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The use of three bores on a busy freeway with four lanes each direction
can slow traffic because of lane drops down to two lanes in one or the other directions.
The so-called "busy" direction gets four lanes across two tunnels, while the less busy
direction gets a single tunnel with just two lanes. The trouble is that both directions
are becoming equally busy at all times.
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Our Liatris Spicata (Purple Spike) flowers grew next to the driveway.
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Toys were in a window over a clothing store on Upper Grant Avenue.
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The new 4th bore
as viewed from the freeway running west from Orinda toward Oakland on the Orinda side.
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The actual new bore could be seen on the approach heading west
on the eastern side of the original tunnels. The technique for digging
is in three phases. First the top excavated, then later the bottom
two layers.
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A huge crane was just behind the last over-pass before the existing tunnels.
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Barricades were constructed to mask the new tunnel from view by approaching traffic.
Behind this barricade, nothing had been bored in this direction yet.
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The traffic heading west toward Oakland was granted two tunnels and four lanes
that day. Notice the barricades in the near roadway that closes off the eastbound
lanes to two lanes through a single tunnel.
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A play area for children was available at Wildlife Safari.
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The Last Regiment Of Syncopated Drummers
was founded in 1998 by Greg Odell in Long Beach, California.
Syncopated drumming incorporates military style with "street beat" rhythms.
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Buds were beginning to show in our Monster raised garden in the frontyard.
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Kaiser Permanente was founded in 1945 by industrialist Henry Kaiser and physician Sidney Garfield.
It is based in Oakland, California.
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Originally the Bank of Italy founded in 1904 by Amadeo Giannini.
The name Bank of America did not come into being until after
the mergers of 1930.
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The Mission campus of the City College of San Francisco was founded in 1971.
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Founded in 1987, the Bay Area Bisexual Network is the oldest bisexual group in the bay area.
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The Righteously Outrageous Twirling Corps is based in Chicago.
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The mission of the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus
is "to inspire its audience, members and the world through high-quality choral experiences."
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A field in Golden Gate Park with a road beyond.
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"Named the "Official Band of San Francisco" in honor of its 25th anniversary, the San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band is the first openly gay musical organization in the world."
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The sign for Safari Village was over the entrance. Posters advertised a camel ride and a chance to feed a giraffe.
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A statue of a black bear was in Safari Village.
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Virgin America is a California based airline formed in 2007.
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Macy's Inc. was founded as Federated Department Stores in 1929.
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The Berkeley Free Clinic was founded in 1969 as a "street medicine."
They say, "Health care is a basic human right and should not be linked to profit."
The Berkeley Free Clinic operates as a worker's collective.
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