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Paddling Offers Perspective in Open Waters
There’s something in the water in Alameda, and it might be a group of 50 8th graders in kayaks: Sea Trek just opened a second location at the Ballena Isle Marina after over three decades leading kayak...
Paddles to the People
By this point in the pickleball revolution, it’s the rare Bay Area resident who hasn’t played the fastest-growing sport in America, or seen big, cheerful groups of people playing it, or at least heard the telltale thwack...
Wheels of Wisdom
Whether aware of it or not, everyone has mentors. Most have mentors in the workplace, school or generally in life. Oprah Winfrey had heart-to-heart talks with Maya Angelou, J.J. Abrams got intergalactic advice from Steven Spielberg and...
Walls of Lava
In the heart of residential North Berkeley lives a cluster of unexpected giants: giant hunks of rhyolite, lava remnants created by volcanic eruptions 10 million years ago. Their history is visible on their surface, starting with the...
Best Backyard Getaways
In the Bay Area, residents tend to heap praise upon the California redwoods further up North, but the majesty redwoods display in our own backyards is terribly underrated. As solitude and reflection force themselves into the center...
Black Equity Matters
Photo by Dave Adamson.
In the wake of the tragic and violent death of Black father and community member George Floyd in Minneapolis, protests around the country—including here in the Bay Area—have led to major changes in racial...
Score: Could the nation’s first Black-owned football team be based in Oakland?
In the wake of the tragic and violent death of Black father and community member George Floyd in Minneapolis, protests around the country—including here in the Bay Area—have led to major changes in racial justice and police...
