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Summer Camps in Berkeley: A Parent's Guide

For a city its size, Berkeley offers a remarkably deep bench of summer options. A child can spend a week tide pooling at the shoreline, a week building robots out of LEGO bricks, and a week rehearsing a musical, all without leaving town. The camps come from every corner of local life: independent studios on San Pablo and University Avenues, nonprofits and community farms, the City of Berkeley's parks and recreation department, and the museums and programs that orbit UC Berkeley. Geography shape

Friends of the Petaluma River: A Riverside Haven for North Bay Families

A Riverside Hub with a Heart for Community Friends of the Petaluma River has made its base at Steamer Landing Park, a 9.7-acre stretch of open space tucked behind downtown Petaluma that the city established as a public park in 1996. You have probably driven past the entrance without noticing it. From D Street it looks like a service road, but the little drive opens onto a vista point over the channel, and a dirt path that leads into a genuinely wild slice of the McNear Peninsula. At the center

Summer Camps in Santa Rosa: A Parent's Guide

The fog burns off Bennett Valley by mid-morning, the oaks throw long shade over Howarth Park, and somewhere near Lake Ralphine a line of kids is learning to steady a canoe paddle. Summer in Santa Rosa has a rhythm, and for a lot of North Bay families it runs on camp. This is a parent's guide to summer camp in Santa Rosa: what the city offers, how to think about the season, and where to find a fit. A Parent's Guide to Summer Camps in Santa Rosa Santa Rosa is the largest city in Sonoma County a

Gardner School of Arts & Sciences: A Whole-Child Learning Hub in Vancouver, WA

Picture five acres of Clark County wetlands, a yellow farmhouse porch stacked with kiln-fired clay, and a dozen kids coding tiny robots under the trees. For Southwest Washington families, that place is Gardner School of Arts & Sciences, a second home for curious minds year-round. What camps and classes are available at Gardner this season? Click here. A Progressive Hub with a Heart for Community Gardner School of Arts & Sciences opened in 1995 in the Mount Vista neighborhood north of Vancouv

Summer Camps in Palo Alto: A Parent's Guide

Palo Alto packs an unusual amount of summer into a small footprint. Within a few miles you can find a science museum with live animals, an art school in a historic downtown building, tennis courts and swim clubs, a nature preserve in the foothills, and dozens of independent studios running week-long programs. Camps here are run by a mix of people: city recreation staff, long-standing nonprofits, neighborhood studios, and national programs that set up each June at local schools. For a family, th

Summer Camps in Oakland: A Parent's Guide

The morning fog lifts off Lake Merritt, a line of small sneakers files past the rose garden, and somewhere up in the hills a group of kids is already lacing up for a trail. Summer in Oakland has a rhythm of its own, and this is a parent's guide to finding your child's place in it. A Parent's Guide to Summer Camps in Oakland Few cities in the East Bay offer the sheer range of summer camps that Oakland does. The geography helps. You have the redwood ridgelines of Joaquin Miller and Redwood Regi