Featured in Category PEF publishes 2019 Giving Campaign donor list By Piedmont Education Foundation | January 21, 2020 A record-breaking amount of $3.2 million was raised from 1,300 households.
Featured in Category Piedmont Center for the Arts: Violinist Axel Strauss performs music of Czech composers By Lou Fancher | January 21, 2020 Dvorak, Novak, and Janacek are highlighted in the Jan. 26 performance, which will include a 30-minute pre-concert talk.
Featured in Category Gypsy jazz celebration: Django Reinhardt program at Freight & Salvage By Lou Fancher | January 21, 2020 The three-day festival happening this weekend features vibrant performances and workshops from a range of international, national, and local talent.
Around Town Nominations for Piedmont’s Heritage Tree status now open By Patty Dunlap, Piedmont Park Commission | January 21, 2020 The program is an opportunity for the Piedmont community to recognize special and distinctive trees.
Bay Area Thousands march in Oakland to reclaim Martin Luther King Jr’s legacy By Keith Burbank | Bay City News | January 21, 2020 Demonstrators sought to reclaim the radical legacy of MLK who called out white moderates and whose history they say has been whitewashed.
Bay Area Deal reached for sale of home previously occupied by Moms 4 Housing By Dan McMenamin | Bay City News | January 21, 2020 The home has been sold to a nonprofit that buys properties and converts them to affordable housing.
Bay Area Bay Area man to run 8 marathons in 8 days for health, charity By Keith Burbank | Bay City News | January 21, 2020 By running eight marathons, Watkins will have run 209.6 miles in eight days on behalf of Stanford Children's Health.
Bay Area Piedmont, Walnut Creek set to move on ‘Mother-in-Law Unit’ ordinance; Marin OK’s incentives By Sam Richards | Bay City News | January 20, 2020 Bay Area cities continue the process of updating their local ordinances to conform to new state laws that give cities less control over what they allow.
around town Cultivating ‘Girl Power’: Network connects Piedmont women professionals with female students By Sarah Belle Lin | January 17, 2020 Piedmonter Linda Wendel hopes The Talent Pool will be a resource for young women as they consider their career paths.
Featured in Category ‘Elemental’ | Exhibition for local artists Valerie Corvin, Michele Hofherr, and Katie Korotzer By Katie Korotzer | January 17, 2020 The public is invited to a closing reception on Wednesday, Feb 19 from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.