We made this happen : Oakland family watches first Black, South Asian female vice president sworn in
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1of4Tony Evans, a furloughed bartender at Chase Center, watches the inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris with his granddaughter Dy mond Roberts while at his daughter s apartment in East Oakland, Calif. Wednesday, January 20, 2021. Evans flew to Georgia to work as a poll worker during the elections.Photos by Jessica Christian / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
2of4Tony Evans, a furloughed bartender at Chase Center, shares a picture of himself and Oakland native Kamala Harris before watching the inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris with his granddaughter Dy mond Roberts while at his daughter s apartment in East Oakland, Calif. Wednesday, January 20, 2021. Evans flew to Georgia to work as a poll worker during the elections.Jessica Christian / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
Rendering of a gondola project linking Union Station in downtown Los Angeles with Dodger Stadium. (Art courtesy Los Angeles Aerial Rapid Transit)
(CN) Mirroring its relentlessly overcrowded freeways, California’s most iconic entertainment venues over the decades have all shared one thing: bumper-to-bumper traffic.
For the average California fan, the thrill of experiencing a sunset concert at the Greek Theatre, a walk-off home run at Dodger Stadium or a game-winning touchdown at Candlestick Park was predictably followed by the buzzkill of pre-and post-event traffic jam.
Some of the world’s most high-tech stadiums and arenas operate in the Golden State, yet getting to events remains difficult as very few were built with public transportation in mind.