February 6, 2009 – 3:51 pm
By Greg Barco
Oakland’s Fox Theater first opened in October 1928, one year before the New York Stock Exchange crashed. Enter from stage left: Great Depression (and linger around until World War II shoves you off the stage). Fast forward to 2009: the Fox is once again opening, this time during the worst economic recession since [...]
January 4, 2009 – 7:09 pm
The Video Room, where everybody knows your name and your favorite movie title, re-creates itself to stay afloat. Click here for the story
October 15, 2008 – 8:00 am
story and audio slides
by KRISTINE WONG and BAGASSI KOURA
Thousands of fans packed Oracle Arena to cheer on six church choirs vying for a spot in the finals of “How Sweet the Sound,” a competition for the best church choir in the country. As the choirs sung, shimmied, and swayed their way through the evening, the groundswell [...]
October 14, 2008 – 7:59 pm
By SAMSON REINY
BERKELEY, Oct. 14 –- With the financial markets in ruin and the economy at a near stand-still, people are looking for a break. And perhaps, more than ever, they need a good laugh.
So when Sony, who owns the syndication rights to the hit TV sitcom “Seinfeld,” teamed up with a New York-based volunteer-recruitment [...]