El Cerrito Volunteer Recognition Party
The El Cerrito Environmental Quality Committee recognized our volunteers and celebrated the 10th Anniversary of the EQC on Thursday Evening, October 4, 2018 at the El Cerrito Recycling Center. A good...
View ArticleHenry Pickard
Henry PICKARD (1600 – 1640) was Alex’s 11th Great Grandfather, one of 4,096 in this generation of the Shaw line. He was also Alex’s 10th Great Grandfather, one of 2,048 in this generation of the...
View ArticleGeorge Prouse
George PROUSE (PROWSE) (1608 – 1684) was Alex’s 10th Great Grandfather, one of 2,048 in this generation of the Shaw line. Immigrant Ancestory – Prowse – Coat of Arms George Prowse was born after 1608...
View ArticleRidge Trail Loop – El Cerrito Natural Area
The Ridge Loop is a leisurely one hour hike in the El Cerrito Hillside Natural Area with moderate elevation gain and gorgeous view Trails of the the El Cerrito Hillside Natural Area Hike starts at the...
View ArticlePiedras Blancas Elephant Seals
The seal rookery at Piedras Blancas is on California highway 1 at the southern end of Big Sur on the California coast, twelve miles north of Cambria and four miles north of the entrance to the Hearst...
View ArticleGenevieve Miller and Friends
x 1915 Coronado x Ramona Rock – July 1915 x Ramona July 1915 x Ramona 1916 1 Ramona 1916 2 June 1918 x April 1919 Posing for Play? 3 April 1923 Cuyamaca – Trip to the San Diego Mountains 4 Above...
View ArticleEl Cerrito Hillside Natural Area
x Hillside Natural Area from Marina Bay 100 Acres from Moeser at the right, cutting straight up the hill to Motorcycle hill above the street lights. The patch of green on the hill furthest to the left...
View ArticleBerkeley Sunday Streets on Shattuck
Sunday Streets (also called “Open Streets”) closes streets to automobile traffic for a day so that people may use the space for other physical and social activities. The streets become parks as people...
View ArticleSeaview
0 Blue Angels 2015 Seaview Sunset 2 Gates of Heaven and Gates of Golden 3 Sunrise Sunday Morning 4 Angel Island in the light on an October Sunday morning. Sunrise 5 Harvest Moon 6 7 8 9 10
View ArticleOhlone Greenway – Bay Trail Berkeley Loop
This loop is about 23 miles, a couple of hours at a 12 mile per hour pace, a little more at a more leisurely speed. Ohlone Greenway – Bay Trail Berkeley Loop Pictures are numbered on the route map....
View ArticleEclipse Hike – Hillside Natural Area
Also called a Blood Moon this eclipse lasted for about 1 hour and 12 minutes. Tom sets the stage September’s full moon is also called a Blood Moon, because it presents the fourth and final eclipse of a...
View ArticleHavey Canyon Full Moon Hike
5:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tuesday, June 2, 2015 Meet at the End of Rifle Range Road Come enjoy the last full moon of spring rising over the East Bay Hills. This five mile hike descends into the Canyon on the...
View Article2014 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 290,000 times in...
View ArticleSundar Shadi
Come and see the Shadi Holiday Display. Moeser Lane and Seaview Drive, El Cerrito. Turn onto Moeser Lane from San Pablo Ave and travel east approximately one mile (through one stop light after you...
View ArticleCosta Rica Naturaleza
There are other countries in the world that enjoy divinely inspired natural landscapes, but Costa Rica boasts a higher biodiversity than Europe and the United States combined. Its small size also means...
View ArticleBay Trail – Berkeley Marina
x One of two Sculptures on Berkeley Bike and Ped Bridge ove I80 The artwork, titled “Berkeley Big People” by artist Scott Donahue was dedicated in 2008. Visible from about a mile in either...
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