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Tuesday, June 26, 2012

It's easy to fall in love with a cookbook. The whimsical line drawings; careful instructions on caramelizing sugar or toasting cumin seeds; passionate treatises on the best way to truss a...

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Monday, June 11, 2012

Joseph R. Knowland built the 21-story Tribune Tower in 1923, on top of a six-floor furniture store that had opened in 1907. For much of the 20th century, it was Oakland’s real seat of...

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Tuesday, June 5, 2012

For this installment of Bump City, we talked to East Bay animator Phil Tippett.

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Thursday, May 31, 2012

When people found out that we were making work about Oakland, we were asked one question time and again: "What do you know about the general strike?" The answer was, not much. We'd...

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Thursday, May 24, 2012

The Golden Gate Bridge, which celebrates its seventy-fifth anniversary this weekend, was built against great odds. We culled from our collection the relic of a bridge that didn't get built:...

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Monday, May 14, 2012

The Oakland Standard is presenting at a conference this weekend! Find us at Open Engagement, organized by the good folks...

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