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Turns out this weekend is just the right time to catch a good flick (silent, grindhouse, and 1950s science fiction/horror are among the options), eat some good food from a cart, and catch some heavy metal or symphonic tunes in a park.
This is your Arts/Culture/Weekend for 7/23-7/25:
FRIDAY 7/23
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Yesterday, a demonstration in favor of former BART police officer Johannes Mehserle was held in downtown Walnut Creek – the first since the death of Oscar Grant in January 2009. Mehserle is not a popular man in many parts of the Bay Area. Even before his involuntary manslaughter conviction for the...
Imagine a utopian future free of congested highways and rush hour sig-alerts, where people in the Bay Area find they can get anywhere they need to go via public transportation. What would that take? Shining monorails? Hovercraft? Giant pneumatic tubes? Actually, none of that would really be...
The 2010 Census will ultimately reflect the economic difficulties our society is facing right now, ensuring that the effects of the recession will echo through the decade ahead.
In education, the downturn has translated into budget cuts, which have then led to a number of other things: higher...
The Census Bureau has released its latest population estimates, ahead of announcing this year's official census count, and some of the results may surprise you. As of July 2009, 317 counties, four states, and the District of Columbia were officially considered 'minority majority' areas, meaning...
This weekend is hot with World Cup fever as the 2010 international soccer championship kicked off today in South Africa. In PST, that meant Mexican and South African fans were up at 6 a.m. this morning cheering on their teams in the first game of the competition, which ended in a tie of 1-1....
For school-aged students around the Bay, these are the final weeks of the school year. Summer vacation is around the corner, but that doesn’t mean families are likely to get a holiday from the bad news about their schools. Headlines about massive staff and program cuts, student protests and...
In Monday’s Crosscurrents, Nancy Mullane reports on how the recession is affecting graduating seniors at Oakland Tech High School. The Bureau of Labor Statistics says the teen unemployment rate is running at about 26%, the highest since 1948, and among black teens, the latest numbers show the...
The 2010 Census will ultimately reflect the economic difficulties our society is facing right now, ensuring that the effects of the recession will echo through the decade ahead.
In education, the downturn has translated into budget cuts, which have then led to a number of other things: higher...
Oakland wasn't able to shake its notoriety for crime and violence last year–-it was dubbed the most dangerous city in California, and the third most dangerous in the entire country.
But, crime in Oakland had actually gone down last year--by 14 percent. And crime is down 18 percent so far this year...
Carletta Sue Kay
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