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When I co-founded Harborside Health Center in 2006 in Oakland, the popularity of the 4/20 holiday was just beginning to seriously rev up. At that time the medical cannabis framework in Californi...

https://eastbayexpress.com/the-411-on-4-20-then-and-now/

The pizza recipes at North Berkeley’s three.one four pizzeria belong to a chef who lives in and runs a catering business in Los Angeles. Mario Vollera, along with a silent business partner and...

https://eastbayexpress.com/new-pizzeria-three-one-four-opens-in-north-berkeley/

THURSDAY INDIE LATE NIGHT DRIVE HOME  Late Night Drive Home’s music sounds like rainy nights, lonely cities and lowercase letters. Formed in 2019 in a rural town outside of El Paso, the four-...

https://eastbayexpress.com/calendar-picks-week-of-apr-18-24/

Writer-director Alex Garland faces a tricky dilemma in shaping his new dystopian actioner, Civil War. Just how true to real life does it need to be? Civil War is the ripped-from-the-collective-n...

https://eastbayexpress.com/film-review-civil-war/

Activist, poet and music manager John Sinclair died on April 2 at 82. Everybody concerned about cannabis reform, of any age, should know his name. There’s no doubting Sinclair’s place in the...

https://eastbayexpress.com/poet-protestor-and-pot-activist-remembering-john-sinclair/

ARIES (March 21-April 19): I suspect two notable phenomena will coalesce in your sphere sometime soon. The first is a surplus supply of luck. I’m not sure why, but the fates will be sending su...

https://eastbayexpress.com/free-will-astrology-week-of-april-17/

The following article was written after I interviewed Cash Caris on April 3. At the time, the chef sounded optimistic about Delirama’s reincarnation as Elsie’s on Solano. On Sunday night, Ca...

https://eastbayexpress.com/elsies-on-solano-now-closed/

In its nearly 40-year history, Brava for Women in the Arts has never before met a more perfect match than with Larry the Musical. The San Francisco-based arts organization is devoted to amplifyi...

https://eastbayexpress.com/labor-legacy-honored-in-filipino-american-play/

The beautiful Beaux Arts building that opened on Oakland’s 10th Street in 1915 was originally called the Oakland Civic Auditorium. During its time under that name, it served as an infirmary du...

https://eastbayexpress.com/henry-j-gets-ready-to-play/

THURSDAY THEATER DRUM TAO Drum Tao is a mixture of traditional taiko drumming and high drama performed by 40 performers with acrobatic pedigree. The drums, which come in every size, emanate rhyt...

https://eastbayexpress.com/calendar-picks-week-of-apr-11-17/