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  1. Jerry Brown's optimism about the budget might have cost voters a chance to close corporate tax loopholes. awe.sm/5tMQb about 5 hours ago via Timely by Demandforce
  2. ICYMI: The ten bands you should be listening to this summer, hand-picked just for you by our music writers awe.sm/5tMN9 about 17 hours ago via Timely by Demandforce
  3. @bayreporta aww. about 19 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to bayreporta
  4. This week in film: 'Hysteria' and the dawn of the vibrator age awe.sm/5tMGY about 20 hours ago via Timely by Demandforce
  5. IamSu is the auteur behind the hottest local rap song on KMEL. So why isn't he signed? awe.sm/5tM6N about 23 hours ago via Timely by Demandforce
  6. This week's letters: Readers sound off on Bus Rapid Transit, Matt Stewart, and Occupy awe.sm/5tLrZ 11:02 AM May 25th via Timely by Demandforce
  7. Weekender: This weekend's top five events awe.sm/5tH42 8:18 AM May 25th via Timely by Demandforce
  8. This week in food, @theluketsai on Alameda's American Oak: Small-town feel, big-city chops awe.sm/5swwE 5:01 PM May 24th via Timely by Demandforce
  9. The Warriors move may be inevitable, but Mayor Quan is soldiering on with the Coliseum City project awe.sm/5tDAX 2:25 PM May 24th via Timely by Demandforce
  10. This week in music: How two beat-makers from the 'burbs spun their parents' generosity into social capital awe.sm/5swvW 12:23 PM May 24th via Timely by Demandforce
  11. .@elcush on Oakland's newest bar: "plainly for wine and/or whiskey snobs — or, at least, people who would like to be" awe.sm/5sws1 10:21 AM May 24th via Timely by Demandforce
  12. With travel restrictions eased, Cuban musicians are finally making it to the Bay Area — and finding eager audiences awe.sm/5swqT 8:45 AM May 24th via Timely by Demandforce
  13. .@rachelswan on the latest from Norah Jones: "it operates at a much deeper level than any of her previous works" awe.sm/5swq2 7:00 AM May 24th via Timely by Demandforce
  14. ICYMI: Off the Grid is coming to Alameda next month! awe.sm/5swoA 10:44 PM May 23rd via Timely by Demandforce
  15. Monty Pyrhon & the Holy Grail! 2001: A Space Odyssey! Yellow Submarine! This week's repertory film listings awe.sm/5swnW 7:50 PM May 23rd via Timely by Demandforce
  16. Is the Port really Richmond's fail-safe economic engine? At least one city councilman doesn't think so awe.sm/5swaW 6:20 PM May 23rd via Timely by Demandforce
  17. New Rasmussen poll: 56 percent of American approve of legalizing and regulating marijuana awe.sm/5sxIG 3:36 PM May 23rd via Timely by Demandforce