Unlike the country singer Lynn Anderson, Chef Anja Voth can promise you a rose garden. The patio tables at Anja’s, her new cafe, are nestled alongside beds of pink and red roses. Anja’s is a ...

Local business owners say Yelp offers to hide negative customer reviews of their businesses on its web site ... for a price. The phone calls came almost daily. It started to get creepy. “Hi ...

Most cannabis users have a dispensary that suits their needs. But anyone looking to explore new options should look no further than one Berkeley store. The Apothecarium Dispensary is worth a visit ...

Leaked documents about the effort to sell a coal terminal to a reluctant city show how the government sausage gets made. Last year’s Oakland City Council election provided supporters of the ...

The East Bay has seen a widening gap between rich and poor and the displacement of people who are low-income and of color. But it doesn't have to be this way. Unless you’ve lived in the East Bay ...

The desire to cut down all eucalyptus on UC property in the East Bay hills ignores the tree's beauty and recreational value. The debate over clear-cutting tens of thousands of non-native trees in ...

The Oakland poet's new Dated Emcees chronicles her adventures as a young woman in the heyday of hip-hop. Chinaka Hodge sometimes calls herself the Forrest Gump of hip-hop. The Oakland native and ...

ILLEGAL BUSINESS Prices of weed have plummeted lately, but that doesn’t mean the differential between legal and illicit is any less stark. When legalization proponents sold voters on Prop.

East Bay advocates want juvenile jails to stop isolating inmates — but correction officials continue to argue that the questionable tactic is essential to control "dangerous" kids. In 1995, when ...

OPD pressured victims and witnesses to change their statements, buried internal complaints, and delayed taking action against officers accused of criminal activity. Over the past year, multiple ...

COMFORT If you’re having a particularly stressful or dispiriting day, Lorena Menjivar’s grilled pupusas are the perfect remedy. Every restaurant is home to some form of comfort food.