Meanwhile, Israel continues to escalate its bombardment of Lebanon, killing eight paramedics and assassinating Hezbollah’s media chief, Mohammed Afif, in a strike on central Beirut. Despite talks of a ...

There are still some ballots to be counted as the total votes counted for mayor so far amounts to only 50,472, and certainly more votes than that were cast. Over 58,000 ballots were cast for mayoral ...

A YES vote was there to punish the AIDS health and housing people who promote rent control. Another big YES vote was there to punish criminals more than we already do. We saw bucketloads of the same ...

Arreguin – Referral to City Manager Equity for Black Berkeley (E4BB) Initiative initiative includes Berkeley Flea Market, African Holistic Center, Black Arts and Cultural District, Black Health Equity ...

In this month I have seven mystery/thriller novels to recommend. (A) Beyond Reasonable Doubt Robert Dugoni (5 stars) A legal thriller set in Seattle. Robert Dugoni’s second Keera Duggan novel finds ...

Hello dear readers. I am not here to argue with psychiatric wisdom or with established science. If you have a severe mental illness, especially one that involves psychosis, you probably need to be ...

Opening the 2024-25 Season at San Francisco Opera, Giuseppe Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera brought together a splendid international cast under the baton of Music Director Eun Sun Kim. American tenor ...

Danish composer Paul Ruders’ opera based on Margaret Atwood’s 1984 novel The Handmaid’s Tale received its first performance in Copenhagen in a Danish-language production. This opera’s first US ...