Alameda CA Press
Cannabis Insider: Oakland's Leviathan Building Becomes a Hub for Silicon ...
Dec 30, 2018Bernal Heights Collective and the renovated Urban Pharm in SOMA, reports indicate.
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On January 24th, The Brownie Mary Democratic Club of Alameda—voted the 2015 Club of the Year by the Alameda County Democratic Central Committee—will throw its first Pot Bowl benefit. Judges packs will be made available on January 6th.
Contact Cannabis Insider’s Herb Caine with event announcements, tips, notes, and rumors at highsociety@7x7.com. Herb Caine is a pseudonym for Bay Area cannabis reporter David Downs—a columnist, editor, and best-selling author, with The Medical Marijuana Guide Book (Whitman) coming out in 2016.
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Alternative gifts: Tips for meaningful holiday giving
Nov 27, 2018There he met fiber artist Amy Brown, who creates her plushy creations for her Jumbo Jibbles line in a studio at San Jose's Alameda Art Works. For a friend who loves succulents, Ramirez bought a "cactus" in a pot made of vintage fabric.
Aaron Nipper received her whimsical ski mask with unicorn horns for Christmas and loves the idea of supporting local artists: "When you buy local, you're supporting people who make these (works), and you make your city a place where people live and stay."
Practical romance
Gloria Gates, of Fremont's Niles district, lost the last of her three children two years ago, so she prefers to keep the holiday low-key.
Still, her husband, George, loves to treat her, so she lets him buy her something she regularly uses in the kitchen. He individually wraps up rolls of wax paper, often in different-sized boxes designed to "fool her," he jokes. He also buys her nonlatex gloves to wash dishes and stuffs a stocking with Hershey bars.
"I'm a big spender, as you can tell," he says. Gloria laughs, adding, "It's very romantic."
Workplace philanthropy
If well-paid Bay Area workers feel a keeping-up-with-the-Joneses pressure to dazzle colleagues with stylish iPhone docks or $260 Ecuadorean chocolate, Point Richmond executive coach Donna Stoneham sends her clients gifts that she hopes lets them feel like they are making a true difference in people's lives. Stoneham makes don... http://www.mercurynews.com/spotlight/ci_29160634/alternative-gifts-tips-meaningful-holiday-giving
Pioneering Japanese American florist Yoshimi Shibata passes
Nov 7, 2018A memorial service is planned for Saturday, Nov. 21 at 2 p.m. at the Buddhist Temple of Alameda at 2325 Pacific Ave. in Alameda, Calif. Condolence cards and letters may be sent to the Shibata family at Mt. Eden Floral Company, 2124 Bering Dr., San Jose, CA 95131.
http://www.nichibei.org/2015/11/pioneering-japanese-american-florist-yoshimi-shibata-passes/