Knowing it would cost $7,000 or even more to restore, neon artist Olivia Shelton wondered what to do with the 300-or-so-pound broken neon barbecue sign propped against the wall of her shop, brought ...

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Tom Wartman is standing over a rectangle of blue flame and bending glass in his hands. "This fire is about 1,500 degrees," he says casually. He quickly and deftly moves the glass arc from the flame to ...

Enter the nondescript Neon Works warehouse in North Oakland, and you’ll find yourself suddenly immersed in rainbow light. It’s as if a time-warping tornado from the 1950s Bay Area wrapped all the neon ...

Vintage neon signs have become a rare and treasured thing in the Valley. In fact, local preservationists estimate there are only around three dozen old-school illuminated displays still in operation ...

A government crackdown on neon signs stems from safety and environmental concerns, but the campaign evokes the fading of the city itself. A neon sign outside a mahjong parlor in October in Hong ...

The Dixie Lan Bar-B-Que sign at 19th and Vine streets where founders Oswald and Bertha Bartlett, with family, operated a restaurant for nearly 30 years. Tammy Ljungblad [email protected] Knowing ...