May Thinkwalks + CDNC ALERT!

[Joel Pomerantz]

Hello to you! 

I invite you to an elevated Thinkwalk this Saturday—or one of the other days listed. Please consider reserving a top-notch spot on high!

We will gather a group three separate times (attend only one) to explore and discuss the water features and hydrodynamics of:

Upper Market Street—Eureka Valley from Ashbury Heights to Kite Hill.

 (=) Overview of the city—both literal views and water-wise

 (=) Discussion of local historical springs and their status

 (=) Walking among the hills with a little up-and-down

RSVP to learn of the meeting spot.

I will ask for a donation at the end, cash or electrozap (digital). Suggested range (pre-adjusted for tariffs and/or poverty) is Zero to $48. Throwing meaningless numbers around is all the rage, I hear.

Sat. May 10 10am to noon-thirty

Sat. May 24 11am to 1:30

Fri. May 30 6pm to 8:30

Pick one! Second choice may also be useful.

In other news:  The resource that is arguably most useful for historical research in California is on the ropes.

A withheld-funding emergency has hit our state’s main digital newspaper center, which is at UC Riverside. I use it—the California Digital Newspaper Collection—to search old articles all the time. For some reason, CDNC's state funding disappeared for the present funding period. There was some confusion about next year, but turns out it’s this year’s funding that got yanked. Restoring it and ensuring the future may be a separate matter, but right now:

URGENT!!! This resource will go out of existence if they can’t raise what they need within eight weeks. Contribute what you can at

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PS: I recently heard that CDNC also helps the for-profit other digitized news site (newspapers.com) in choosing priorities. We can’t sit by for this loss of our historical records!

Hope to see you!

Joel