Resources

Dictionaries

Vocabolario Treccani http://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/
Dizionario biografico degli italiani http://www.treccani.it/biografie/
Italian-English Dictionary La Repubblica http://dizionari.repubblica.it
Italian-English Dictionary Corriere della Sera http://dizionari.corriere.it/dizionario_inglese/

Opportunities to Study in Italy

University of California Education Abroad Program http://eap.ucop.edu/OurPrograms/italy/Pages/default.aspx 
Idea Verona http://www.ideaverona.com/en/ 
Study in Italy (Genoa) http://www.studyinitaly.it/en/ 

Local and Bay Area Culture

Italian Cultural Institute http://www.iicsanfrancisco.esteri.it/IIC_SanFrancisco/ 
Dante Alighieri Society of Santa Cruz http://www.folkplanet.com/dante/index.html
 

Newspapers and Journals

La Repubblica Online http://www.repubblica.it/?refresh_ce
Corriere della Sera http://www.corriere.it
California Italian Studies, an online scholarly journal http://escholarship.org/uc/ismrg_cisj