Climate Change RE-imagined exhibit reception at the Sun Gallery in Hayward
Climate activist and artist Jennifer Koney explains how the looming threat of sea level rise influenced her art at the Hayward Sun Gallery’s RE-Imagining Climate Change exhibit reception on Saturday, Feb. 4. (Sonia Waraich — East Bay Echo)
A ceramic gasoline container by artist Axziry greets visitors when they walk into the Sun Gallery in Hayward. (Sonia Waraich — East Bay Echo)
Hayward Poet Laureate Bruce Roberts reads his poem “King Tide.” (Sonia Waraich — East Bay Echo)
The Daughters of Cairo perform an earth-based Middle Eastern dance. (Sonia Waraich — East Bay Echo)
A visitor observes sculptures by artists Marjorie Lynne Wagner and Dewey Elquist at the RE-Imagining Climate Change exhibit reception at the Sun Gallery on Saturday, Feb. 4. (Sonia Waraich — East Bay Echo)
Ribbon-cutting for Hesperian Boulevard Improvement Project in San Lorenzo
(L-r) Daryl Camp, superintendent of the San Lorenzo Unified School District; Julie Yim, 3rd District Supervisor Lena Tam’s chief of staff; Daniel Woldesenbet, director of the Alameda County Public Works Agency; Jared Savas, who served under former supervisors Wilma Chan and Dave Brown; and Rachel Osajima, executive director of the Alameda County Arts Commission pose for a photo at the Hesperian Boulevard Improvement Project ribbon-cutting on the afternoon of Saturday, Feb. 4. (Sonia Waraich — East Bay Echo)
Rachel Osajima, executive director of the Alameda County Arts Commission, thanks all the people involved with the Hesperian Boulevard Corridor Improvement Project at a ribbon-cutting event on the afternoon of Saturday, Feb. 4. (Sonia Waraich — East Bay Echo)
Tyler Dragoni, of the Eden Municipal Advisory Council, says the improvements on Hesperian Boulevard are a step in the right direction at a ribbon-cutting event on the afternoon of Saturday, Feb. 4. (Sonia Waraich — East Bay Echo)
Stencil-sandblasted silhouettes of local birds and tree branches and leaves adorn the sidewalk at the intersection of Paseo Grande and Hesperian Boulevard in San Lorenzo. (Sonia Waraich — East Bay Echo)
The ribbon-cutting event included artist Vanessa Marsh, whose art adorns the sidewalks. (Sonia Waraich — East Bay Echo)
The safety improvements on Hesperian Boulevard feature newly painted bicycle lanes. (Sonia Waraich — East Bay Echo)