Deryk Barker replies to Janos Gereben:

>>Gertrude Stein notwithstanding, when it comes to symphonic music with a
>>difference, there is a there here, called the Oakland East Bay Symphony.
>
>Wasn't GS referring to LA? And isn't Oakland near SF?

No, she was referring to Oakland, Alice B.  Toklas's birth place (but not
her home town).  And, yes, Oakland is near SF.

Steve Schwartz