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Winter Is Mushroom Season
How to find, collect, and enjoy mushrooms this holiday season. Most people think hiking is a summertime activity. After all, that's when the flowers are in bloom and the trees have leafed out.…
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Preparing for Godzilla
This year's monster El Niño promises to soak California, so resorts are open early with more offerings than ever, and Bay Area riders and skiers are pumped. Bay Area skiers and riders are loading up...
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Gifting the Art Experience
Rather than giving something homemade, give the ability to make something. The Bay Area is a DIY mecca. During the holiday season, that often translates to locally made gifts found at craft fairs and...
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A Guide to Giving Back in the East Bay
The region is home to many organizations and charities that fight for the most vulnerable communities. Here are some groups that are worthy of your support this holiday season. As concerns about...
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Holiday Season Concert Tickets Worth the Splurge
Make memories by surprising your loved ones with concert tickets as holiday gifts. As much as everyone loves getting presents, seeing loved ones smile when they receive thoughtful holiday gifts can be...
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Naughty and Nice 2015
A sexy something for everyone in your life. Selecting a sex product for someone is no easy task. With the vast variety of toys, accessories, books, and pop culture collectables — not to mention...
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Christmas Numbs But Once a Year
Get in the festive spirit with these festive spirits. If you're anything like me, the holiday season is a double-edged sword: You love your family, but the novelty of seeing them in person, all in the...
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DJing Essentials for Your Holiday Wish List
Four Bay Area DJs and producers break down their gear set-ups and recommend their favorite equipment. Since the Jamaican-born DJ Kool Herc popularized turntablism in New York in the early Seventies,...
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Cannabis Accessory Gift Guide 2015
Welcome to the Weed Sommelier's guide to some of this year's best accoutrements. We know, we know, consumer sentiment is not exactly robust this holiday season. Some couples are giving each other $100...
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Wearing Your Taste in Music on Your Sleeve
Support local artists by giving your loved ones fashion-forward band merch as gifts this holiday. With CDs pretty much a thing of the past, most up-and-coming bands give their music away free online...
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Family-Friendly Getaways 2015
Five trips that you can take with your kids this holiday season. Longtime readers of the Express' annual Holiday Guide know that we're big advocates for getting away from it all during the crazy busy...
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The Year of the Food Court
How the unlikely ascendance of Swan's Market is helping to reshape the East Bay food scene. These days, when newcomers to Oakland ask me where to eat, often the first recommendation out of my mouth is...
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Labor's Positive Progress
Fueled by the growing concern over economic inequality, Bay Area unions in 2015 waged campaigns that not only benefitted their members, but other workers as well. Bay Area labor unions had a big year...
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Top Fifteen Local Releases of 2015
Our music editor's favorite Bay Area mixtapes, albums, and EPs of the year — in no particular order. Bells Atlas Hyperlust Bells Atlas' EP Hyperlust fuses high-caliber musicianship with bright,...
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The Growth of Black Lives Matter
After a wave of protests shook the streets of Oakland and Berkeley, activists have been hard at work enacting policy changes, building community networks, and practicing self-determination. In the...
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The Year of the Warriors
After winning the championship, the Dubs set a record for wins to start a season — despite losing their coaching guru. There is no doubt that in East Bay sports, 2015 was the year of the Golden State...
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The East Bay Student Uprising
High school students spearheaded successful protests and rallies throughout 2015 — shaping local social justice movements and forcing administrators to rethink controversial decisions. Late in the...
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A Look Ahead in Politics
Since 2015 was a down year in politics, we decided to put together a forecast for 2016. Although 2015 was an off year for politics in the East Bay, it's clear that 2016 is shaping up to be a pivotal...
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The Legalization Nation Index
Wherein our medical cannabis writer compiles the most interesting weed stats of 2015. Sources in parentheses. Estimated amount of cannabis that Americans consume annually: 8.8–17.6 million pounds...
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Experiments in Amplification: The Year in East Bay Art
This year, a drive to amplify marginalized voices coupled with an avant-garde inclination produced the best in East Bay art. For the East Bay art scene, 2015 was a year characterized by ambivalence....
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