Oakland's alaMar Kitchen & Bar is about to start serving 1,500 free meals per week to restaurant workers who have been displaced and derailed by the coronavirus outbreak.

Located at 100 Grand Ave., chef Nelson German's popular seafood restaurant has just issued this announcement:

"We are here for you, Oakland! ...…

Benchmark Pizzeria in Old Oakland has closed permanently.

A notice now posted at the restaurant's website, addressed "to our Friends, Regulars, and Supporters," reads:

"We have made the very tough decision to close Benchmark Oakland permanently.…

Uptown Oakland's alaMar Kitchen & Bar will celebrate its sixth anniversary this Friday, May 1, with a contactless, social-distancing, Covid-19-crisis parade.

"In celebration of this milestone, we are asking all of our fans and supporters to parade in the safety of their cars," management announced in a press release today.…

News, arts, and dining coverage for Oakland, Berkeley, and the greater East Bay.

Be extra kind to kind people. ARIES (March 21-April 19): Your oracle comes from Aries poet Octavio Paz: "The path the ancestors cleared is overgrown, unused. The other path, smooth and broad, is crowded with travelers.…

It has hosted royal weddings, banquets, Parliament and even courts of law in its 750-year history as well as being home to the greatest symbol of all medieval mythology, the world-famous Round Table of King Arthur.

News you don't want to miss for April 23:

1. BART learned on Thursday that $250 million in recent federal relief funds will allow it to balance its budget for this fiscal year, with $78 million remaining, BART Board Director Rebecca Saltzman said.…

This is a warning to everyone with a mortgage. The rates on new mortgage deals are getting more expensive, and there is a plausible chance of UK base rates increasing. If you have a mortgage, you should check urgently if you can slice the rate down – you may gain £1,000s right now.

Summer’s now over, and sadly there’s little you can do to repair a holiday ruined by flight delay or cancellation (eg from a strike like Ryanair’s) but many are entitled to up to £550 per person compensation. In fact this applies even for delays as far back as 2012.

“I am not a number. I am a free man!” I’m afraid not, you’re a number… when it comes to credit scoring anyway. The famous cry for help of the eponymous Prisoner from the cult 1960s TV show of the 1960, could have been written for today’s world of mass computer assessed finance.

This is a warning to every UK worker aged 22 or over. You’re about to get a pay rise, but it may cost you, and you may not even be told.

This April, whether we're in, out or, most likely, just shaken all about, one thing is certain... it’s the time of annual public service price rises. While you can't prevent the rises, there are often other ways to cut these bills. I want to show how you can steal a March (sorry) on April's hikes.

'Tax-Free Childcare' is a confusing and inaccurately named scheme that launched in April 2017. It can be worth thousands of pounds, but only 250,000 of the 1.5 million eligible families are collecting it.

The mood music for savers isn’t good. The world economic outlook is gloomy and there’s huge uncertainty here in the UK, so the City’s long-term interest rates have plummeted. And it’s these that many fixed savings rates are based on – so they’re dropping too. On top of that, the two top easy-access savings accounts cut their rates within days of each other.

Are you ripping yourself off? At least 11m people in the UK are overpaying on their energy bills, usually by £100s a year. Sorting it is one of the biggest and easiest savings you can make – yet the majority still don’t do it. More so, even if you’re scared of switching firm, right now you may be able to save £100s and stick with your existing provider. So as we’re in the core of winter, carpe diem (translation: get off your bum and try to give it a go).

Mis-sold Wonga customers have been legally robbed.

MARWELL Hotel is hosting a wedding fair this weekend.

THE happy couple's wedding day has been saved – thanks to some help from Daily Echo readers.

More people have been choosing to get married in recent years.

MARCUS Barnes scored a stunning consolation goal as Eastleigh’s FA Cup run ended with a 3-1 defeat at League Two Crewe Alexandra.

A CLOSE encounter with a menacing crocodile was not exactly what I had in mind for last night but, with panto, anything goes.

ECHO fishing correspondent Mark Simmonds landed his fifth Amazon Red Tail over 100 lb when taking Black Spot at 110 lb from Teak Trees, Chang Mai in Thailand.

INTERVIEW: By Hilary Porter

WHATEVER the long term future may hold for Saints, they have given themselves short term hope.

A NUMBER of schools are closing across Hampshire amid the coronavirus outbreak.

MOST of us will be watching the game from the comfort of our settees – but one young Hampshire boy will lead the Three Lions out in Brazil.

A POPULAR Hampshire town market has began to make steps towards opening more stalls following their closure due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Poignant, creepy and incredibly compelling Little Nightmares is one of this generations most unnerving and intelligent horror titles.

Mario Tennis Aces is a welcome return to form for the long-running arcade sports series.

A MAN who fell from a cruise ship and gouged his leg open on a propeller has been airlifted to hospital.

A SOUTHAMPTON charity has announced they are continuing their partnership with an upcoming marathon.

A HAMPSHIRE woman is set to run 12 half marathons in the space of a year after losing her grandson to stillbirth.

AN Alresford couple are celebrating a milestone, 70 years of marriage this month.

MARIO Lemina wants to remain at Galatasaray beyond the end of the season.

Valentine Primary prepares for this year's Rock Challenge.

Wellow Primary prepares for this year's Rock Challenge.

Wordsworth Primary prepares for this year's Rock Challenge.

Colden Common Primary School prepares for this year's Rock Challenge.

QUEEN Extravaganza, the official Queen tribute band produced by Roger Taylor and Brian May, returns to the UK in 2021 following sell out shows across the globe. It celebrates 50 years of Queen with a one night only show at Mayflower Theatre on Sunday January 31 among 26 dates across the UK.

Former Saints star Mark Dennis was in tears of pride after watching his grandson win the Junior ABA title.

A CULTURAL trust is inviting Hampshire residents to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day.

South Coast surveying practice, Realest have been instructed alongside joint agents Lambert Smith Hampton to market The Director General’s House in Southampton. The iconic building which was given its name as the former residence of the Director General of the Ordnance Survey, is located at the head of London Road fronting The Avenue and Rockstone Place.

Despite faltering take-up caused by Brexit uncertainty in the short term and an ongoing lack of supply, occupier enquiries are increasing, particularly among SMEs, rents are expected to hold their position and demand for prime and good quality secondary assets has remained steady in the investment market. We hope to see the current high level of enquiries start to translate into a healthier level of take-up by the end of the year.

Here’s a clip of our next single – out this Friday! It’s called ‘Higher Than The Sun’ and it’s something a little different from us. What do you think? ????

IT IS all about the money, money, money that can be raised by Southampton’s rhinos.

The family of the helmsman of the Titanic, whose final resting place was a mystery for decades, have now marked his grave with a headstone in Aberdeen.

Brody Crockford has made his mark on the junior motorcycle road racing scene by finishing the 2017 season as runner-up in the Cool FAB Racing MiniGP70 British Championship.

At first, Surviving Mars will be familiar to any gamer with experience of base building, resource gathering and exploring uncharted territory.

PLANS for Southampton’s first all-through school have moved a step further.

SEVEN war memorials in Hampshire are among hundreds to be listed in a bid to protect thousands of memorials by next year - marking the centenary of the end of the First World War.