The watchdog Environmental Working Group and skin cancer experts demystify UVB and UVA rays, broad-spectrum products, and super-high SPF values while denouncing sunscreen pills.

Gina Di Girolamo moves her clothing line online.

Children’s birthday parties can be fun and memorable without costing a fortune.

These seven very different camping experiences will turn anyone into a camper.

They look lush and feel real and can save time and money.

This cozy Alameda neighborhood hub thrives with family activities, shopping, arts, and culture to absorb.

Jimmy Brower looks to the Mojave for inspiration.

The practice of hands-only CPR emphasizes compression over compression and breathing, so more people may be willing to do it.

Known as upper Salinas Valley, the Santa Lucia Highlands, the Salad Bowl of the World, and Gabilan Mountain country, the region isn’t quite on the tourism map but should be.

The East Bay transplant with a talent for porcelain dishes, serving ware, and planters makes the ceramics functional and pretty.