The money from Japan will go toward providing shelter, food, and physiological support to those affected by the fires.

A restaurant in Oakland scheduled to open January 30 is seeking to bring the cuisine of Afghanistan to new heights. Jaji, co-owned by Sophia Akbar and Paul Iglesias of Parche, will walk the line between familiar and iconoclastic,

A new restaurant in Oakland is seeking to bring the cuisine of Afghanistan to new heights. Jaji, co-owned by Sophia Akbar and Paul Iglesias of Parche, walks the line between familiar and iconoclastic, with mantu-like wonton dumplings with confit duck and miso and cocktails mixed with yogurt and Silk Road spices.

The restaurant, which opened in San Francisco in 1995, married local ingredients with the food he grew up on and buoyed other chefs from immigrant families.

But now Oaklanders have a couple million reasons to think the situation might soon improve.

Oakland’s Laurel district just lost its neighborhood juice bar. GotJuice owner Terrell Elliott announced in a statement shared with Nosh that, while the decision wasn’t made lightly, “serving the Laurel district has been more than just business — it’s been family.” GotJuice was located at 3843 MacArthur Blvd. in Oakland.

California was once a hotbed of Japanese wine producers, until 20th-century legislation boxed them out. Over a hundred years later, a comeback is underway.

No one in Dodger blue was apologizing Wednesday, when the Dodgers introduced pitcher Roki Sasaki at a news conference.

New Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki, now 51, still loves putting on the Seattle Mariners' uniform for pre-game workouts.

As global temperatures rise, scientists worry that a "gross" moth species could eventually wreak havoc on California’s landscape, trashing home values.

Alex Rodriguez isn’t headed to the Hall of Fame but he was happy to congratulate those that were. The former Yankees infielder congratulated the three members of the 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame class that were announced on Tuesday evening.

In the bottom of the eighth inning of the April 11, 2001, game between the Oakland A's and visiting Seattle Mariners, A's outfielder Terrence Long bounced a leadoff single up the middle off Aaron Sele.