D’Wayne Wiggins, One Third of the R&B Group Tony! Toni! Toné!, Dies at 64
D’Wayne Wiggins, who brought his smooth baritone to millions of fans as a founding member and the lead singer of the R&B trio Tony! Toni! Toné!, which had three platinum…
An Oakland Dance Troupe Brings Vertical Choreography to Broadway
In 1990, Amelia Rudolph was hiking through Tuolumne Meadows, a stunning mountain pass in Yosemite National Park, when she had an epiphany on a shiny granite bluff: “Could you make…
Finally, at 59, a Place of Her Own
When Dawn Valadez stepped into her new two-story loft in Oakland’s Jingletown neighborhood, a realization struck her with quiet force: For the first time in her 59 years, she would…