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This year’s cleanup will be from 8:30 a.m. to noon Sept. 16. Volunteers will convene at Carquinez Strait and Martinez Shoreline in Martinez, Point Pinole and Point Isabel in Richmond, Crown Beach in Alameda, Martin Luther King Jr. Shoreline in Oakland, Hayward Shoreline in Hayward and Lake Del Valle, south of Livermore.The Park District will provide snacks, water and trash bags. It’s a great family activity; volunteers ages 15 and younger must be accompanied by an adult. Registration is required. For information and registration, call 510-544-2515.Martinez: Also at Carquinez Strait, naturalist Kevin Dixon will lead a “Family Night” stroll from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 16, starting at the Nejedly Staging Area, which is on Carquinez Scenic Drive just past Alhambra Pioneer Cemetery in Martinez.It’s a chance to meet your neighbors and enjoy an easy walk, suitable for strollers, wheelchairs and people of all ages, with beautiful views of the strait. For information, call 510-544-2750.Berkeley, Crockett: Along with turning leaves and cooler weather, another harbinger of fall in the natural world is spider activity. Naturalist Trent Pearce will explore the phenomenon with a series of spider safaris, all from 3 to 4:30 p.m. in various regional parks.The group will search for orb weavers, wolf spiders, mygalomorphs (another ... (East Bay Times)
Coastal Cleanup events throughout the East Bay including at Point Isabel Regional Shoreline (meet at 2701 Isabel St.) as well as Point Pinole Regional Shoreline (5551 Giant Hwy) in Richmond, with both events running from 8:30 a.m. to noon.Gioia has also been steering locals to a full list of Coastal Cleanup sites in West Contra Costa, as posted on the Watershed Project’s webpage and California Coastal Commission’s locator map. Here are more sites for Clean Up events in the Richmond area:Wildcat Creek Staging Area, Saturday, Sept. 16, 9am – noon, meet in the parking lot off the Richmond Parkway, between Pittsburg and Gertrude Aves. Hosted by Urban Tilth in partnership with The Watershed Project. For more information email Nathan Bickart nathan@urbantilth.orgRain Garden and Bioswale at 21st Street Saturday, Sept. 16, 9 a.m. — noon atRichmond Greenway. Park on 20th St. between Ohio St. and Chanslor. Hosted by Yes Families for Nature in partnership with The Watershed Project.Richmond Greenway, Saturday, Sept. 16 from 9 a.m. to noon at 42nd & Greenway Pocket Park, 4201 Ohio Ave. in Richmond.North Richmond Ballpark: Wednesday, Sept. 20, 9am – noon at North Richmond Ballpark on Fred Jackson Way, Richmond. Cleanup along the banks of Wildcat Creek. Contact paula@thewatershedproject.org for more information. (Richmond Standard)
Contact nathan@urbantilth.org for more details.The East Bay Regional Park District is sponsoring cleanups at Point Pinole Regional Shoreline, 5551 Giant Highway in Richmond, and Point Isabel Regional Shoreline, 2701 Isabel St. (at the end of Central Avenue) in Richmond, from 8:30 a.m. to noon. Details: www.ebparks.org/about/getinvolved/volunteer/events.Pinole will hold a cleanup at Bayfront Park, 1 Tennent Ave., from 8:30 a.m. to noon. Registration is required. Call 510-724-9018 for more details.Berkeley-based group Friends of Five Creeks is holding a cleanup from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. along the new trail at Codornices Creek, the only trout stream in Albany and Berkeley. Meet at the Belmont Village senior housing courtyard, just west of 1100 San Pablo Ave. on the creekside trail. Details and RSVP: f5creeks@gmail.com, www.fivecreeks.org.Berkeley is holding a cleanup for all ages from 9 a.m. to noon starting out from the Shorebird Park Nature Center, 160 University Ave. A waiver must be signed for minors. The event will be followed by a raffle from noon to 1 p.m. Details: www.cityofberkeley.info/shorelinecleanup. Car show and chili cookoffThere will be added flavor at the annual Chili Cook Off and Car Show in Rodeo on Sept. 24.A salsa-making competition has been added to the lineup for the event from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 24 at Lefty Gomez Recreation Center & Ball Field, 470 Parker Ave.It joins the chili-making and tasting, display of classic cars, musical entertainment, food trucks, margaritas, children’s activities and vendors at the family event.A morning pancake breakfast opens the event hosted by the Bay Front Chamber of Commerce of Crockett, Hercules and Rodeo.Details: 510-741-7945 or www.bayfrontchamber.com.Gilman district art walkStroll the area around Gilman Street in Berkeley at the neighborhood’s annual Art Walk from noon to 5 p.m. Sept. 24.“The purpose of this event is to revitalize and strengthen the community of the Gilman District and to provide an opportunity for local artists to connect with art lovers.”The event will include music performances, food trucks, open studios and galleries. (East Bay Times)
