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( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; 510-704-8291; www.themarsh.org ; 2120 Allston Way)
The 'breeding ground for new performance' in Berkeley has eclectic solo and comedy
acts.
Shotgun Players THEATER
( GOOGLE MAP ; 510-841-6500; www.shotgunplayers.org ; 1901 Ashby Avenue)
The country's first all-solar-powered theater company stages exciting and provocative
work in an intimate space. Across from the Ashby BART station.
Sports
Memorial Stadium , which dates from 1923, is the university's 63,000-seat sporting ven-
ue, and the Hayward Fault runs just beneath it. On alternate years, it's the site of the fam-
ous football frenzy between the UC Berkeley and Stanford teams.
The Cal Athletic Ticket Office ( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; 800-462-3277;
www.calbears.com ; 2223 Fulton St) on campus has ticket information on all UC Berkeley
sports events. Keep in mind that some sell out weeks in advance.
WHERE THE EARTH MOVED
Curious to find a few places where the earth shook? Visit these notorious spots in and
around the Bay Area:
Earthquake Trail , at Point Reyes National Seashore, shows the effects of the big one in
1906.
Cypress Freeway Memorial Park , at 14th St and Mandela Parkway, commemorates the
forty-two people that died and those who helped rescue survivors when the Cypress Free-
way collapsed in West Oakland, one of the most horrifying and enduring images of the
1989 Loma Prieta quake.
In the Forest of Nisene Marks State Park ( 831-763-7062; www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=666 ;
parking $8), near Aptos in Santa Cruz County, a sign on the Aptos Creek Trail marks the
actual epicenter of the Loma Prieta quake, and on the Big Slide Trail a number of fissures
can be spotted.
At UC Berkeley, the Hayward Fault runs just beneath Memorial Stadium .