Article by Cynthia Joseph.
Last updated at Tue, 16 Mar at 6:55am.

Art and performances affirming positive social change and the activists who work for it will be presented Saturday at Studio One in Oakland in “Transformative Visions.”

Blog entry by Steven Weiss.
Last updated at Mon, 22 Feb at 4:10pm.

Alameda County Board of Supervisors Should Reverse Decision to Cut General Assistance

The Tuesday morning Alameda County Board of Supervisors meeting may be their last opportunity to reverse a decision made last year, on a 3-2 vote, to make extensive cuts to the county’s General Assistance program. 

Article by Emilie Raguso.
Last updated at Thu, 4 Feb at 8:55am.

For a man who says he subsists on coffee and cigarettes, Tim Barsky has some heft to him.

The 33-year-old performer and composer will be on stage through February in a revival of his musical one-man show, The Bright River, at the Brava Theater Center in San Francisco.