First, the awful truth: ``The Bay Area's surface transportation system is poorly maintained, seriously overcrowded at peak hours and woefully underfunded.
Art is an avenue for celebrating the outer view and the inner personthe landscape surrounding us, the streets where we spend our daily lives, and private life of the spirit, the soul,
When anyone talks about the "California lifestyle," they're talking for the most part about life outdoors. Redwood forests, wetlands, sandy beaches and windswept ridges.
Bay Area residents are blessed with proximity. The culture of San Francisco is just a BART ride away. Amusement parks like Great America and Marine World/ Africa USA are an easy drive.
WHEN Mary Jo Thoresen and Curt Clingman set out to open a restaurant of their own after years of toiling in other people's kitchens, there was no doubt in their minds that it would be in the East Bay.