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All White Paints Are Not Created Equal
Five local interior designers share which white paints they favor.

Arrival of the Inner East Bay
It’s the strongest real estate market in the Bay Area.

Fanciful Flair in a Storied Victorian
The DeRome house near the Emeryville border is quite a compound.

Timing the East Bay Real Estate Market
To determine the best time to sell, you can’t really time the market, but you should use it as your guide.

An Ultra Modern Manse Lets the Light In
Lots of glass features give this multi-level super-mod Berkeley hills home an airy feel as it hugs the rim of the canyon stretching below.
Arts & Culture

Gene Yang’s Latest Defines Exhilaration and Exhaustion
Gene Yang’s ‘Dragon Hoops’ vividly captures a storied O’Dowd basketball season in graphic novel form.

Stitching Together Triumph, Struggle, and Happiness
Kyung Lee uses film to shed light on how ordinary people live in present times.

Michelle Darby Offers Pointers on Oral Storytelling
The cofounder of oral storytelling program StoryCraft, Michelle Darby, thinks everybody has stories to tell.

New East Bay Nonfiction and Music
One book upends fires and one rethinks democracy while a new CD puts a kink in common sense.

Genre and Gender Bending Continues for Daniel Lavery
You might want to brush up on Dante, Twain, and Old Testament tales to get the most out of the feminist humorist’s latest memoir and essay collection.