At first sight, the San Francisco Bay Model is utterly overwhelming. Standing on the observation platform, above the acre-and-a-half scale reconstruction of the Bay Area's waterways, you can scan from ...

A post-World War II plan to create dams and locks throughout the San Francisco Bay received the backing of planners and politicians who sought a means of routing more water from the Sierra Nevada to ...

Stay on top of what’s happening in the Bay Area with essential Bay Area news stories, sent to your inbox every weekday. Bay Area-raised host Ericka Cruz Guevarra brings you context and analysis to ...

Too gray for an outdoor urban outing? Check out the Bay Model in Sausalito instead. Almost the size of two football fields, the Bay Model is a fully functioning hydraulic model of the San Francisco ...

THE RAINY SEASON is upon us. While outdoor enthusiasts may be anxious to use the trails immediately after the rain stops, it’s best to wait a day or two to let the trails dry. Walking or riding a bike ...

SAUSALITO, Calif.--Because I don't have my own airplane, and I can't afford to fly commercial all the time, it's really cool to have the ability to calmly check out the entire San Francisco Bay from ...

Monster of GodThe Man-eating Predator in the Jungles of History and the Mind By David Quammen, W. W. Norton, $26.95 A dozen maneless lions lurk within a 2,000-foot-long cave in southeastern France. A ...

The Bay Model Visitor Center in Sausalito is a fully accessible education center administered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers which hosts a working hydraulic model of the San Francisco Bay and ...

Technology Editor Bill Wong had a chance to check out the Bay Model built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It is a big, real-world simulation. One advantage of writing the editorial column for ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Parents are often full of advice that their children may or may not follow. When Anne Garden’s 90-year-old mother, Nancy, had some, Garden listened. “She ...