in Berkeley to BUSD employees and others. Apply for waitlist lottery by 5:00 PM on September 11, 2026. Berkeley Unified School District employees as well as others with low or moderate incomes have until September 11 to apply for a waitlist lottery for 110 new affordable apartments in Berkeley.You’ll have to earn at least double the monthly rent, while also not making more than the maximums for the different income levels. The size of your household is also considered when calculating income.

The author of ‘What Tech Calls Governing’ on DOGE, AI, and our chances of pushing back