# nosh — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover nosh. Page: Feed: --- ## [Introducing BreakFest, Nosh’s big morning bash with a shot of spice](https://www.berkeleyside.org/2026/08/20/nosh-breakfast-event-hammerling-east-bay) _2026-08-20 · Tovin Lapan · Berkeleyside_ Come out to Hammerling Wines in West Berkeley Sept. 12 for great food, local makers and Nosh's inaugural Hot Sauce Competition. ## [Berkeley Unified appoints former board member Beatriz Leyva‑Cutler to fill vacant seat](https://www.berkeleyside.org/2026/08/20/beatriz-leyva-cutler-appointed-to-busd-school-board) _2026-08-20 · Vanessa Arredondo · Berkeleyside_ The BUSD board had been without a fifth member since July, when Ana Vasudeo stepped down to join the county. Leyva-Cutler will serve out the remainder of her term, until November 2028. ## [How a Berkeley middle school cooking program shaped a rising East Bay chef](https://www.berkeleyside.org/2026/08/20/daffodil-projects-natchez-lee-growing-leaders-willard) _2026-08-20 · Alon Yoeli · Berkeleyside_ Natchez Lee, the chef behind the pop-up and supper club Daffodil Projects, was struggling in school when they joined Growing Leaders. ## [Opinion: A park for the next generation of Berkeley, and beyond](https://www.berkeleyside.org/2026/08/20/golden-gate-fields-park-opinion-adena-ishii) _2026-08-20 · Adena Ishii · Berkeleyside_ Berkeley Mayor Adena Ishii says state leaders should approve Gavin Newsom's plan to provide $125 million for the Golden Gate Fields property. ## [Around Berkeley: Shakespeare in the park, mural art talk, Canto mahjong](https://www.berkeleyside.org/2026/08/20/events-berkeley-california-august-2026) _2026-08-20 · Karen Nguyen Vo and Andrew Gilbert · Berkeleyside_ Other events include a murder mystery show at Hammerling Wines, a discussion of reporting on AI and a night market on Fourth Street. ## [Life after prison: This Oakland program offers a place to start over](https://oaklandside.org/2026/08/19/crop-oakland-ready-4-life-reentry-program/) _2026-08-19 · Roselyn Romero · The Oaklandside_ Life after prison: This Oakland program offers a place to start over CROP’s residential fellowship gives formerly incarcerated people housing, job training, and peer support as they rebuild their lives and pursue careers. ## [In a tight budget year, BUSD’s superintendent joined teachers in getting a pay raise](https://www.berkeleyside.org/2026/08/19/berkeley-unified-executive-salaries-bay-area-superintendents) _2026-08-19 · Vanessa Arredondo · Berkeleyside_ Berkeley Unified and other districts are increasingly using “me too” contract clauses tying executive salaries to staff pay raises, as a way to retain top talent. ## [Election 2026: Who’s running for Berkeley City Council, school board and more](https://www.berkeleyside.org/2026/08/19/berkeley-election-candidates-city-council-rent-board-school-board) _2026-08-19 · Nico Savidge · Berkeleyside_ Update: One of the candidates vying to represent City Council District 8 has dropped out of the race. ## [From green apple cucumber to red kuri squash, here’s what Berkeley residents are growing in their gardens](https://www.berkeleyside.org/2026/08/19/from-green-apple-cucumber-to-red-kuri-squash-heres-what-berkeley-residents-are-growing-in-their-gardens) _2026-08-19 · Myron Caringal · Berkeleyside_ After a reader sent Berkeleyside photos of his front yard corn, we put a call out to see what else is being grown around town this summer. You all produced. ## [Green bags don’t cut it. Here’s how to compost in Oakland instead](https://oaklandside.org/2026/08/19/how-to-compost-oakland-green-bags-waste-management/) _2026-08-19 · Natalie Orenstein · The Oaklandside_ Green bags don’t cut it. Here’s how to compost in Oakland instead After we reported on the bioplastics ban, we asked for your tips and tricks on keeping compost clean. ## [Web Coding With AI, Live (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/T5PakrQVw8ON) _2026-08-19 · **Sponsored**_ Collaborative screen sharing with simultaneous remote control, open source. ## [Follow the sweet aromas and long lines to Oakland’s latest buzzy bakery](https://www.berkeleyside.org/2026/08/19/studio-estepan-west-oakland-bread-pastries) _2026-08-19 · Skylla Mumana · Berkeleyside_ At Studio Estepan, owner Estevan Silva brings Michelin technique and global flavors to his part-time West Oakland bakery. ## [Potholes are the worst. Learn how to report them](https://oaklandside.org/2026/08/19/oakland-pothole-reporting-party-west-oakland-san-pablo/) _2026-08-19 · Jose Fermoso · The Oaklandside_ Potholes are the worst. Learn how to report them This Sunday, the advocacy group Bike East Bay hosts a Pothole Reporting training event, where newbies to Oak311 can learn how to flag road damage — and spark repairs. ## [Berkeley author maps out an ‘ecocivilization’ to avert climate and economic catastrophe](https://www.berkeleyside.org/2026/08/19/jeremy-lent-ecocivilization-reckonings-thomas-farber-my-deepest-desire-tamiki-hara-groundbreaking-clare-cooper-marcus-smolder-colleen-morton-busch) _2026-08-19 · Joanne Furio · Berkeleyside_ Jeremy Lent describes the consequences of a society stretched to its limits and what can replace it. Also: “Reckonings” by Thomas Farber, and a posthumous memoir of LSD and erotic encounters at Esalen by Cal professor Clare Cooper Marcus. ## [This week in Oakland: Kamaiyah at Latham Square, and the Afrobeats festival at Snow Park](https://oaklandside.org/2026/08/18/oakland-events-things-to-do-from-august-20-to-the-23/) _2026-08-18 · Azucena Rasilla · The Oaklandside_ This week in Oakland: Kamaiyah at Latham Square, and the Afrobeats festival at Snow Park Other events include honky tonk karaoke in Old Oakland, and a literary celebration at Eli’s Mile High Club. ## [Meta trial claiming platforms addicted teens begins in Oakland](https://oaklandside.org/2026/08/18/meta-trial-claiming-platforms-addicted-children-begins-oakland/) _2026-08-18 · Esther Kaplan · The Oaklandside_ Meta trial claiming platforms addicted teens begins in Oakland California’s attorney general argues the social media giant misled the public about the mental health impacts of Instagram and Facebook on its youngest users. ## [A popular SF Salvadoran restaurant, a Swiss chocolate shop and a new Mediterranean spot open in the East Bay](https://oaklandside.org/2026/08/18/balompie-pupusas-amor-grill-antojitos-cuscatlan-burger-spot-open/) _2026-08-18 · Momo Chang · The Oaklandside_ A popular SF Salvadoran restaurant, a Swiss chocolate shop and a new Mediterranean spot open in the East Bay A running list of restaurants that have recently opened in Berkeley, Oakland, Richmond, and beyond. ## [Trailer trucks on I-580? Lifting the ban would open the floodgates, study finds](https://oaklandside.org/2026/08/18/trailer-trucks-on-i-580-lifting-the-ban-would-open-the-floodgates-on-it-study-finds/) _2026-08-18 · Jose Fermoso · The Oaklandside_ Trailer trucks on I-580? Lifting the ban would open the floodgates, study finds A new Caltrans study estimates that traffic on I-880 would decline by a third, shifting 3,800 heavy trucks to I-580 each day, exposing schools, hospitals and senior centers to emissions. ## [Is a data center coming to downtown Oakland?](https://oaklandside.org/2026/08/17/oakland-data-center-ai-tesla-bezos/) _2026-08-17 · Eli Wolfe and Natalie Orenstein · The Oaklandside_ Is a data center coming to downtown Oakland? Here’s what to know about recent AI industry moves, including a Jeff Bezos startup and Tesla in West Oakland. ## [A sexy, joyful Oakland Pride](https://oaklandside.org/2026/08/17/sexy-joyful-oakland-pride/) _2026-08-17 · Estefany Gonzalez · The Oaklandside_ A sexy, joyful Oakland Pride With a twerking contest, dyke arm wrestling, a hopping Latin stage, and a new zone called Sexy Town, queer Oakland turned out to celebrate on Sunday.