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In brief: Thrift shop raffle to benefit Children’s Hospital Oakland

OAKLAND While supporting the Bambino Thrift Shop and in turn UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland, The Bambino is celebrating 30 years in business on College Avenue in North Oakland's Rockridge district with a raffle that has roughly 30 prizes for players to win. Tickets will be on sale May 7-18. Prizes include a night's stay at Berkeley's Claremont luxury hotel,...

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Several worker unions, college students and community organizations will march, sit-in and camp out throughout the Bay Area

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May Day and Gaza protests sweeping the Bay Area Wednesday

From Johnny Math]is to the Poynter Sisters to John Fogerty and Frederica von Stade and Mary Stallings, the Bay Area is blessed with iconic singers.

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The most iconic singers in Bay Area music history from the Pointer Sisters to John Fogerty

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Montclair

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Oakland library group’s bookstore to hold big moving sale

Proceeds from the nonprofit Bookmark, which be in a new location in the same part of town, benefit the city's library branches.

Piedmont

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Single family residence in Piedmont sells for $3 million

A spacious house located in the first block of Cambrian Avenue in Piedmont has new owners. The 2,578-square-foot property, built in 1947, was sold on March 28, 2024, for $3,000,000, or $1,164 per square foot.