Berkeley loses track of city office building owned for decades
When the city looked to buy a South Berkeley building, it found it already owned the offices at 1890 Alcatraz Avenue.
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State’s original ‘Coal Country’ is home To Carnegie Vehicle Rec Area
Off road vehicle enthusiasts aside, Corral Hollow as previously noted is appealing to roadie cyclists looking for some nearby ...
The long history of one of San Francisco's shortest statues
While walking through the majestic, grassy meadows of San Francisco’s Presidio, a bronze, a 32-inch-tall statue of a wise Jedi master guards an otherwise nondescript office building. The Yoda statue, ...
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On This Day in 1900, the Bubonic Plague Hit the Continental United States, Spiraling Into an Epidemic That Killed 119 People
On February 7, 1900, Chinese American lumberyard owner Wong Chut King fell ill. When he died a few weeks later, in March, an ...
Folsom Powerhouse: A forgotten marvel of California's electrical revolution | Bartell's Backroads
FOLSOM, Calif. — At the edge of the American River near downtown Folsom is an old brick building that played a big part in ...