The Black Panther Party was widely known in its time for its free breakfast program and newspaper, but many of the group’s other 65 community survival programs have been historically overlooked. So in honor of Black History Month and the 30th anniversary of the Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation, several former party members came to … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO — While he enjoyed this year’s All-Star Game format, Milwaukee Bucks guard Damian Lillard still yearns for how the NBA All-Star Game used to be. This year, the NBA made a radical change to the All-Star Game with a tournament-style format. Players were broken up into three different teams and played games to … Read more
Matt Horn, the James Beard award-nominated barbecue pitmaster, has announced the closure of his West Oakland restaurant Kowbird. Recent reviews on Google say the restaurant went dark in January, with people showing up during normal hours to find it closed. Horn announced the closure in a Feb. 12 email sent by Bay Area PR vet … Read more
OAKLAND — Two suspects have been charged in the murder of a man who was wounded in a shootout that erupted during a sideshow taking place a few blocks from Franklin Elementary School in East Oakland. Police announced Wednesday that prosecutors had charged 20-year-old Leonardo Perez Baltazar and a juvenile in the death of Ethan … Read more
DEAR JOAN: My wife and I are planning a vacation that will take us to a few different cities and states, and we want to bring our 1-year-old dog with us. He’s a small dog, but he’s definitely a mutt. Right now, we’re trying to decide whether to fly to our first location and then … Read more