East Bay Stories

Monday, August 11, 2025

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Will Francis and the Art of the Family By Victor Carvellas Grenada-born Will Francis is an artist whose bright colors, abstracted figure...

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Hats Off to these Young Entrepreneurs By Victor Carvellas Brothers Jalen and Nyles Madison, 16 and 12, have an idea for building brick hobby...
Tuesday, February 14, 2023

Totem Pole Brings Sacred Space to San Leandro Marina

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By Victor Carvellas The evening was cool as the setting sun danced on the golden waters of the Bay. The earthy smell of burning sage billow...
Thursday, September 29, 2022

Broadway West to go dark after 22 seasons

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Broadway West Theater occupies the top floor of the historic Clark Building in Irvington at the corner of Fremont and Washington Boulevards...

Monarchs Get the Royal Treatment

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A peaceful plot of land stretches south from the corner of West Estudillo Avenue along San Leandro Blvd, opposite BART, between the sidewalk...

Artist and Educator Oscar Barragan to Present MAIZ at Studio 11

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Opening on September 17, Studio 11 in Union City hosts MAIZ, an art exhibit dedicated to the role of corn in the Americas. Curating the exhi...
Thursday, May 24, 2018

Coyote Hills a treasure and teacher for 50 years

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“I think our theme is basically a story of connection between wildlife and humans.” That’s from Dino Labiste, a naturalist at Coyote Hills...
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Victor Carvellas
I'm a photographer and writer, and I think a good picture and a good story experienced together are more than the sum of their parts. The contents of this blog consists of articles written for a local paper since September of 2016. Some of these articles required no photos, or used archival pics; where I also shot photos, I have included them.
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