Things you need to know when getting a children’s bicycle, and how you can lose 13 pounds your first year when biking to work.
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By: morganHow is Caltrans progressing on the Caldecott Tunnel Fourth Bore? Take a look inside the East Portal with this latest video:
By: Trucy Phan
Caltrans contractors plan to start carving out the fouth bore of the Caldecott Tunnel on Monday. The roadheader that is being used for the project is a 130-ton, 54-foot-long and 14-foot-tall excavation device with a rotating cutter mounted on a boom. The roadheader will dig the 3,389-foot-long bore that will Keep reading >>
By: Brendan NeeAccording to mercurynews.com, fossil hunter Joshua Wyatt recently found the imprint of an avocado tree leaf- about 10 million years old- preserved in smooth rock like leaves flattened between layers of wax paper. The excavation of the fourth bore of the Caldecott Tunnel has opened a door for paleontologists Keep reading >>
By: Brendan Nee
Construction on the fourth bore is expected to enter a new phase this week with assembly of the road header on the Orinda side in preparation to begin boring a hole in the mountain. Jeff Weiss, Caltrans spokesman said, “There’s still a lot of work to be done building the Keep reading >>
By: Brendan Nee