Category: California History

May 13, 2021

Lava Beds & Tule Lake geology hiking/camping trip; July 2021

Lava Beds & Tule Lake: July 11-14 Continuing our July northeast California trips, we will spend four days exploring Lava Beds National Monument, plus the Tule Lake National Monument. Katie and I are leading another hiking/camping trip with our Meetup group. If you would like to attend, space is limited so be sure to RSVP on Meetup here. The trip...

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May 12, 2021

Mt. Lassen and Lava Beds geology hiking/camping trip; July 2021

Three-day geology focused hiking in the Mt. Lassen area in Northern California. Nights spent in a group campsite.

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May 6, 2018

Why building housing on Peoples’ Park is not, and will never be, a good idea.

Preserving People’s Park is more than just preserving the history of the ’60’s.

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March 6, 2015

Faulting at Devils Slide

The opening of the tunnel around Devil’s Slide in San Mateo County allowed for the creation of a mile-long trek to look at some of California’s fascinating geology. In my last geology hike to the trail, I took a photo of the great sedimentary layers at the north end of the trail, then edited the photo to show how well...

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December 3, 2008

Mt. Diablo beacon to be lit in commemoration of Pearl Harbor attack

This Sunday, December 7th, 2008 (and each year on December 7th), the beacon atop Mt. Diablo will be lit at dusk in commemoration of the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941. After the attack, blackouts in the Bay Area caused the beacon to be turned off, and after the war it was not turned back on. “Since 1964,...

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