Best of Berkeley and the East Bay

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The Best of Berkeley and the East Bay was born with the idea to give readers throughout the East Bay a chance to voice their opinions on their personal “Best” choices for everything Berkeley and the East Bay. The program has evolved over the years, and hopefully, with a lot of input from our readers, we’ve been able to make it better and better.

The voting for Best of Berkeley is conducted in a two-round process. The first round occurs in the month of July and early August with open write-in nominations taking place.

As the nomination period in the first round comes to a close in mid August, shortly after, the second round opens with the top nominees in each category being selectable in this final round of voting during the end of August and September. Write-in nominations are no longer available, and voters are open to select their favorites from among those that are listed.

The final winners are posted in October

We hope you enjoy! And we hope you cast your vote in July and again in August!

Faces of the East Bay

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...