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Where to Learn New Stuff

It’s never too late to expand your mental horizons.

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Write Like a Pro

Best-sellers, mysteries, memoirs, and more may only be a class or workshop away.

Michael Berry

Where to Learn New Stuff

It’s never too late to expand your mental horizons.

Where to Get Your Learning On

The world of lifelong learning is a huge one.

Janis Hashe

The Best Party in Town

If you can’t study African dance and drumming in Africa itself, then Oakland’s Malonga Center is the next best thing.

Julie Anderson

Trendy In-Home Tech Devices Control Everything for You

From temperature and TVs to garage doors and tunes, there’s a gadget for that.

Linda Lenhoff

East Bay Parklets Are Good for Hanging Out

Our guide to East Bay parklets highlights cleverly designed oases from Albany and Berkeley to Oakland and San Leandro.

Kathy Hrastar

Six clever samples of restful and energizing at-home retreats just beyond East Bay backdoors range from a rustic teahouse and serene yoga studio to a prefab writing shed and an open-air room with a cozy sunset view.

Linda Lenhoff

Major Flips

In the East Bay, house flipping is not for amateurs.

Janis Mara

Our USS Potomac Cruise

You, too, can charter FDR’s Floating White House.

Chris Orr

A Mysterious Natural Wonder

Bioluminescence dazzles nighttime paddlers on Tomales Bay.

Jon Page

Great White Shark Encounters

A close-up view of one of nature’s most deadly predators.

Ginny Prior

The Great Aquatic Outdoors

Where to paddle, fish, motorboat, sail and enjoy the water and beaches in the Bay Area.

Carolyn Jones, Angela Hill, Kathy Hrastar, Chris Orr, Jon Page, Ginny Prior, Jeff Schoenhard, and Elisa Williams

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Where to Learn New Stuff

Guides

Write Like a Pro

Where to Learn New Stuff

Where to Get Your Learning On

The Best Party in Town

Trendy In-Home Tech Devices Control Everything for You

East Bay Parklets Are Good for Hanging Out

Get Creative in Your Backyard

Major Flips

Our USS Potomac Cruise

A Mysterious Natural Wonder

Great White Shark Encounters

The Great Aquatic Outdoors

Restaurant Guide

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