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

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.