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Alameda Post
Published September 16West Oakland BART Station to Lose Over Half of its Parking Spaces
If you thought parking at West Oakland BART was a hassle, wait until you try it now. Over half of the lot is being cleared for a new five-acre housing project despite the lot's spring 2026 parking count reporting occupancy of over 90%.
Alameda Post
Published September 16Education Board Weighs Merits of AI, Island High Restructure
On September 8, the AUSD Board of Education discussed exploratory research on artificial intelligence (AI) in the classroom, in an effort to guide the development of a policy on the use of AI-powered tools. Desmond Bracken reports that the Board also considered restructuring…
City of Dublin
Published September 16Community Meetings Set for Proposed Schaefer Ranch Development
The City of Dublin is hosting two Community Meetings to provide Dublin residents with information about the proposed Schaefer Ranch Unit 3 and Unit 1, Lot 70 project.
East Bay Express
Published September 16AI: Final weapon or final healer?
Part 1: The Wound, Enthroned “Know thyself”—the timeless injunction of Socrates, father of the Western wisdom tradition, to his students. Science Fiction I exhaled. The session had taken the afternoon. I had read the output, critiqued it, resubmitted it to my AI therapy-bot for…
East Bay Express
Published September 15Oakland students fight sex trafficking with their voices
Dream Youth Clinic occupies a small, gray building in Oakland right off I-980. Colorful murals and a spattering of posters cover its interior, creating a space that welcomes youth affected by sex trafficking. “We try to make young people feel reflected in the posters,” says…
East Bay Express
Published September 15Frederick Noland draws Black history
Frederick Noland is the unofficial oracle of lesser-known stories about Black people in America, and especially in the Bay Area. As an Oakland-based visual storyteller, the New Yorker cartoonist and California College of the Arts adjunct professor creates graphic biographies,…
East Bay Express
Published September 15New documentary tracks vanishing small-town theaters
Zoe Muth’s songs are saturated with sadness and a sense of loss. Her voice reaches Iris DeMent’s level of earnestness and the way she yearns for the possibility of a better world. Muth’s sorrowful tone isn’t yet as fiercely defined as Patty Griffin’s, but given time and…
East Bay Express
Published September 15The Hellas blend punk, ska and cumbia
Through a maze of blue-splattered walls, the Hellas have carved themselves a home base in a north San Jose rehearsal studio. Inside their space, one wall is covered in posters that feature previous shows, while the rest of the space is dedicated to hung equipment and stacked…
East Bay Express
Published September 15Broken Dreams delights with reinvention
When I sat down at The Temple Club a decade ago to interview Geoffrey Deetz, he and his wife, Quỳnh Như Nguyen, were a few years away from taking over Le Colonial in 2021. Pilloried in 2019 for its outdated culinary tropes and troubling interior décor, the restaurant closed for…
East Bay Express
Published September 15Bay Area artists keep culture alive
According to the Culture Keepers, the heart of the Bay Area lies in its rich and multiplicitous cultural ecosystem. From art to music, from food to dance, and from literature to community, people thrive when seeking understanding of and connection with one another. The concept of…
East Bay Express
Published September 15Social Eyes: Week of Sept. 17-23
This week's calendar picks feature Rolling Quartz, Honey Pluton and Spike Einbinder, SHE’s, Alice Gerrard & Friends, Cortex, Vieux Farka Touré, Mohini Dey, ROVA Saxophone Quartet, Lily Allen, and the Panturas.
East Bay Express
Published September 15Free Will Astrology: Week of Sept. 16
Closing out Virgo season...