Oakland's Temescal Brewing has transformed itself into a wintry ski lodge
With its highest peak measuring about 1,760 feet, you don’t get much of a chance to ski the slopes of Oakland. But you’ll be able to get the feel of a ski vacation soon, thanks to an Oakland brewery giving itself a head-to-toe makeover into a cheery, little alpine lodge. Starting in November, for the second year in a row, Temescal Brewing is seasonally rebranding itself the No Jerks Ski Village, so-called because the brewery’s slogan is “Fresh beer, no jerks.” Visitors will pass through a ski-check station to enter a warm interior stocked with ski paraphernalia and hanging Christmas ...