These days, nail art has no limits. In Alice Kincade’s experience, anyway. The Oakland-based nail artist began her work in her dorm room at UCLA in 2019 while recovering from a car accident.

As a judge prepares to sentence the chief culprit in the 2007 oil spill, his detention will still be briefer than that of the innocent witnesses who helped prevent a much greater catastrophe.

People who live with the risk of wildfires know that they're only as strong as the weakest link in their neighborhood. The Hiller Highlands has a tragic claim to fame. In October of 1991, a ...

Overburdened with air pollution, East Oakland residents and activists thought they had blocked a crematorium from opening in 2012. But it quietly began operations a few months ago. Angela Scott ...

Tim Hon and Steve Ha bring a self-taught style and old-school graffiti sensibility into plain view on Oakland's streets. Tim Hon and Steve Ha met at Newark Memorial High School and began tagging ...

Meet the indie chefs who don't need restaurants or food trucks — and instead bring pop-up kitchens to bars, festivals, and street corners throughout the Bay Area. In recent years, the East Bay ...

It offers quesabirrias, dollar taco specials, free Tuesday night dancing, drag brunches, and is a gathering place for the LGTBQ community. Taqueria Morelia, often known as Talk of the Town thanks ...

When one bar closes, another bar opens. Isn’t that how the saying goes? After closing downtown Oakland’s Radio Bar, owners Alfredo Botello, Trevor Latham and Tim Tolle hired Jennifer Seidman ...

STARTER The tomato and melon salad. The fresh burrata, lemon cucumber, cilantro and toasted sunflower-seed gremolata weren’t engaged in open conflict, but neither were they speaking to each other.

In the latest exhibition at Betti Ono Gallery, the local artist personalizes the futuristic mythology and folklore of the African diaspora. In the painting “Zyla” from Paul Lewin’s newest ...

The attorney for Tindle's family called the DA's findings 'unsurprising' and said their lawsuit against the police will proceed. An image from a 3D forensic analysis of BART Police Officer Joseph ...

The story of three brothers evicted from their family home show the difficulties this population faces in the East Bay. The Patrick brothers lived in their family home on Berkeley’s Evelyn ...