Archive August 2020
Weekend Ride: Chileno Valley and Marshall-Petaluma Road
Seeking to escape the smoke last weekend, I drove out to Helen Putnam Park near Petaluma. Sadly/humorously, there were two other parties there talking to each other—both from Oakland, seeking to escape the terrible smoke. Being a new parent means I have limited ride time these days. When I negotiated a few hours earlier this month, […]
The “California City” podcast, and what I saw in 2005
A few weeks ago, a friend texted me a link to a podcast called “California City” that came up as a suggestion for him in his podcast app. Was this the same California City, he asked, that I had visited and reported on, had breathlessly told him about? Of course, it was. I was an intern […]