This show aired on Tom Wilmer’s NPR radio show ‘Journeys of Discovery’.
Town Crier: Farmers’ market attracts public — and traffic scofflaws
MONTCLARION: November 13, 2015
All I want for Christmas — is tires with a treadwear rating of 600. Finally, there’s something to cheer about on the weather front. Monday’s heavy showers have given us hope that we may, indeed, have a rainy season. Wet weather is forecast for next week as well, prompting the CHP to issue a reminder about driving in rain, fog and snow. Continue reading
Town Crier: Montclair Pharmacy owners find like-minded tenant for site
MONTCLARION: Nov 6, 2015
When Bill and Helen Sullivan closed Montclair Pharmacy to move to Montana in 2012, it was the end of a 50-year relationship with the community. But the couple never stopped looking for a tenant that would be a good fit. Ergo Goods, 6123 La Salle Ave., might just be the glass slipper to our Cinderella. Continue reading
Happy Wanderer: A Top 10 list for San Jose
INSIDEBAYAREA.COM: October 31, 2015
The elevator doors were closing. With my usual frenetic pace, I sprinted across the foyer and wedged my body into the gap between the gray metal doors. Serendipity happens. There I was, face to face with Snoop Dogg and his entourage. Playing a gig at the Shoreline that night, they were staying at my hotel — the San Jose Fairmont.
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Town Crier: Halloween dominates from apps to Fat Lady
MONTCLARION: October 29, 2015
Sunny and 70s. What is this — Halloween in the Caribbean?
It’s the end of October. It should be bone-chilling cold. Kids are supposed to be layering, not stripping down. The site of Dracula with a cape tied around his waste is just wrong. Yet we adapt. Look for pirates to sport sweatbands, not tricorns, this Halloween. Continue reading
Town Crier: Montclair mom’s charity sponsors Haitian children
MONTCLARION: October 23
If you can’t feed a hundred people, then feed just one. — Mother Teresa
These are more than just words to American Airlines employee Brenda Staley. The Montclair mom actually uses her flight benefits to help run her charity — Futures4Haiti. Continue reading
Town Crier: Skateboarders in hills driving motorists crazy
MONTCLARION: October 16, 2015
You’ve heard the campaign slogan “Share the Road”? Since when does it mean sharing with skateboards? Roving bands of boarders have been using the Oakland hills for their own personal thrill park — and it’s driving motorists crazy.
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Town Crier: Artist haven Emeryville now diverse interesting eateries
Chef Baehrend’s Bone Marrow Brûlée
MONTCLARION: 9-30-2015
Oakland’s little neighbor to the north is becoming very cool — and I don’t mean from sea breezes coming off the bay. Emeryville is attracting its own share of artists and eclectic eateries, including a place I discovered last week. Continue reading
Town Crier: Oakland tourism gets boost from wineries, hot restaurants
MONTCLARION: Sept 23, 2015
The words “urban” and “wine country” seem incompatible. But in Oakland, they not only go together, they grow together. It’s crush time in Oakland, Berkeley and Alameda — the cities that make up the East Bay Vintners Alliance (www.eastbayvintners.com). Never has math been so satisfying.
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Happy Wanderer: Biking, beers highlights of Coastal Rail Trail
MERCURYNEWS.COM: September 15, 2015
We make nine million bike trips a day in the United States, according to the National Household Travel Survey and a lot of those rides are enjoyed on vacations. Continue reading
Ginny Prior 