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Category Archives: Food
Mien Farmers Make a Garden Grow in East Oakland
In the heart of East Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood, the Peralta Hacienda Historical Park is an incongruous reminder of California’s Mexican past: six acres of open space in a sea of single-family homes. What was once a massive ranchero now features … Continue reading
App That Scans Faces of Bar Crowds Raising Privacy Concerns
by Reyhan Harmanci for The Bay Citizen A priest and a rabbi walk into a bar. And a camera records their entrance so that users of a new app can tell the age, gender, and the number of people sipping … Continue reading
Police Raid Occupy the Farm, Arrest 9
Update 2:00 p.m. From AP: ALBANY, Calif. University of California police raided a four-week Occupy encampment at a college-owned farm used for agriculture research early Monday, arresting nine people after protesters ignored yet another weekend deadline to leave. About 100 … Continue reading
UC Invites Gill Tract Protesters to Meeting, Cites Saturday Deadline For 'Unilateral Steps'
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UC Berkeley has issued another statement on the occupation of Gill Tract in Albany. Looks like the university has given the Occupy the Farm folks a deadline of Saturday at 10:00am to dismantle their camp. If not, the university says … Continue reading
Debate: Food Safety in Wake of California Mad Cow Case
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The discovery of the first case of mad cow disease in California and just the fourth in the U.S. has sparked a conversation over whether the nation's food safety protocols are working — or not. Yesterday on KQED Public Radio's Forum … Continue reading
Exploring Bayview's Food Renaissance; Map of Area Restaurants
Radio Africa & Kitchen is one of a growing list of city- supported food businesses on Third Street in San Francisco's Bayview neighborhood. It's all part of a calculated redevelopment strategy to drive foodies to this long neglected corner of … Continue reading
How California Mad Cow Case Was Discovered
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HANFORD, Calif. (AP) The discovery of mad cow disease in a dead dairy cow came soon after it arrived at a non-descript building in the heart of California's dairy country. The finding, announced Tuesday, is the first new case of … Continue reading
Beyond the Bubble: Fear Grips California Citrus Growers as HLB Infected Asian Psyllid Discovered
Rachael Myrow here, host of the California Report, with an AM post from somewhere else in California. We're in this Golden State together. Right? It happened in Hacienda Heights, a suburban bedroom community on the east side of LA County. … Continue reading
Beyond the Bay: Can There Be Such a Thing as Too Much Squid?
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Rachael Myrow here, host of the California Report, with an AM post from somewhere else in California. We're in this Golden State together. Right? Off of California's coast, bobbing beneath the waves of the Pacific, there is a huge, seething … Continue reading
PETA Says Members to Lie Semi-Nude on Trays Outside SF Steakhouse Today
PETA is going to occupy the steakhouse today. From Bay City News: Members of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals today plan to lie nearly naked on large trays outside of a steakhouse in San Francisco's Financial District to … Continue reading
