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Food at LBNL and Surrounding Areas
LBNL:
There are food trucks onsite daily at LBNL, which offer AM beverage service such as coffee/tea, as well as breakfast and lunch for purchase in the parking lot of Bldg 91 (see map below).
Coffee and breakfast items are available daily starting at 7:30 am.
For detailed information, please refer to the LBNL Food Truck information on the website linked here.
Berkeley:
Downtown Berkeley offers many dining options for those staying off-site or for those interested in exploring the area.
Jupiter - Casual eatery offering rustic pizzas and locally brewed beers. Excellent for groups and a notable outdoor patio. Open for lunch and dinner.
Gather - Californian cuisine focused on local, seasonal ingredients as well as wines from the US West Coast. Open for lunch and dinner (closed on Mondays and Tuesdays).
Comal - Popular restaurant offering Mexican cuisine and cocktails with both indoor and outdoor seating. Open for dinner.
Revival Bar + Kitchen - Californian cuisine featuring local/seasonal food. Open for lunch and dinner.
Ippuku - Japanese izakaya-inspired dining served in a cozy atmosphere. Open for dinner.
East Bay Spice Company - Intimate location specializing in cocktails and small plates that stays open late. Great for groups of 2-4. Opens in the late afternoon.
Berkeley Social Club - Contemporary dining offering a menu with Asian-American fusion food. Open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Lucia's - Small buzzy local eatery offering Neapolitan-style pizza (including gluten-free options). Popular with locals. Open for dinner.
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Call (510) 495-8000
Group Name: DECOVALEX 2025 Booking Code: B00J25
Room Type & Nightly Rate: Single Queen – Rate is $145 nightly
All room rates include tax, parking, wi-fi, weekday shuttle pass, coffee, tea, and housekeeping.
Room block ends on October 2, 2025
Great location to downtown Berkeley within walking distance to BART and LBNL Shuttle Services (no room block)
Great location to downtown Berkeley within walking distance to BART and LBNL Shuttle Services (no room block)
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Located on the Berkeley Mariana outside of downtown Berkeley, it offers shuttle service to downtown or LYFT/UBER option to LBNL (no room block)
Plane
SFO - San Francisco International Airport
OAK - Oakland Airport
BART:
You can catch BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) from SFO & OAK to Berkeley.
Uber/Lyft
You can request an Uber or Lyft from the airport. Please check the airport for pickup location
Please be prepared to show your passport or, if a US Citizen, a Real ID when accessing the lab. You will receive a guest pass that you will present at the main gate.
You will receive your guest pass one week prior to the workshop
When parking on site, please do not park in a space that has the following posted:
Government Vehicle
Green Circle
Parking is limited, so please plan to arrive early
Technical Site Visit Locations:
NUMO Site
Jardines de San Juan Restuarant
DeRose Vineyards (features outside that show shearing) 9970 Cienega Rd, Hollister, CA 95023
The first stop of the technical site visit will take attendees to the NUMO field site in California where
Berkeley Lab has instrumented a dedicated in-situ borehole observatory to study the effects of dynamic
stressing on faults. The field test is motivated by the challenge of safe nuclear waste disposal in
seismically active regions, common in Japan, the United States, and other countries worldwide. There is
a concern that traveling seismic waves produced by major earthquakes may significantly affect the
hydromechanical properties of the host rocks used for disposal.
The site is located atop the San Andreas fault (SAF) zone 4 km northwest of San Juan Bautista, about
120 km southeast of San Francisco. The area features regular local earthquakes with magnitudes of 3.5-
4.5 as well as strong earthquakes of magnitude ~7 originated within 500 km from the site. Berkeley Lab
drilled three dedicated boreholes hosting pressure and strain monitoring sensors as well as distributed
acoustic sensing and optical seismometers for characterization of the incident signals. The boreholes are
equipped with a novel tool, DORSA (Downhole Robotic Stress Analyzer), dedicated to the long-term
monitoring of fault deformation, pressure, and seismicity. The group will be led by Dr. Craig Ulrich on a
tour of the borehole installation and view active road deformations which show how sagging can occur
in a strike slip fault zone on a small scale.
The group will then have lunch in San Juan Bautista and participate in a discussion about the measured
SAF deformations at the NUMO field site. Participants will make a short stop after lunch at the San Juan
Bautista Mission – although there is no obvious trace of damage related to earthquakes (due to the
many repairs made over the years), the eastern side of the building shows the 19th century earthquake
scarp that is quite impressive.
The final stop will be at nearby DeRose Winery where the group will visit a building on the property to
observe another example of shear deformations from damage during a recent earthquake. Although
some repairs have been made to the structure, the fault is more actively creeping in this area and
participants will be able to see new aspects of damage. The return trip to Berkeley will include some
nice views of SAF geomorphology that can be seen from the shuttle along the road.
Some participants of the technical site visit will remember that the topic of fault slip and its potential for
creating permeable pathways for radionuclide transport was at the center of Task B in the previous
DECOVALEX-2019 phase.
Please reach out to Christine Ramos or Lizz Mahoney to request a Letter of Invitation for your Visa Request
Should you need an invoice for your company, please contact Christine Ramos or Lizz Mahoney with a copy of your payment confirmation, company name, address, and VAT number to process your request
Registration closes on Tuesday, September 30th