As I drove into last Saturday's Ocean Beach Street Fair & Chili Cook-Off, there was a crowd protesting against the United States bombing of Iran and Israel’s military involvement in Gaza. Cars were honking in …
July 2, 2025
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Pooches & politics at 45th Annual OB Street Fair & Chili Cook-Off
Now Playing: 40 ACRES (2023)
40 ACRES (2024) R.T. Thorne / Writers: R.T. Thorne, Glenn Taylor, & Lora Campbell / Cinematographer: Jeremy Benning (1.85:1) / Design: Peter Cosco / Editors: Sandy Pereira & Dev Singh / Composer: Todor Kobakov / …
July 2, 2025
Your Week: Picnic and fireworks, sea lion pups, Earth, Wind & Fire, organ festival, Down to the Bone
Friday | 4BBQ Picnic Dinner & FireworksEnjoy BBQ, drinks, fireworks, and waterfront views aboard the historic 1898 Berkeley and the Maritime Museum’s bayfront barge. Tickets include dinner and prime viewing of the Big Bay Boom …
July 2, 2025
My Greatest Generation parents
The Reader has started this series of its best stories from the past 52 years — 2600 cover stories and some remarkable interior features — to help make up for the loss of its physical …
July 2, 2025
California's coastal chaparral is special, Orioles prefer palm trees
You Can Still Catch Jones' Bushmallow <em>(Malacothamnus jonesii)</em> showing off its pale pink flowers in some local coastal communities. Endemic to California, Jones' Bushmallow is common in coastal chaparral and woodland from Monterey to Santa Barbara, …
July 2, 2025