Did you miss the book launch for "UNSUNG HEROINES: 35 Women Who Changed the Bay Area" ?
You can now view a recording on our YouTube channel featuring author Rae Alexandra & illustrator Adrienne Simms!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-T_...
TIL Country Joe McDonald (RIP) was named after Joseph Stalin www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...
I'm doing an event in Lafayette this spring. If anyone has tips for good story ideas, drop me a line!
Happy 100th birthday to the Bay's best theater! www.visitoakland.com/blog/post/oa...
America's next generation of nuclear weapons will be developed in the East Bay. Here's the history of the Lab that's been making them since the 1950s...
eastbayyesterday.com/episodes/i-f...
New podcast tomorrow! Here's a hint...
I’m DJing in downtown Oakland tomorrow - come grab a drink and say hi!
If you want to see a statue of Oakland's official bird, the black-crowned night heron, constructed out of Lake Merritt garbage, check out the new "Museum of Trash" eastbayyesterday.substack.com/p/this-museu...
Oakland's newest museum is garbage... eastbayyesterday.substack.com/p/this-museu...
What a privilege to meet and photograph these two amazing ladies! Historic Bay Area shipyard hosts celebration as two of World War II’s legendary ‘Rosies’ turn 100 www.eastbaytimes.com/2026/02/10/b... @eastbaytimes.com
I worked at a country club that had a member named Harry Balzer
New episode→ Welcome to the “floating city”: How the Hornet dodged destruction eastbayyesterday.com/episodes/wel...
I went back to DJing with vinyl records. So much more effort, but worth it
Who needs a Jumbotron when you’ve got history? eastbayyesterday.substack.com/p/who-needs-...
If you want to see more, I'll be posting a whole article on my Substack this week eastbayyesterday.substack.com
In preparation for the relaunch of Henry J Kaiser Center (formerly known as Oakland Auditorium), I went digging through archives at @oaklibrary.bsky.social - here are a few flyers from the past century of events!
Calling all photographers! If you want to submit to this show I'm co-curating, you've got 2 weeks... www.ebpco.org/btseastbay
Come to @oaklibrary.bsky.social and be a part of preserving local history!
“That’s where my power came from”: Betty Reid Soskin's century of chaos and hope pod.link/1158506231/e...
My first event of 2026 will be a celebration of PUNK history!
What do these vintage aerial photographs reveal about the Bay Area’s ongoing transformation? Come find out...
www.eventbrite.com/e/east-bay-y...
I had the honor of interviewing Betty Reid Soskin for Kinfolk mag in March. Truly incredible human being. If you don't have a subscription and wanna read the whole thing DM me and I'll send you PDFs, there are beautiful portraits by Justin Chung too www.kinfolk.com/stories/bett...
May you rest in peace, Betty Reid Soskin. Your long, beautiful life will always be an inspiration. 1921-2025
Whenever Dunsmuir House comes up in a movie I always get very proud and tell people it’s in Oakland it’s shameful that the city’s letting its historic buildings fall apart
Not yet but I want to!
"There are reasons deeper than nostalgia for preserving these places..."
In tomorrow's newsletter: 2026 tour dates, an event announcement, and an unsanctioned trip to one of Oakland's most endangered properties. Subscribe (free) here: eastbayyesterday.substack.com
How to save a house: Meet the people maintaining some of the Bay’s oldest homes
I had to climb thru a hole in a fence to get here but it was worth it. The story will be in my next newsletter… eastbayyesterday.substack.com
