Berkeley, CA
The Berkeley site was started in 2007 by Josh Kurzweil and Jennifer Gemma. Berkeley is about 20 kilometers east of San Francisco just across the bay. These days the main trainers are Josh and Linda-Marie Koza with some help from James Wu. We also had the pleasure of having Jeff Puccini work with us for many years. We run extensive courses once a year during the spring from mid-Feb to mid-May. The course is held at LSI (Language Studies International), which is a language school that is located in downtown Berkeley. We have had a great relationship with them for many years now and rent out rooms from them on Thursday evenings and Saturdays when we run the course. The site is a few blocks from UC Berkeley (and Josh's house!) and is surrounded by lots of great restaurants and cafes.