THANK YOU SO MUCH! East Bay Times readers are again responding generously to the annual effort to help their neighbors in need whose stories are being told in print and …
By Rick Hurd Bay Area News Group Nita Simpson’s first interaction with the tall teenager who later would become one of her best basketball players did not come on a …
By Martha Brennan | Bay Area News Group Just a five-minute walk from Berkeley’s Downtown BART station, around a quiet corner by a local fire station, a modern but unassuming …
By SCOOTY NICKERSON | Bay Area News Group In early 2020, as health officials throughout the Bay Area doubled down on shelter-in-place orders asking residents to stay at home to avoid spreading …
By SHOMIK MUKHERJEE | Bay Area News Group OAKLAND — The stereotype of a high-school classroom — kids falling asleep at their desks, or stealthily texting their friends, as a …