Published: February, 2003 Just a mile or so out of Alameda, you’ll find it…..there on Doolittle Drive, just before you get to Swan Way. It’s been there for years and years, or at least for the 27 years that I’ve lived here, but its origins have always been a mystery. My kids used to make […]
Published: May, 2010 Every Saturday 9:30AM – 11:30AM, 12PM – 2PM & 2:30PM – 4:30PM – Intro to Sailing Course, OCSC Sailing, Berkeley, 510-843-4200, www.ocscsailing.comThis two-hour skippered charter is designed to provide folks who are considering getting into sailing a real glimpse of the sport, our club and our people. Cost $40. Every Wednesday 6PM – 8PM – Wednesday Night Sail, OCSC Sailing, Berkeley, 510-843-4200, www.ocscsailing.comThis […]
By W. Graham Claytor Published: June, 2005 Oakland, in 1851, was described as an “evil-smelling strip of muddy tidelands on one side and a flotsam-filled creek on the other.” A few scattered shacks inhabited by squatters on Don Luis Maria Peralata’s vast land grant and cattle ranch were beneath his notice, dismissed as mere gringos. […]
