Best Animator
Owen Cook
Best Annual Event
Art & Soul
Best Artist
Bill Swanson
Best Arts Organization
Pro Arts
Best Artsy Café
Mama Buzz
Best Band
Green Day
Best Blogger
V Smoothe, A Better Oakland
Best Burning Man Offshoot
The Crucible
Best Club
The Uptown
Best DJ (club)
DJ Hector (Hector Salazar)
Best DJ (radio)
Chuy Gomez, Ronn Owens, and Sex for Teens (tie)
Best East Bay Slang Word or Phrase
Hella
Best Gallery
Johannson Projects
Best Gallery Openings
The Compound
Best Homegrown Cultural Scene
Art Murmur
Best Jazz Combo
Berkeley High Jazz Ensemble
Best Local Act That Made It Big
Green Day
Best Local Album
Middleway — Alma Desnuda
Best Local Author
Michael Chabon
Best Local Book
Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer — Novella Carpenter
Best Local Film
La Mission
Best Musician
Bart Davenport
Best Place to Dance
Ashkenaz
Best Poet
Prentice Powell
Best Punk or Thrash Band
Everything Must Go
Best Purveyor of Local Crafts
Rock Paper Scissors Collective
Best Reason to Remember Hyphy
E-40
Best Singer or MC
Goapele
Best Street Artist
Josh Allen, Tenor Sax
Best Theatrical Production
American Idiot
Best Underground Cultural Event
Hoodstock
Best Venue for Local Bands
The Uptown