The East Bay’s Premier Magazine of Culture & Commerce
The East Bay’s Premier Magazine of Culture & Commerce
In 2025, California updated driving laws affecting seniors, job ads, and ID requirements. Driving instructor Bill Allenbaugh of Bill’s Defensive Driving School updates us on the latest changes for California drivers.
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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.
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Back in 2013, Oakland/Berkeley/Alameda native Matt Werner published a series of satirical news...
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Archive: The Anti-Dr. Laura | Nurse Rona Renner offers sane and sage advice for parents....
Read MoreLocal independent bookstores weigh in on their favorite back-to-school books for kids and adults.
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Hidden in the East Bay hills, the Carmelite nuns of Kensington live at the most secluded monastery in the United States.
A Cal psychologist has a simple prescription for race relations.
Experts say that when caring for an elderly parent who lives far away, the most important thing is to join a support group with people experiencing the same challenges.
Rockridge residents John Bliss and Kim Thompson may live far removed the gritty flats of East and West Oakland. But this philanthropic couple see themselves as one with the citizens of Oakland, particularly those who are struggling financially, and they’re leading a campaign to get their “financially blessed” peers to invest in the community like they have by funding city programs to teach kids how to swim.
Oakland author Meredith Maran accused her father of the ultimate betrayal. Then she un-accused him. In this first-person essay, adapted from her new book, My Lie, she reveals how it all went down.