Cindy Wang’s whole life is on WeChat. Through the Chinese everything app, the 24-year-old shops for clothing and sends photos and audio messages to her grandma and uncle in Guangzhou. It’s how she schedules appointments with her hairstylist and where she found her bao supplier — a local woman who […]
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The Bussdown is a new takeout restaurant specializing in pan-African soul food. Photo: Dana Plucinski The Bussdownat Jingletown Eats2353 E. 12th St. (at Miller Avenue), Oakland For their new Oakland pan-African soul food restaurant The Bussdown, chef-owners Solomon Johnson and Mike Woods shop local markets for the freshest ingredients, make […]