Aug 30, 2019 · The East Bay's Non-commercial Voice. Medical science has profoundly changed our lives. I am sure that I would not have survived to this old age without antibiotics, advances in epidemiology and surgery.

Aug 21, 2008 · Looking for a great late-summer outing? Try La Loma Park, nestled in the Berkeley Hills on the northside of UC Berkeley. The land which is now La Loma Park was originally owned by Captain Richard Parks Thomas, a …

Apr 21, 2024 · The East Bay's Non-commercial Voice. Donald Trump has recently been seen hawking a line of $99 "Never Surrender" gold-trimmed sneakers and announcing a politicized $59.99 "God Bless the USA" edition of the Bible containing copies of the US Constitution and the Pledge of Allegiance.

Jan 2, 2025 · A happy new year to all and sundry in 2025. This change of year puts me in mind of the way I felt at the beginning of 1969: No new year could be any worse after 1968’s assassinations and other outrages.

May 8, 2008 · 1. Where were you born and where did you grow up, and how does that affect how you regard the issues in Oakland and in your district? I was born in New Orleans.

Apr 14, 2006 · The East Bay's Non-commercial Voice. César E. Chávez, the courageous defender of those who work the earth, used to claim that farm workers were an early warning system against environmental destruction.

Oct 1, 2024 · After two terms, I get the impression that Buffy Wicks doesn't want to represent me, or District 14. Yet she is so confident of keeping her state Assembly seat that yard signs, speechmaking (beyond select audiences) and appearing on the same stage as her opponent, i.e. acting the part, are plumb unnecessary.

Feb 4, 2009 · A lot of us live in wonderful old homes built in the days before modern furnaces, metal flues and self-venting stoves. These are houses built before 1935 that contain—among their many other dated and cherished facets—brick flues …

Oct 1, 2024 · The East Bay's Non-commercial Voice. Measure EE or "Fix the Streets" is a well-crafted tax measure that focuses like a laser on three things: Street repaving, fixing sidewalks and pathways, and improving bike boulevards.

Sep 30, 2005 · Karen and Tom Klaber started what is now known as The East Bay Monthly in their home 35 years ago. After three-and-a-half years they moved to an office at Seventh and Parker streets and then moved to their current office in Emeryville.