Oct 10
The Berkeley Main Post Office has been officially listed as For Sale. See listing here. Also check out some of the other gorgeous legacy buildings shown on that site that are on the auction block — it’s sickening. Photographer Ken Osborn, a fellow member of the Berkeley Camera Club, has done an excellent job of …
Oct 05
I’ve written here previously about the smell of corruption arising from the cozy relationship between the Postmaster, the Richard Blum real estate octopus CBRE, and Sen. Feinstein, centering on the sale of historic US Post Office properties into private hands. Now comes investigative reporter Peter Byrne in a recent issue of the East Bay Express …
Sep 27
Three cheers for Gayle McLaughlin, the mayor of neighboring Richmond, CA, the site of a leaky, creaky Chevron petroleum refinery. Last year she brought suit against Chevron on account of its failure to maintain the plant, which led to a huge fire that sent thousands to hospitals. This month she traveled to Ecuador to view …
Sep 10
Frustrated by the absence of any organized big protest against the proposed war on Syria, I accepted an emailed invitation from MoveOn.org on Friday evening to organize a neighborhood candlelight vigil on Monday night Sept. 9. I figured that maybe 10-15 people would show up, and so I situated the event down at the corner where …
Sep 04
The new Bay Bridge bike-hike trail is open, as far as it goes, and I hopped on my trusty 10-speed around midday today and checked it out. I chose the access point across the road from the Ikea entrance in Emeryville. The entrance is clearly marked. You can get there most of the way via …
Sep 01
Probably the most dramatic Bay sunset of the summer occurred this evening, as seen from Cesar Chavez Park in the Berkeley Marina. In the distance slightly to the right of center is Mount Tamalpais. Drama comes not so much from the profusion of red but from the irregularities — the dark hole on the upper …
Jun 22
A hike with Grandma in Point Reyes brings us to a river, then to the endangered Drake’s Bay Oyster Farm, and then along the Estero Trail to a bridge under which we discover an unsuspected life-and-death drama. This is a video that gives the term “Crab Feed” a new and sinister meaning. Not recommended for …
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