By Bill Picture Published: December, 2013 Last month’s raising of a sunken tugboat from the waters of the Oakland Estuary was just the beginning of an estimated two-month cleanup of the strait by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), California Department of Resources and Recycling (CalRecycle), and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Among the […]
By Paul Duclos Published: February, 2017 Long recognized as one of the world’s largest and most prestigious exhibitions of highly valued and collectible books, the California International Antiquarian Book Fair returns to Oakland this month. The event, which marks its 50th anniversary this year, takes place Friday, February 10 through Sunday, February 12 at […]
Bay Bridge East Span Update By Brenda KahnPublished: August, 2010 Piece by piece, the new Bay Bridge East Span’s signature element — the self-anchored suspension span, or SAS in engineers’ shorthand — is taking shape at an impressive clip. Significant progress has been made since the first steel deck segments arrived from Shanghai […]
