Tim Kingston

Literary Links

WriterCoach Connection, a nine-year-old in-school tutoring program, pairs volunteer writing coaches with kids in Berkeley, Albany, and Oakland public schools. In this from-the-heart story, journalist and tutor Tim Kingston chronicles the ups and downs of working one-on-one with kids who don’t necessarily (to put it mildly) share his love of the English language, and the “small miracles” that WriterCoach Connection is creating in our crowded classrooms.

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Faces of the East Bay

In the Philanthropic Swim

In the Philanthropic Swim

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.