Sixty years ago, Bay Area bikers discovered the Panoche Hills, southeast of San José. Public lands management changed forever.
How Dirt Biking Shaped the Bay Area—and the West
September 28, 2023 •
Julia Sizek
Julia Sizek is a writer and postdoctoral scholar at UC Berkeley's Social Science Matrix. Her research focuses on conflict over the California desert's future and past. She is currently at work on a history of dirt biking in California.
The History of Vaccines Through an East Bay Regional Park
May 4, 2021 •
Before it became a park, Sobrante Ridge was home to vaccine testing and the infamous “Cutter Incident”