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From the Inside Out

January 06, 2012 by Horst Rademacher

Workers digging the new fourth bore of the Caldecott Tunnel are getting a once-in-a-lifetime view of one of the defining features of the East Bay: the range of hills that runs from San Pablo Bay south to Fremont. By visiting just a few accessible sites aboveground, you can find clues that tell the story of how these hills rose from their humble origins as deep ocean sediments and volcanic flows to the iconic fault-riddled hillsides of today.

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Gateway Valley Project

October 01, 2001 by Marilyn Smulyan

In an update to an item that appeared in the last issue’s Ear to the Ground, the Army Corps of …

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Out of an Ancient Sea

April 01, 2001 by Christine Colasurdo

The oak-dotted, rounded hills of Contra Costa and eastern Alameda counties are a familiar sight, but do you know how they got to be that way?

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