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Katie Lauer

Santa Clara
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Journalist @EastBayTimes & @MercNews klauer@bayareanewsgroup.com

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Port Costa’s historic main drag is a hidden gem Original

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By Katie Lauer
| The Mercury News Verified
There are only two roads that lead into Port Costa, which makes this port town along the northern edge of Contra Costa County feel particularly isolated and remote. But in fact, it’s well within day-tripping range for most of the Bay Area, especially the East Bay – and well worth visiting. One can take Interstate 80, with views of the Straits of Carquinez, or Highway 4, which connects to the same trail Juan Bautista de Anza’s expedition navigated through the coastal canyons 250 years ago.
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By spotlighting disabled performers, Bay Area company AXIS Dance challenges conventional thinking about movement

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By Katie Lauer
| Marin Independent Journal Verified
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The dance world has often based its plaudits on how spectacularly performers can defy gravity with leaps, kicks and twirls. But a handful of wheelchairs, some roller skates and a trapeze helped a Berkeley-based troupe flip antiquated and ableist conceptions of athletic ability and athleticism on their head.
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Suspension of disbelief: The newest Bay Bridge span is an architectural marvel Original

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By Katie Lauer
| The Mercury News Verified
There’s a surreal serenity atop the world’s longest self-anchored, single-tower suspension bridge, crowned by a thick blanket of fog more than 500 feet above the rippling tides off Yerba Buena Island’s eastern shore. From here, the nearly 300,000 daily commuters below who cross the newest, asymmetrical side of the Bay Bridge look like a frenetic ant highway, as 15 mph winds blow towards the perennial stack of vibrant shipping containers that frame the Port of Oakland.
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