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‘Oh, the places you’ll go!’ with Berkeley’s Wilderness Travel and Backroads
Both travel companies were founded in the 1970s by young adventurers with little business experience — and both are…
Get a game, get a grip or get some glamour at the Berkeley Holiday Gift Fair
Among the many vendors at the Berkeley Holiday Gift Fair are Games of Berkeley, Core Chaud (Pilates socks) and Kintsu…
‘Hidden’ in West Berkeley is an enormous production and event space
Down on Eighth Street, Ciel Creative Space offers a sunlit, plant-filled, state-of-the-art facility in a former printing house.
Adams & Chittenden glassblowers giving tour on National Manufacturing Day
Founders of West Berkeley shop that makes scientific glassware by hand have found a creative way to keep the business…
This device from Berkeley’s Squishy Robotics looks like a toy, but acts like an action hero
These robots can explore wildfires, chemical spill sites, war zones and other hazardous situations, taking data for…
Busted backpack? Hiking boots too small? Before you buy new ones, visit these local shops
Narain’s restitches everything from heirloom quilts to sleeping bags, while Berkeley’s REI and Sports Basement offer…
‘A creative safe house’: Former Cal computer science professor opens experimental art gallery in West Berkeley
West Berkeley’s newest art gallery wants to encourage artists to take risks. Its first exhibition, Working Craft,…
Cult-favorite brewery opens massive East Bay beer garden
One of the Bay Area’s most popular breweries is quickly expanding into the East Bay, recently opening one location and…
The melting pot of ideas keeps us here’: Why sports nutrition maker GU calls Berkeley home
Other players in the field have come and gone — looking at you Clif Bar and PowerBar — but GU’s founder says they’ll…
A pizza master opens her first place in Berkeley
I dive into Berkeley’s new “Pizzeria da Laura” and also revisit an old Italian favorite, “Original Joes” in North Beach.
Berkeley restaurant owner recognized for giving free meal to anyone who needs it, ‘no questions asked’
Berkeley diner owner Collin Doran has long been in the business of feeding people.
This Berkeley winery is using apples and pears to make wine
With its ‘beyond-wine’ project, Moonland, Jason Edward Charles is showing that alternatives to grapes may have a role…
Shop Talk: At Studio Sessions, a sewing community is being stitched together
Eli Dembele is a living advertisement for her new sewing shop, Studio Sessions.
These Berkeley spots can start you sailing, rock climbing and biking
Modern Sailing, Ironworks and Stay True Cycles are just a few of Berkeley’s recreation businesses serving all ages and…
There’s prepping greens and there’s going green — these catering businesses do both
Berkeley caterers talk about the motivations, the changes and the challenges in becoming a certified green business.…
A community for moms, and moms for community
These Berkeley businesses enable moms to build community with each other and also shape community for their children.…
Discover 25 local artists and creative vendors under one roof at the Berkeley Holiday Gift Fair
On Dec. 8, the Hotel Shattuck Plaza downtown hosts the one-stop experience for shoppers seeking hand-crafted goods from…
Berkeley Potters Guild celebrates a half-century of crafting ceramics, from mugs to museum pieces
The West Berkeley collective is home to 18 potters with a wide variety of styles.
They’re serious about playing games at Victory Point Cafe
North Shattuck space offers 800 new and old-fashioned board games — along with food and drink.
The natural wine movement is coming for your wine glass
A pioneer of the Bay Area’s natural wine movement, Broc Cellars is no stranger to challenging the status quo.