Dorsey's Locker celebrates 70 years of operation in Oakland/South Berkeley

Article by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Fri, 22 Jul at 2:25am.

From the OL Editorial Team

Dorsey's Locker - the famous, or sometimes infamous BBQ soul food spot and bar - is celebrating 70 years of being in business this month. 

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11 for 11: Christopher Shein makes permaculture gardening fun for all
Article by Jess Watson.
Last updated at Fri, 14 Jan at 12:33pm.

(Editor's note: Our continuing series that looks at Oakland Local's picks for people/organizations to watch in 2011. See all profiles in this series.)

Christoper Shein is the Bay Area's resident permaculture design guru and for the last 10 years, he has taught the Permaculture Design class at Merritt Community College’s Landscape Horticulture Department, inspiring hundreds of students to build new gardens and integrate permaculture's principles of sustainability into surrounding landscapes.

Shein just signed a contract with Timber Press to write a permaculture gardening book in 2011, with the working title of "The Edible Gardener's Guide to Permaculture."

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Addie's Pizza Pie Coming Soon to South Berkeley?
Blog entry by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Thu, 22 Jul at 7:20am.

If you live in North Oakland, you probably miss the wi-fi and the spacious tables at Spuds, which closed more than a year ago.

Now it turns out that Jennifer Millar of the Sweet Adeline Bakeshop right down the block, Tom Schnetz of Uptown's Flora and Temescal's Dona Thomas are the team that have taken over the formerly known as Spud's space.

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