Documenting the Undocumented

Will Austin issue its own official ID card?

"...this," explained Cole. "We've looked a lot at the Oakland model. Austin is a city where 19 percent of..."

Aug. 22, 2014 News Feature by Tony Cantú

Top 10 Sports Retirements 2010

From 'The Big Unit' to 'The Big Hurt'

"...Boston, the Chicago Cubs, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and Oakland; he was 1997’s American League Rookie of the Year,..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Sports Post by Russ Espinoza

Romeo Must Die

"...HK Bay, we now have the docks of seedy Oakland, California. Frankly, that's like transposing the action from Verona..."

March 24, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW 2023 Announces Thao, Armani White, Blondshell, and Otoboke Beaver

Among 191 acts on the festival’s first artist list

"...Orielles, and the mononymous Thao – title of veteran Oakland songwriter Thao Nguyen, formerly of Thao & the Get..."

Oct. 19, 2022 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Second SXSW Lineup Installment Adds Over 300 Acts

KT Tunstall, Shamir, Sunflower Bean, and Circuit Des Yeux highlight

"...GA) Blondes (Liverpool UK-ENGLAND) BORAJ (Pucón CHILE) Boy Scouts (Oakland CA) Boyish (New York NY) Bradley Zero (London UK-ENGLAND)..."

Dec. 8, 2021 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Austin Identifies Top Seven Candidates for Next Police Chief

APD Interim Chief Joseph Chacon among those on the shortlist

"...decades, most recently served as the chief of the Oakland Police Department. In February 2020, Kirkpatrick was fired without..."

July 26, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

A Bigger View With Blindspotting

How Rafael Casal and Daveed Diggs on making the small screen bigger

"...Daveed Diggs and Casel as Collin and Miles, two Oakland natives trying to make their way in the gentrifying..."

July 17, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Releases Final Artist List

Ryan Adams, Lil Yachty, Neko Case, and 184 more

"...Russell E.L. Butler (Oakland, Calif.)..."

March 4, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW List No. 6

Ghostland struts, Suzanne Vega strums, Pat Benatar speaks

"...Baio, Philly rockers Creepoid, Texas metal survivors Drowning Pool, Oakland garage punks Shannon & the Clams, and Brooklyn dream..."

Feb. 5, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW List No. 5

NOFX, Leon Russell, and Trae Tha Truth join Iggy Pop

"...Cumstain (Oakland, Calif.)..."

Jan. 29, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

If You Don't, Who Will?

After 16 years, Erase Errata calls it quits

"...from Houston about a month ago. Ellie lives in Oakland, and the rest of the band is flying in..."

Oct. 14, 2015 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

SXSW Music: Second List

243 + 171 = as many acts as the last two ATX fests combined

"...Bad Vibes (Oakland, CA.)..."

Nov. 18, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

SXSW 2013 Round Two: More Bands Announced

Big year for Bogota bands with a heavy playlist from Colombia

"...(Los Angeles, Calif.) J.D. McPherson (Tulsa OK) Meat Market (Oakland, Calif.) Pedro Menendez Fusion Ensemble (Buenos Aires, Argentina) Midday..."

Dec. 5, 2012 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Football Prophecies

Dick Cheney, Butch Vig, and chicken wings all play a role in Week 7

"...Jacksonville at Oakland: An FBI sting operation two years in the making..."

Oct. 20, 2012 Sports Post by Russ Espinoza

The Football Prophecies

NFL week one

"...San Diego at Oakland: The Chargers win, 42-17, but Oakland gets the last..."

Sept. 6, 2012 Sports Post by Russ Espinoza

SXSW Thursday Interview

Oakland's one-woman eye of violence

"...Merrill Garbus is walking through her Oakland, Calif., neighborhood this Fat Tuesday morning, telling me how..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

The Hightower Report

Lobbyists' BFF; and California's Budding Union Movement

"...In Oakland, the first step toward a unionized work force for..."

Oct. 15, 2010 News Column by Jim Hightower

God Save the Queenie

Duke Ellington's almost lost opera of a Harlem beautician gets rescued and a makeover

"...Still, Queenie Pie won't die. A few years ago, Oakland Opera Theater had the idea of reviving it using..."

April 17, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Medicine Man

Up a Tree With Greg Ashley

"...Ashley, who fronts Oakland's the Gris Gris, came here to write songs for..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

TCB

Gimme whatcha got for a poke chop…

"...Against Me! (Gainesville FL) alias (Oakland CA) Alkaline Trio (Chicago IL) An Albatross (Philadelphia PA)..."

Jan. 9, 2004 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Shelf Life Support

As libraries struggle with slashed budgets, communities are asked to take up the slack. Melanie Haupt reports.

"...When the Oakland Public Library system announced on April 22 that it..."

July 18, 2003 Books Feature by Melanie Haupt

Coach's Corner

This year's NFL playoffs aren't exactly measuring up to the classics of all time.

"...In Oakland (a preseason 30-1 pick to get this far), another..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

State of the Slam

The 1999 Austin Poetry Slam Team barely missed making the finals of the recent National Poetry Slam in Chicago, but after the trials and tribulations of the past few months (which continue into the present), the team was just happy to be there.

"...NPS lexicon) but dropped the fateful semifinal bout to Oakland by that most miniscule of margins. This year, 48..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Books Feature by Christopher Gray

Live Shots

"...Oakland Coliseum Arena, Oakland, California, January 25..."

Jan. 29, 1999 Music Feature

Coach's Corner

"...of small-market teams competing quite successfully; St. Louis, Minnesota, Oakland, and Cleveland, to name only a few recent World..."

Dec. 22, 1995 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Coach's Corner

"...Dream: the Golden State. Many experts think returning to Oakland will, somehow, make the Raiders better, as if Sonny..."

Sept. 8, 1995 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Assessing the Underwhelming Field of APD Chief Candidates

Nearly three dozen people applied. Will any make the cut?

"...Lisa Davis, Assistant Chief, Cincinnati PD: Davis is one..."

June 28, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

The Ants and the Grasshopper

Documentary wonders how to change minds about climate change

"...blithely respond that it's the weather; then Chitaya visits Oakland and finds urban advocates for sustainable agriculture. If Patel..."

March 31, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Unofficial Parties & Free Shows to See During South by Southwest

The Chronicle’s recommended concerts for the coming week

"...Bill Converse goes back-to-back with Collin Bass, and genre-smashing Oakland producer Bored Lord plays alongside their T4T LUV NRG..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

SXSW Music Adds New Order, Killer Mike, Protomartyr, and Isabella Lovestory

Along with over 300 more artists headed to the Austin festival

"...(Reggio Emilia ITALY) Dutch Criminal Record (Portsmouth UK-ENGLAND) Eichlers (Oakland CA) EKKSTACY (Vancouver CANADA) Elephant Gym (Kaohsiung TAIWAN) El..."

Jan. 25, 2023 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

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