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A century ago, a wooden railway trestle carried picnickers over a leafy ravine east of Lake Merritt to a park called Trestle Glen. When the trestle came down and the streetcar era faded, developers in the 1920s did something unusually graceful with the land: instead of flattening the ravine, they designed the neighborhood into it .... streets that curve with the creekbed, homes stepped along the wooded slopes, sunlight filtering through a canopy that predates every resident. From Kelli Kelly Realtor Bay Area Top Producing Top Zillow Premier agent too.

Trestle Glen, Oakland: The Neighborhood Hidden in a Ravine

Tucked into a wooded ravine just east of Lake Merritt, Trestle Glen is one of Oakland’s most distinctive and tightly held neighborhoods. Its winding streets, mature tree canopy, and collection of 1920s Tudors, Mediterraneans, and storybook homes create a setting unlike anywhere else in the city. With limited inventory, strong buyer competition, and recent sale prices averaging well above asking, buying or selling here requires preparation, local market knowledge, and a strate

Kelli Kelly

2 days ago4 min read

Here's a piece of history most Bay Area buyers don't know: Vallejo has been the capital of California... twice. Long before anyone called it underrated, this city was chosen, on the strength of its deep-water port and its position at the mouth of the Napa River, to lead the entire state. A century and a half later, the bones of that ambition are still everywhere ... the grand Victorians on the hill, the naval shipyard that built vessels through two world wars, the working waterfront looking straight down the strait toward San Francisco. from realtor Kelli Kelly from the Bay Area

Buying a Home in Vallejo: The Bay Area's Waterfront Comeback Story

Vallejo has been the capital of California — twice. Now this waterfront city is writing its comeback story, and 2026 buyers can still get in ahead of it. Here's the honest, data-backed breakdown.

Kelli Kelly

3 days ago5 min read