A Celebration of the Natural Wonders of the Berkeley and Oakland Hills

Archive for January, 2010

Berkeley Hills Landslide

Last week’s third and final storm was a doozy, setting all-time record low pressure in a number of cities. Here in the Bay Area we got 3 to 8 inches of rain, and wind gusts of over 80 mph. All along the coast, 20 foot waves pounded the shore: causing significant beach erosion: And as [...]

Berkeley Hills-El Niño Storms Hit Hard

All my East Coast friends that used to live in the San Francisco Bay Area have told me how much they envy the weather out here—especially when the windchill is say, 20 below zero and snow and ice are everywhere! But they always warn, “True, the weather there is mostly wonderful, but wait until the [...]

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