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Working Together for Community
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It Was Grand
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Nice Day for the Tour de Beer
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Clown School
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High Praise
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Choppy Seas for Boat Dwellers
by John Geluardi | East Bay Life | 0 |
A small live-aboard community in a picturesque setting in Richmond is facing rent hikes, while the harbor’s owners are looking at millions of dollars in required upgrades.
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A galvanizing force, Joe Hawkins leads Oakland’s new LGBTQ Community Center.
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The East Bay’s only kosher bakery shutters.
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by Paul Kilduff | East Bay Life | 0 |
Start the new year right with this tour de beer, a coming-of-age story of new and happening beer halls, hip beer gardens, on-the-horizon brewski purveyors, as well as a few favorite standbys. The beer is enticing, of course, but this emerging iteration of suds sellers puts a hefty premium on outstanding food, ambience, and attitude, with a few spots attracting go-getter restaurateurs—James Syhabout and Chris Pastena—to help in their endeavors.
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by Keri Hayes Troutman | East Bay Life | 0 |
For 29 years, fourth- and fifth-graders at Oakland’s Prescott Elementary have learned to juggle, walk on stilts, and balance on a giant Earth ball after school. These kids—who put on more than 50 shows a year—hone their skills as part of the nonprofit Prescott Circus Theatre, a dynamic circus arts and youth development program that teaches circus, theater, and life skills to underserved kids.
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Faces of the East Bay

Being a Long-Distance Caregiver
by Lisa Fernandez | Nov 1, 2017 | Faces of the East Bay, Up Front
Experts say that when caring for an elderly parent who lives far away, the most important thing is to join a support group with people experiencing the same challenges.

In the Philanthropic Swim
by Susan E. Davis | Mar 1, 2014 | Faces of the East Bay, Up Front
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.

My Father, My Lie
by Meredith Maran | Nov 1, 2010 | Faces of the East Bay, First Person
Oakland author Meredith Maran accused her father of the ultimate betrayal. Then she un-accused him. In this first-person essay, adapted from her new book, My Lie, she reveals how it all went down.