Bonnie Tsui
Bonnie Tsui is an award-winning journalist and the bestselling author of On Muscle, Why We Swim, and American Chinatown. She lives, swims, and surfs in the Bay Area.
30 Years and Counting
Since 1996, the shared experience of reading and gathering for dinners has sustained a group of Bay Area women through the highs and lows of life. Dress-up nights, themed meals, and a Vegas getaway have helped too.
You Are Here: The Place That Is Water
Swimming contains a universe full of beauty, risk, and rites of passage.
Safe Spaces Available for California’s Homeless
Monterey County’s Tia Fechter launched One Starfish to provide overnight parking and social services to people living in their cars. Five years later, more cities across California are offering similar programs.
Fighting Fire from Above
Longer fire seasons, bigger blazes, and urban encroachment into the wilderness pose new challenges for those charged with fighting flames from the sky.