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Armed with only a small digital camera in his pocket, world-renowned photographer Raphael Shevelev set out from his El Cerrito home to snap East Bay moments during his favorite season. Shevelev’s glimpses of winter may inspire you to take another look at the landscape we often take for granted. Enjoy The Monthly’s rare photo essay.
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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.
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.
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...
Ray Darten means for its color clothing to be worn.
A Cal psychologist has a simple prescription for race relations.