Chris Malcomb

Retreat

Posted by Chris Malcomb | Dec 1, 2012 | Feature |

A serene vacation takes a startling turn.

Moving

Posted by Chris Malcomb | Dec 1, 2012 | Feature |

Enjoy the fruits of our latest creative writing contest, a twice-a-year feature that’s a favorite of readers and writers alike. As always, we asked local scribes to riff—with originality and verve—on the merest thread of a theme. Read and weep (and chuckle, too).

Ask the Expert: Estate Planning with Sara Diamond

by The Monthly Staff | Sep 22, 2021 | Faces of the East Bay, Family Care

The pandemic created the urgency for many East Bay families to set up an estate plan. Richmond Estate Planning Attorney, Sara Diamond answers questions about wills, trusts, powers of attorney and advance health care directives.

Berkeley-based bio honors SF architect Bernard Maybeck’s daughter-in-law

by Pam Valois | Jul 29, 2021 | Architecture, Faces of the East Bay, History

Jacomena van Huizen Maybeck’s life began in 1901 on a Javanese sugar plantation and ended ninety-five years later in her house in the Berkeley hills. I met her in 1977, as my boyfriend and I followed the rumors of a unique cottage for rent. From the time of our first...