Berkeley’s Latino community and allies came together Thursday evening to celebrate the 50-year anniversary of the farm worker movement, memorialize United Farmworkers Co-Founder Cesar Chavez, and honor Dolores Huerta, the other UFW co-founder, a guest ... »
When do picklers and charcutiers become big business? This month's issue of San Francisco magazine tackles the "artisan dilemma" in a feature article by Beard-nominated scribe Emily Kaiser Thelin. She talks with people like Paul Bertolli of Fra' Mani H... »
Berkeley-based Annie’s Homegrown, Inc., makers of organic macaroni and cheese, went public this week; shares rose 89 percent on the first day of trading. My favorite part of the story, other than the local angle? The ticker symbol. It’s BNNY. “Rabbit o... »
You’re out there (step 1), got your hands dirty (step 2), and now it’s time to think about serious education and making your move in the wine industry. There is no question that serious classes and formal wine education, whether you want to be a Gene... »
Trumpeter Ellen Seeling and saxophonist Jean Fineberg have never been the types to sit around and moan about injustice. When they got frustrated by the dearth of opportunities for women in Bay Area jazz orchestras, they went ahead and launched their ow... »
An upcoming three-day political huddle, dubbed "Occupy the Truth: Whistleblowers Conference," piqued my interest. Think of it as an advocate/activist/info-gathering fest. »
By Frances Dinkelspiel and Pete Rosos “Hierophantic,” was how the noted historian Kevin Starr described Malcolm Margolin, the publisher of the Berkeley-based Heyday Books, in a 2004 article in the San Francisco Chronicle. “Manifesting sacred power, a ... »
Berkeley’s Latino community and allies came together Thursday evening to celebrate the 50-year anniversary of the farm worker movement, memorialize United Farmworkers Co-Founder Cesar Chavez, and honor Dolores Huerta, the other UFW co-founder, a guest ... »
