Equal Protection Under the Law and Upholding Civil Rights for All - Now, More than Ever

 

Cal Wins Big Game!

 Cal 41, Stanford 11

Go Bears!

124th Big Game Today

 Go Bears!! 

Here's to my team mates on the 1973 JV/Frosh Team under Coach Carl Van Heuit

Good News from our Rep. Barbara Lee

This week's good news from our representative in Congress!

Preparing for 20-plus mile Kayak Voyage around Alameda

 I am preparing for a repeat of my 2013 SF Bay kayak trip around Alameda. In 2013 I paddled my Perception "Sparky" kayak on the 'round Island route accompanied by Keith McCoy of Alameda and his brother. 

Perception "Sparky" 9 ft. kayak
(now 19 yrs old and still going strong)

Our journey, as marked below, took a little more than 5 hours.

Yesterday's (Sunday) training session, still in "Sparky", launched on the Oakland side of the High Street Bridge and went into San Leandro Bay against an ebb tide.

High Street Bridge launch site in background

Channel Marker 1 in Estuary Channel 

I plan to make the trip on favorable tides during the last week February or second week of March. Several dates will be identified in case of weather delays.

 

Veteran's Day 2021

 

Retired from the Pharmaceutical Industry

After 41 years in the diagnostic and pharmaceutical industry, I have retired. I entered the industry as a technician at Cutter Laboratories plasma center in Oakland before moving to Bio-Rad Laboratories where I worked for 10 years in manufacturing and quality/regulatory. Cetus and Chiron were my next assignments for 12 years. With these biotech companies I had the privilege of being part of the Proleukin, Betaseron and Menjugate vaccine product approval and manufacturing operations. 

In 2004 I began to provide quality and compliance service to start-up development companies, traveling the world working with contract manufacturers, laboratories and distribution depots for a wide range of new drug product. 

I am extremely thankful for the good people with whom I worked across the US and around the world.