A therapist, photographer and hairstylist have innovated to continue their practice in quarantine.
Anna Mindess
Anna Mindess is a freelance writer and sign language interpreter who lives in Berkeley.
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Corner stores step up: Colusa Market
The Kensington neighborhood market is doing double its normal business. Along with its regular customers, some of whom have been shopping here for 30 years, the store is attracting many new shoppers.
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For this refugee restaurateur, the American Dream is giving back
Monster Pho owner Tee Tran views the crisis as an opportunity to repay the community and country where he found a home.
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Café Ohlone founders share ancestral wisdom to help us through the pandemic
Ohlone natives have been practicing some of the measures we’re using to prevent COVID-19 for many generations.
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Longtime immigrant-run restaurants hang on for a precarious future
With revenue down by 75%, some are trying new methods, others are just hanging on for better days.
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If you can sew, you can help those on the front lines of the COVID-19 fight
Some hospitals are using fabric masks over N95 masks as they can be removed and sanitized. Other agencies want them for their work with the elderly or the homeless.
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Berkeley’s La Bedaine is back in business, albeit slowly
The beloved neighborhood French bakery and deli on Solano Avenue has reopened after it abruptly closed last summer.
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After 37 years, owners of Sugata in Albany will retire
Owners Koichi and Kazue Endo have run the business for 37 years; they plan to retire in December, passing on the business to a new owner.
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Meet the East Bay maker of sweet, golden Ethiopian honey wine
This former Haight Ashbury Free Clinic CEO started Oakland’s Enat Winery in 1999, inspired by his mother-in-law’s homemade tej.
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Brazilian Bread café is now open on Solano Avenue
This café, which opened its doors today in North Berkeley, specializes in cheese breads, sandwiches, açaí bowls and other Brazilian fare.
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After 23 years in Berkeley, Norikonoko’s sliding door will slide no more
Noriko and Takumi Taniguchi tell Nosh why they will be hanging up their aprons and closing their longtime Berkeley restaurant.
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Kobani Kurdish restaurant: Defiant and delicious
Emin Tekin, owner of Berkeley’s new restaurant, Kobani, is proud to call his cuisine Kurdish. When you hear his story, you’ll know why.
