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Oakland’s New Sweet Spot
BY Eric Wahlgren
For Megan Ray, it all started as a kid when her fudge cake won a blue ribbon at a county fair. A career in tech got in the way, but the baking bug, as she calls it, eventually came back to bite her hard when she was laid off from her Silicon Valley job in 2001 during the dot-com bust. Ray and her business partner began selling elegant cakes and pastries, which would look perfectly at home behind any Parisian pâtisserie counter, at the Berkeley Farmers’ market.
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Miette Pâtisserie and Confiserie founder Meg Ray is bringing her fanciful, hand-crafted cakes and pastries to Jack London Square where she’s opening a bakery, retail shop, and new baking school.
 
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West Oakland Now, SF LoveFest and The Park presents Vol. 1. Oakbook's on the scene....
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Op-Ed: Stop the Leaks
Even as the nation enters a period of deep cuts in consumer spending, it is time for Oakland to think seriously about retail recruitment. This is a vital, and often overlooked piece of what is needed to build a healthier and more successful future for our city. Many neighborhoods lack grocery stores, banks, and oth...
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Promises and Light
East Bay photographer Nancy Holliday attended the first wedding in Oakland's beautiful new church, The Cathedral of Christ the Light.  ...
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Cruising Oakland's Bike Trails
I discovered Oakland’s diversity while riding my bike. Oakland and its environs offer some of the best cycling in the country. Four seasons a year, we have options. Hilly or f >>>
Charter School Shopping in Oakland
One of the original and central promises of charter schools was that they would bring the concept of choice to the one-size-fits-all model of traditional schools. Injecting public >>>
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