Recently arrived at a one-room museum on Mount Tamalpais is a freshly milled length of laurel tree cut to the dimensions of a railroad tie. A bronze plaque identifies it as a re-creation of the ...
The city is pulling up the tracks running down the middle of Lakewood Avenue — which once served candy factories, lumber yards, strawberry farms and baseball fans — to replace sewer lines.
In 1922, according to an article in The Daily Appeal , four catalpa trees graced the Capitol grounds. "They are in full bloom, and with their immense green leaves and beautiful snow-white blossoms, ...