Readers share their thoughts on our December issue.

To usher out 2017, we’re bidding a final farewell to East Bay luminaries who made the future brighter.

Steve Kerr is a champion both on and off the court, but he never takes the credit.

Highland Hospital’s Dr. Harrison Alter focuses on social emergency medicine, which addresses social and economic factors that cause disease.

After losing his restaurant in a fire, Chef Pat started cooking for a new clientele: Oakland’s homeless population.

After leaving newspapers behind, Tim Kawakami and Marcus Thompson II now helm a subscription-based internet site that’s off to a fast start.

The longtime columnist talks successors, free speech, and Trump.

A self-described bookstore evangelistic zealot, an Alamedan convinces booklovers to come together to re-launch an indie bookstore.

An Oakland mother co-created a solution to the eternal problem of work-life balance.

Elizabeth McKoy has turned Berkeley Playhouse into a vibrant theater organization that features professional and youth musical productions.