A line at the Berkeley mass vaccination site in Albany’s Golden Gate Fields, which is being run by Berkeley in partnership with Curative. Photo: Supriya Yelimeli
After several weeks of calling doctors, waiting on endless holds and researching the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in California, hundreds of senior Berkeleyans woke up Thursday morning to unexpected news the Berkeley mass vaccination site was open one day ahead of schedule, and local residents 75 and above could book an appointment the same day.
Check the Curative site for open appointments if you’re 75 or older, or in tier 1A. Read our vaccine guide for updated information.
By Kathy Chouteau
An extraordinary new landmark has sprouted up atop the hill above Point Potrero in Richmond that stands as an ode to regional craft beer, the recent pop-up monoliths and a spectacular celestial event.
The aptly named “Beer Can Monolith” rises approximately 9 feet high in a pyramid formation consisting primarily of 32-ounce beer can crowlers stacked up and wrapped in holiday lights like a glorious gift to the city topped by a large red “bow”/light.
The Standard off about the Beer Can Monolith, which is the handiwork of a Richmond man who prefers to remain anonymous. The work’s creator is a craft beer enthusiast who had saved up his beer crowlers over time spent supporting local breweries during the pandemic. Fueled by his passion for local craft beer and inspired by the mysterious monoliths that had begun popping up in remote places, as well as the then-impending convergence of Saturn and Jupiter the Richmond man built his creation the day before the Dec
How a former landfill became one of the most popular hiking spots in the East Bay
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People view Mad Marc s Castle on the Albany Bulb on Dec. 2, 2020. The Bulb is a former construction debris landfill peninsula that sticks out into San Francisco Bay in Albany, Calif.Douglas Zimmerman/SFGATE
It’s a mild, softly glowing December morning in Albany, and I’m at the most beautiful landfill in the world. Well, a former landfill: Albany Bulb, a 33-acre bulb-shaped strip of land protruding into the San Francisco Bay.
Offering both sweeping views of the San Francisco skyline and human-made sculptures crafted from found materials, these days, the Bulb evokes more of a sense of whimsy than it does the desolation of a landfill. Wet dogs pitter-patter gleefully down dirt trails, and children exclaim with wonder as they discover life-size dinosaurs made of driftwood and rebar. On pandemic-era weekends, the parking lot is packed there’s really no better place in the Eas