The first Bay Area high tea service I experienced was at a downtown San Francisco hotel. A friend of mine at the time was ...

The story goes like this: In 1969, Hugh Nanton Romney Jr. was lying on stage at the Texas International Pop Festival, when he asked the conga drummers not to dance on the “wavy gravy.” B.B. King came ...

Week of May 7-13 features Danny Seraphine, Filipinos Sounding Everywhere, Lara Downes, San Francisco Scottish Fiddlers, and ...

Also in Alameda, apparently the high tea capital of the East Bay, Julie’s Coffee & Tea Garden is hosting a series of ...

Week of May 6 features Rob Brezsny's insightful, lyrical and always entertaining horoscopes through May 12, 2026.

GARDEN COMMITTEE Volunteers work to transform the overgrown, ivy-strangled Temescal parcel into a native, flowering habitat. (Photo by A.V. Benford) Call it the scars of a beer bottle broken across ...

“Workers of the world, unite!” might have been made famous by Marx—Karl, not Groucho—but International Workers Day actually commemorates the 1886 general strike that led to the eight-hour workday.

GAVIN, MIXED As with many issues, the governor has a nuanced record on cannabis reform. (Photo by Shaun Curry / DESNZ) Many people are asking: What is the deal with Gavin Newsom? Since Donald Trump ...

RESPECTING NATURE The marsh is designed to adapt to rising sea levels, providing a natural buffer for the surrounding communities while restoring a habitat that had lost 90% of its historic footprint.

YUM Now’s the time for locals to stuff themselves with America’s favorite fun food. (Photo by BeStaRoom22/Shutterstock) Bay Area Pizza Week is a 12-day ...

NEIGHBORHOOD SPOT Evergreen’s co-owners hope to provide ‘delicious food that highlights what’s beautiful about living in the East Bay and this part of California.’ (Photo by Lydia Daniller) Nine ...

REEF LIFE U.K. photographer Aaron Sanders captures clouds of white spawn billowing from a giant barrel sponge, as a frenzy of midnight snappers feast upon the rising plumes. (Photo by Aaron Sanders) ...