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    Oakland Restaurant Week Now Underway Through March 22, 2026, With Deals in the Nation’s #1 Best Food City

    Oakland Restaurant Week Now Underway Through March 22, 2026, With Deals in the Nation’s #1 Best Food City

    Oakland Restaurant Week, from today, March 12, through March 22, 2026, invites food lovers from near and far to explore one of the most dynamic culinary scenes in the country.…

    Pleasant Ridge, Pleasant Price

    Pleasant Ridge, Pleasant Price

    By Gordon Edgar— Sometimes we get such a great deal on a great cheese that, when I see a regular coming up to the counter, I just say to them,…

    Unapologetically Different: The Spirit That Refused to be Ordinary

    Unapologetically Different: The Spirit That Refused to be Ordinary

    Cocktails With Dina by Dina Novarr— March is a month we collectively agreed to celebrate the women that helped shape this world. So many of these pioneers flourished without waiting for…

    Highlighting Women Farmers, Owners, and Chefs at Bay Area Farmers’ Markets

    Highlighting Women Farmers, Owners, and Chefs at Bay Area Farmers’ Markets

    By Stella Singer— From managing fields and orchards, to running businesses and spearheading sustainable practices; women are essential in every aspect of our food system. To celebrate International Women’s Day, which was on March 8, we…

    Fourth Annual Honoring LGBTQ+ Bay Area Black Women Leaders & Allies

    Fourth Annual Honoring LGBTQ+ Bay Area Black Women Leaders & Allies

    The San Francisco Bay Times, this year in partnership with the Oakland LGBTQ Center, will present the fourth annual Honoring LGBTQ+ Bay Area Black Women Leaders & Allies awards ceremony…

    The Authoritarian Personality, Minnesota, and the Wobbly Trump Wagon

    The Authoritarian Personality, Minnesota, and the Wobbly Trump Wagon

    By Tom Moon— (Editor’s Note: Longtime readers of the San Francisco Bay Times may recall the popular column “The Examined Life,” which ran in the paper for many years before…

    Donna’s Chronicles, “When you’ve attended as many Coronation Weekends…”

    Donna’s Chronicles, “When you’ve attended as many Coronation Weekends…”

    By Donna Sachet— When you’ve attended as many Coronation Weekends as we have, you begin to realize that they are very much like amusement rides. You may have to stand…

    Provenance and Pleasure: Engineering Intimacy

    Provenance and Pleasure: Engineering Intimacy

    By Dina Novarr— There’s a reason people talk about a great bar program the way they talk about great sex: you don’t fully know what to expect until you feel…

    Good To Eat Is Queer, Women, and Immigrant-Owned—and Worth the Trek to Emeryville

    Good To Eat Is Queer, Women, and Immigrant-Owned—and Worth the Trek to Emeryville

    The wife-wife team at Good To Eat restaurant in Emeryville—Chef Tony Tung and General Manager Angie Lin—has created one of the best Asian cuisine destinations in the Bay Area that…

    Leanne Borghesi: Practicing Love Out Loud, Onstage and In Community

    Leanne Borghesi: Practicing Love Out Loud, Onstage and In Community

    By Kippy Marks— Some people practice love quietly, like a soft hum beneath the noise of the world. And then there is Leanne Borghesi—a woman who practices love in full…