Business
Before the sun is even up, Mehdi Shokouhi, 34, is wide awake, checking the trunk and backseat of his Hyundai Sonata for the black laundry bags he will be bringing to customers, either handing off an early-morning delivery of clean and pressed clothes or picking up a load of dirty laundry. By 6:30 a.m., Shokouhi had already left his Berkeley home, driven into San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood and returned to the East Bay, part of his job working…
Annual program aims to keep shopping dollars in local communities and independent businesses.
Birdland Jazzista Social Club, a long-time Berkeley staple, moves into North Oakland. Its founder sees the opportunity to turn a stretch of Martin Luther King Jr. Way into a music and art district.
HOPE collaborative seeks change by working with stores to increase nutritional offerings.
Oakland North takes a look at a unique restaurant in East Oakland, one where the Mexican and Vietnamese cultures come together in the same kitchen.
Local nonprofit works to reduce air pollution and improve people’s lives in rural areas of Darfur by producing a better cooking stove.
Sacred Wheel, an unpretentious cheese shop in Temescal, offers a funky menu featuring Pabst Blue Ribbon tomato soup, pickled eggs, and a Sriracha-infused sloppy Joe on what the menu calls “the trashiest bun we could find.” The eclectic menu is mirrored in the décor (a toy dinosaur with a chunk of cheese in its jaws presides over the cheese counter), and the staff (nearly all employees have a caricature of themselves on the wall, and the staff are decorated with…
Mike Wang, an employee at California Canoe and Kayak, explains how he developed an affinity for water and how he continues to enjoy water sports with his work, including paddling into the office.
The Oakland Public Safety Committee heard reports from the post-Ferguson protests in Oakland during Tuesday’s meeting, as well as voted to send a ban on the bullhook to the city council.