The seller spent close to $2 million and several years renovating Hume Cloister, a historic property in Berkeley, Calif.

Jane Birkin’s ‘The Original Birkin’ bag, designed by then-Hermès CEO Jean-Louis Dumas in 1984, is set to be auctioned in ...

These artists have had a profound impact on society, culture, and history by shaping artistic movements and sparking ...

My quest for a true literary experience resulted in choucroute, a surprise organ feast, an epiphany at the Louvre, ...

The reactionary blogger’s call for a monarch to rule the country once seemed like a joke. Now the right is ready to bend the ...

From the sizzing La Onda fest lineup to “La Boheme” and the Book Festival, there is a lot to see and do in the this weekend.

The emotion of awe can be powerful for young and old alike. A new book by Deborah Farmer Kris suggests why and how teens ...

His estate has allowed parts of it to be adapted for publication in three previous books described as "autobiographies". However, Robert Hirst, who is leading the team at Berkeley editing the ...

Marcel Ophuls, the renowned, Oscar-winning documentarian whose controversial and epic 'The Sorrow and the Pity' was a ...

South African gymnast Caitlin Rooskrantz has booked her ticket to the 2024 Paris Olympics, following a top performance at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium.

The Bay Area Book Festival in downtown Berkeley on May 31-June 1 offers readers of all ages plenty of opportunities to peruse and buy books. (Michael Hitchner via Bay City News) With the theme ...

Bay Area actor, writer and comedian Brian Copeland is known for weaving humorous, if pointed, tales from his life, from being ...