Snapp Shots: New police chief good news for Oakland, bad for bad guys
Good news! Jim Beere, the Oakland Police Department’s interim chief, isn’t the interim chief any more. After an…
Snapp Shots: East Bay librarian offers up kids’ summer reading list
When I was a kid, they used to make us read as a punishment for being naughty. I…
Snapp Shots: Historic East Bay church to host benefit concert in July
Did you know that Alameda wasn’t always an island? It used to be connected to the mainland by…
Snapp Shots: North Oakland’s annual Garden of Memory event coming up
Berkeley-based pianist Sarah Cahill has something in common with another musician with whom she’s not often compared: jazzman…
East Bay to host yearly memorial for Japanese WWII vets
In late October 1944, the 1st Battalion of the Texas National Guard’s 141st Regiment, aka “the Alamo Regiment,”…
Scottish Fiddlers to present Stravaig event in East Bay
What’s the difference between a fiddle and a violin? I once posed this question to a teenager from…
East Bay’s Habitot kids’ museum seeking a permanent home
The COVID-19 pandemic has been officially over for a few years; but the damage is going to last…
Longtime sportswriter and friend Newhouse was a class act
Dave Newhouse, whose columns delighted Oakland Tribune sports fans for more than 47 years, died March 12 from…
Berkeley’s Country Joe led praiseworthy life of service
I was planning to write about something else today, but Joe McDonald died on Saturday, and, as Arthur…
Oakland animal shelter’s euthanasia crisis abates for now
Earlier this month I started getting emails from animal lovers saying, “Did you know that the Oakland city…
Northern California magic clubs to meet soon in Oakland
Is there anyone who doesn’t love magic? You know you’re being tricked; but try as you might, you…
Northern California magic clubs to meet soon in Oakland
Is there anyone who doesn’t love magic? You know you’re being tricked; but try as you might, you…