Local News | Library Lines: Pick up, return materials at new North Richmond lockers By Brooke Converse July 20, 2024 at 5:30 a.m. They're easy to use and available to any resident with a valid Contra Costa County...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Entertainment | Bay Area arts leader on how her parents’ Chinese restaurant became a community institution By Martha Ross July 19, 2024 at 1:43 p.m. Debbie Chinn wanted her memoir about her Chinese family and their beloved Long Island restaurant...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Entertainment | ‘Invading other people’s privacy’: The memoirist’s dilemma By Martha Ross July 18, 2024 at 11:46 a.m. From Prince Harry to Tara Westover, authors grapple with privacy issues in their memoirs. Now,...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Entertainment | Lessons from the land: Greg Sarris’ new stories reflect on the natural world and Native America identity By Martha Ross July 18, 2024 at 11:15 a.m. Sonoma's landscapes come to life in the legends of this new book.
City Politics | Petition aims to stop Fremont library closure By Kyle Martin July 18, 2024 at 5:43 a.m. Over 900 people signed a petition asking the city to keep its South Fremont library...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Things To Do | 5 Bay Area romance authors are telling delightful — and diverse — love stories based right here By Kate Bradshaw July 18, 2024 at 5:44 a.m. Here are five Bay Area-based authors whose romance writing is inspired by local landscapes —...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY 5 Bay Area-based #BookTok and Bookstagrammers to follow — and what they’re reading right now By Kate Bradshaw July 17, 2024 at 11:56 a.m. In the world of books and publishing, one of the new(er) trends in the industry...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Restaurants, Food and Drink | Inside Novela, a San Francisco book-themed bar takes you back in time By Jason Mastrodonato July 18, 2024 at 11:09 p.m. Look around a book-themed SoMa cocktail bar, aptly named Novela after the Spanish word for...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Things To Do | The world’s most unusual books are entirely made by hand at the Presidio By John Metcalfe July 18, 2024 at 11:12 p.m. Arion Press is a darling of art collectors and Silicon Valley types, who love its...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Entertainment | Carolina Ixta isn’t afraid to go there in her debut novel By Sierra Lopez July 16, 2024 at 11:54 a.m. Oakland's Carolina Ixta addresses sex, racism and religion in debut novel, "Shut Up, This is...