When you live in a neighborhood overrun by donut purveyors and nail shops, with a fair number of fairly unappetizing Chinese restaurants sprinkled in between, the arrival of a new joint featuring a new regional cuisine is cause for at least a little salivation. In the Grand Lake district, we now have a Flavors of India restaurant, second outpost -- the first opened in Rockridge in 2006. It's not great Indian food. We'll be......

Have you guys seen all those "Click It Or Ticket" signs they've had up on the LED signs on the highway about how they're enforcing the seat belt laws this month? Well, Oakland City Attorney John Russo didn't, and got nabbed on Piedmont Avenue for going beltless. We pretty much always wear a seat belt now because that dinging noise that the dashboard makes if you don't have it on drives us mad. Russo says......

Tonight, tonight, la-la-la-la-la-la tonight. Fly thee to Phoenix Books! Not only do we love their calendar and used and new book selection, we're tapping our toes at the notion of musical entertainment and readings by Jane Juska, Jon Longhi, Meredith Maran, Bucky Sinister, S. Clay Wilson and more. Brownie points to those willing to find out exactly what word Sinister has tattoed on his gums. Phoenix is proudly celebrating their 22nd Anniversary with this......