Sept & Oct 2020
THE MAGAZINE OF OAKLAND, BERKELEY AND THE WORLD THAT REVOLVES AROUND US
FROM THE EDITOR
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Thanks for Being You, East Bay 6 Dorothea Lange Goes Digital at OMCA 8 NICHE
A Comics Company for Queer Prisoners P12
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Rockumentary Edition P18 COOL
How Community Fridges Fight Hunger P24
Nation’s Oldest Indie Black Bookstore P28 Diner Delights at Bette’s P32 VEEP TO KEEP
Our Own Kamala Harris P38 RRRR
Plastics and the Eco Pirate Fighting Back P43 NAME GAME
How to Share Your Unusual Moniker P49
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CONTRIBUTORS
SENIOR DESIGNER
Rosemary Olson
Katherine Butler Katrina Fadrilan Amy Glynn Kary Hess D. Scot Miller Casey O’Brien Jonah Raskin Charlie Swanson Kelly Vance
Jackie Mujica
ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER Karen Klaber
EDITOR Daedalus Howell
DESIGN DIRECTOR Kara Brown
COPY EDITOR Mark Fernquest
ADVERTISING DIRECTORS Lori Lieneke Lisa Santos
ADVERTISING ACCOUNT MANAGERS
PRODUCTION OPERATIONS MANAGER
Danielle McCoy Ben Grambergu Mercedes Murolo Lynda Rael
Sean George
CEO/EXECUTIVE EDITOR Dan Pulcrano
ON THE COVER Photograph courtesy Andres Serrano. Logo calligraphy: Mark Davis
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