These 30 East Bay personalities whose life paths ceased in 2019 live on in our hearts and minds.

Now, at only 26, Noemi Tungüi has used her family’s history to guide her as she establishes herself as a voice for indigenous peoples of the Americas.

Six Local Nonprofit Leaders Making a Big Difference

The Oakland Gay Men’s Chorus is in the holiday spirit.

Nicholas Williams, the Oakland Parks & Rec Director, embraces and demonstrates the diversity that made Oakland great in the first place.

The muralist turns the tools of his trade to the arts, and his creative mosaics grace public and private spaces in the East Bay.

The grandmother and eco-hero credited with cleaning up the air in West Oakland isn’t done yet.

Alarmed by statistics about African American infant deaths, a Highland Hospital pediatric physician initiated a safe sleep campaign that others may emulate.

Rita Forte of Oakland and her friend Amanda Lesky of San Francisco have created a way for women to play basketball for post-college age play.

He uses them to write avante-garde music and software.