This month's nightlife issue features our picks for where to see live comedy, show off your knowledge at a trivia night, or get your salsa, bachata, and merengue on.

Updating a home, from swapping out old furniture with new to redoing dinged-up floors that have been scuffed up from earlier projects, does a lot to boost a homeowner’s mood.

We take a look at the wild critters that live out there and where to catch a glimpse of these outdoor but often hidden superstars.

The long rainy season gives way to spring, and the open road of the Pacific Coast Highway beckons from Morro Bay to Mendocino.

East Bay Bartenders are reinventing classic cocktails with interesting twists that make them more appealing than their original iterations.

OUSD is re-thinking vocational education training, giving it a new name and new resources to enable students to earn good wages at good blue-collar jobs.

We honor an important achiever as East Bay Person of the Year in January and reflect on the lives of East Bay luminaries lost.

Noah Berger travels the state chasing fires.

Our selective guide to limit-pushing burgers plus the rise of empanadas, adult slushies, and laboratory-made food.