ON LOCATION with Nancy Nadel
Nancy Nadel, a member of the Oakland City Council since 1996, spills the beans about her passion for Jamaica, the chocolate company she founded, and where to hang out in Oaktown.
Read MorePosted by Tim Kingston | Feb 1, 2011 | On Location |
Nancy Nadel, a member of the Oakland City Council since 1996, spills the beans about her passion for Jamaica, the chocolate company she founded, and where to hang out in Oaktown.
Read MorePosted by Tim Kingston | Dec 1, 2010 | On Location |
Local character Allan Michaan, the mogul behind Oakland’s Grand Lake Theater and Michaan’s Auctions, fills us in on his favorite haunts hereabouts.
Read MorePosted by Tim Kingston | Jul 1, 2010 | Shopping |
Summertime, and the living is easy—not to mention mostly rain-free. That means it’s the ideal time of year to prepare your home for a warm, leak-proof winter. Ready, set, weatherize!
Read MorePosted by Tim Kingston | Jun 1, 2010 | On Location |
We’re excited to debut the first installation of On Location—a bite-sized new Q&A with a colorful East Bay character (as you may have noticed, there’s no shortage in these parts!) plus a peek at their preferred hangouts. This month, we launch the series with Adam Lamoreaux, the boffo brewmeister behind Oakland’s Linden Street Brewery. Lamoreaux fills us in on his favorite local haunts, strolls, restaurants, and, of course, brew pubs.
Read MorePosted by Tim Kingston | Oct 1, 2009 | Shopping |
The Loma Prieta earthquake, 7.1 on the Richter scale, rocked the Bay Area in October 1989. Twenty years later, many of us remain woefully unprepared for the next devastating quake. But a little advance preparation—stockpiling water and supplies, upgrading your home’s foundation—could make a big difference. This month, we survey local experts to find out what survival necessities to buy, services to contract, and community organizations to contact as you prepare for the inevitable Big One.
Read Moreby Tim Kingston | Feature |
Hidden in the East Bay hills, the Carmelite nuns of Kensington live at the most secluded monastery in the United States.
by Tim Kingston | Feature |
by Tim Kingston | Feature |
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.
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...
by Nana Twumasi | Jun 1, 2019 | Faces of the East Bay, Retail
Ray Darten means for its color clothing to be worn.
by Lisa Fernandez | Apr 1, 2019 | Faces of the East Bay, Parenting
A Cal psychologist has a simple prescription for race relations.