.Sports & Outdoors

September 27, 2024

Women helping women succeed

The mail carrier delivered another piece of mail addressed to the former occupant.  But this time, the soft-cover book, The Giving List: Women Doing It Differently, turned out to be full of interest—in particular, including its profiles of two Oakland-based organizations that are making a difference for women in the...
Paddles to the People
October 24, 2023

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
September 26, 2023

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
September 26, 2023

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...
March 16, 2021

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...
TOUCH DOWN The African American Sports and Entertainment Committee has made the first moves to bring a Black-owned NFL team to Oakland.
September 22, 2020

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...
August 1, 2020

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...
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