Tacos served at Calavera in Oakland. Alex M./Yelp Calavera, a buzzy yet controversial Mexican restaurant in Oakland’s Uptown neighborhood known for its wide assortment of mezcal, toasted chapulines and carnitas tacos, permanently closed on Saturday after just over eight years in business. “This is not the way we wanted the new year to start, however, … Read more
FILE: Protesters, police, and journalists thought the Mission District’s Dolores Park was meant to be the site of a pro-yuppie rally on June 7, 1999. Nobody on the yuppies’ side showed up. Anadolu/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images In June 1999, 200 protesters flocked to San Francisco’s Dolores Park to protest a “Stop the Hate” rally… … Read more
Not many California downtowns feature an idle F-4 Phantom supersonic jet tilted on a cement perch, but that’s exactly how the east end of main street in Lancaster begins. The jet is in Boeing Plaza, at the mouth of a central boulevard in the Southern California city. From there, the road diverts into two slow … Read more
