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"Dedicated" is the word to describe Leonora Gillard, the longtime Piedmont K-12 music teacher.

The hook: An aperitif good enough for breakfast. The details: This slightly sparkling sweet wine from the Piedmont region of Italy is not only an excellent appetite stimulator, but also a classic accompaniment ...

Playbill.com answers your theatre-related questions. Ask Playbill.com is a weekly Playbill.com column that answers questions about theatre, generated by readers and Playbill.com staff, every Thursday.

Anastasia Fullerton is a 17-year-old high school senior who has led a relatively comfortable life in Piedmont, as the daughter of an attorney and an investment banker.

There is no denying the rough treatment Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums has received in this column since he took office nearly two years ago.

I HAVEN'T WRITTEN an editor's note in some time so I wanted to touch on a variety of topics regarding events in Piedmont as well as The Piedmonter.

Well, at least we now know who is running the country. Defense contractors have threatened to sue the Defense Department if the contractors are required to pay for cleaning perchlorate from our drinking water, ...

Because inequity in health care is often defined by socioeconomic status and ethnicity, the Piedmont Appreciating Diversity Committee has selected a documentary series promoting universal health care for its ...

Major changes to an outdoor public space that one official called the "living room of the city" are nearing completion, according to a progress report delivered at the recent Piedmont Park Commission meeting.

Education officials advanced seismic upgrade projects on two Piedmont schools at last week's school board meeting.

Chardonnay is California's most widely planted grape, at nearly 95,000 acres, with cabernet sauvignon a distant second.

Piedmont Mayor Abe Friedman will host a series of town hall meetings, it was announced this week.

His Dolcetto from this relatively moderate vintage is robust and classic - full of plum and blackberry jam, with that quintessential dusty overtone that lifts the fruit.

Two of the last four tree sitters in the last redwood tree in the grove in front of Memorial Stadium gesture to the media and their supporters down below after speaking to the press by phone Monday morning, ...

Piedmont police are committed to ensuring safe crossings for all students as school opens, particularly after some glitches during the past school year in which intersections were left unattended until an ...

From left, Jonathan Spieler of Lafayette, Calif., Jim Nybakken with Mark Becker Inc., and Gene and Jan St.Onge with AE3 Partners, an architecture and engineering and construction company, look at a scale model ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. - We think we know almost everything there is to know about John McCain.

Summer walking tours in Oakland are continuing through the month of September. Next Saturday, Oakland Heritage Alliance tour leader Phil Bellman will recount the exploits of larger-than-life entrepreneur ...

Debby Richman believes there's a 'sense of place' in the Hills due to its unique history, culture and geography.

Tal August Son of Margalit Mathan and Peter August, Saturday, Aug. 23 at Congregation Netivot Shalom in Berkeley.