While there are many trends to glean, perhaps one of the most significant for Diablo readers is the flight of high-profile ...

The acclaimed Oakland pitmaster is up and running on Mt. Diablo Boulevard; Bounty Hunter rebrands in Walnut Creek; and more Dish.

Through 12/31 In Oakland, Slate Contemporary Gallery is exploring the concept of layering through various forms of expression ...

Through 2/14 Keep the holiday spirit going at the Veranda in Concord, as its ice-skating rink is up through Valentine’s Day. Each ticket gets the skater 75 minutes on the ice, and season passes for ...

Hayward’s Michelle Chouinard unravels a captivating mystery through serial killer tour host Capri Sanzio, the granddaughter of a convicted murderer in San Francisco. When an imitator of her ...

For 13 years, Stuff was a bright orange beacon for vintage modern goods in San Francisco’s Mission District. An Instagram post last year announcing its closure was met with a slew of heartbreak and ...

Chef Francis X. Hogan has been busy. The culinary force behind lauded Pleasanton restaurant Sabio on Main, Hogan and his partners opened Crush’d Wine Bar and Kitchen in Danville in August and will ...

Ms. Monét has performed for presidents, festival crowds, and national television audiences, but she doesn’t get nervous before a show. When she sang at an inaugural ball for the newly elected ...

A unrelenting life cycle of restaurants continues apace in Oakland. Even as the owners of Kon-Tiki in Oakland announced the closure of the popular downtown tiki bar, a “secret bar” debuted in the ...