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Oakland comedian riding wave of Bay Area's standup revival

through hair color and the cut of their beards. A comedian's nightmare might look something like what I sat through one night at a club. Comedian after comedian launched into his set only to fizzle out a few minutes later. Nothing helped. The sight of ...

From ANGELA WOODALL, Inside Bay Area,  23 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Rupert Holmes,  David Attenborough,  Robin Leach

Night Owl explores La Frontera in Oakland's Fruitvale district

footwork that Cumbria musicians perform to the beat of their songs. On a recent Friday night, Martine Vega stood in the center of his bar, La Frontera, scowling. His tall frame, angular jaw and camouflage jacket made the 50-year-old look like the ...

From ANGELA WOODALL, Inside Bay Area,  19 Nov 2009
Related Topics: David Lynch,  Radiohead (musician)

Oakland police investigating fatal shooting of 16-year-old

OAKLAND — Police are investigating the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old boy this evening East Oakland. The shooting happened about 5:25 p.m. in the 9400 block of Oscar Avenue. Police have not released the name of the youth who was shot. He was taken to ...

From ANGELA WOODALL, Inside Bay Area,  19 Nov 2009

Oakland Museum sneak peak at $58 million overhaul

support the museum in what it's doing," said John Fung, an architect for the firm Mark Cavagnero Associates hired to accomplish the renovation. The Oakland Museum of California represented a groundbreaking experiment in the use of public space when it ...

From ANGELA WOODALL, Inside Bay Area,  17 Nov 2009

Award-winning TV news cameraman and Tribune photographer dies

fought in the South Pacific as a member of the Marine Parachute Corps after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Award-winning TV cameraman and Oakland Tribune photographer Harold A. "Buck" Joseph had a front-row seat to the most tumultuous events in recent ...

From ANGELA WOODALL, Inside Bay Area,  16 Nov 2009
Related Topics: US Marine Corps,  Gerald Ford,  Herb Caen

Civil rights leader focus of opera in Oakland

State East Bay's musical theater department. Joining him in the crew and cast are current and former students from the university. "I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired" is one of the defining quotes of the Civil Rights Movement. The woman ...

From ANGELA WOODALL, Inside Bay Area,  14 Nov 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  Lyndon B. Johnson,  Darryl Jones

Collision backing up eastbound I-80 traffic through Berkeley

A two-car collision is backing up traffic on Interstate 80 in the eastbound direction near the Berkeley exits. The collision happened about 6 p.m. near the Interstate 880 interchange. The collision closed down lane three in the eastbound direction. ...

From ANGELA WOODALL, Contra Costa Times,  12 Nov 2009
Related Topics: California Highway Patrol

Melee erupts near Eastmont Mall police substation in Oakland

OAKLAND — A melee involving scores of people broke out about 4:30 p.m. near the Oakland Police Department's Eastmont precinct while the new police chief was speaking to officers inside. Chief Anthony Batts was visiting the Eastmont Mall substation ...

From ANGELA WOODALL, Contra Costa Times,  12 Nov 2009
Related Topics: McDonald's

Night Owl: Bench and Bar celebrates grand opening at new address

plus a dash of "Austin Powers" and "Lost in Space." If the club were an ice cream sundae, the cherry on top would be a disco ball. Bench and Bar has been catering to a largely gay Latino crowd for nine years with plenty of Shakira, Thalia and techno ...

From ANGELA WOODALL, Inside Bay Area,  12 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Shakira,  University of California Berkeley

Tale of murdered reporter opens San Francisco's New Italian Cinema series

selection of pictures by acclaimed filmmakers who are defining contemporary Italian cinema. San Francisco. ON SEPT. 23, 1985, Neapolitan crime reporter Giancarlo Siani was murdered for his reporting on the local crime organization known as the Camorra. ...

From ANGELA WOODALL, Contra Costa Times,  11 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Benito Mussolini

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