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As of February 2026
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Berkeleyside
Caught curling fever from the Olympics? Here’s where you can try it in the East Bay.
by Nico Savidge
February 20, 2026
Berkeleyside news editor Nico Savidge, who once joined a curling club while working at a Wisconsin newspaper, again ventured onto the ice for a refresher lesson at California’s only dedicated curling facility, located in Oakland
Local editor Kasia Pawlowska slips on grippers for the sport that's sweeping the Winter Olympics
NBC
Oakland curling club sees higher demand thanks to Winter Olympics
by Pete Suratos
February 16, 2026
A Bay Area curling club is benefiting from the surge in popularity, with more people enrolling into curling classes since the beginning of the Olympics.
Eastbay Times / San Jose Mercury News
The winter sport you barely hear about outside of the Olympics is friendly and ridiculously fun
KCBS
Bay Area Kids are Getting Curious about Curling
by David Welch
February 12, 2026
San Francisco Bay Area Curling Club is hosting family try curling events. It's time to ride the wave of Olympic excitement.
KPIX
Bay Area curling club sees multiple athletes qualifying for six national championships
by Kara St. Cyr
February 11, 2026
A curling club in the Bay Area is making history.
KCBS (Instagram)
With the Winter Olympics One Week Away it's Time to Brush Up On Your Curling
by David Welch
January 30, 2026
A sport that captivates viewers every four years is thriving full-time at a Bay Area facility. Curling is more than an Olympic curiosity in Oakland.
KTVU
Bay Area Curlers Competing in National Championships
by Crystal Bailey
January 26, 2026
As sports fans gear up to watch the Winter Olympics in Italy, the San Francisco Bay Area Curling Club could also be taking home gold.
World Curling
A home for all: How one club is growing curling through inclusion
by Mike Haggerty
October 24, 2025
When one club has five members playing for four different nations at the same event, as is the case at this year’s US Steel Pan Continental Championships, it stands out.
World Curling
Queer space in sport and one man’s journey to self-acceptance
by Eoin McCrossan
June 27, 2025
“Two Irishmen, an Indian and a Filipino walk into a curling club” feels like the beginning of a contrived and ultimately unfunny joke. In reality, it was the make-up of my team for San Francisco Bay Area Curling Club’s “The Ball Bonspiel”.
The 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy are just a year away, and one sport that has grown in popularity in recent years is curling.
San Francisco Chronicle
10 outstanding first dates in the Bay Area
By Peter Hartlaub
December 17, 2022
We’ve picked memorable first dates, from the most romantic theater to an Olympic-style curling adventure.
Spectrum News
Latinx curlers find a home on ice and push for Olympic dreams
Curling is especially gaining popularity among Latin American athletes, as countries like Mexico form competitive teams for the first time
FunCheapSF
First Ever Curling Facility in Northern California Opens in East Oakland
Learn to curl at the brand new 15,000 square feet facilit
ABC 7 News
Sport of curling sweeping into East Oakland, 1st club in Bay Area
By Tara Campbell
September 25, 2022
The sport of curling has found an unlikely home in East Oakland. Known much more as Midwest sport, it's starting to pick up in popularity on the West Coast.
KTVU Fox 2
Oakland curling facility celebrates grand opening
The San Francisco Bay Area Curling Club is celebrating the grand opening of their curling only facility. The group hopes to grow the sport of curling in the Bay Area.
KTVU Fox 2
Curling finds a new, unlikely home in Oakland as the sport grows
Curling is gaining popularity in the Bay Area. The Bay Area Curling Club, now housed in East Oakland, says since opening in March memberships have doubled.
LA Times
Latinx curlers find a home on ice and push for their Olympic moments
by Kevin Baxter
September 13, 2022
It’s a dream that appears more and more possible as new and emerging markets begin to embrace the sport, making its base both larger and more diverse.
Oaklandside
The ‘spirit of curling’ is alive in East Oakland
by Luke Wrin Piper
September 12, 2022
We visited the SF Bay Area Curling Club’s new world-class facility and spoke to members about what makes the obscure winter sport so special.
The Bay Area has never had a dedicated facility devoted exclusively to curling, the strange, shuffleboard-style ice-and-broom sport that has seen a brief craze every four years when the Winter Olympics roll around.
KCBS Radio
We tried out East Oakland's new curling center – with surprising results
by Megan Goldsby
August 12, 2022
The hottest new sports venue in the East Bay is actually very cold.
Mercury News / East Bay Times
The world’s best new curling facility just opened in Oakland
by John Metcalfe
August 11, 2022
With ice painted with cats and Black Lives Matter, the club hopes to expand the popularity of this Olympic sport.
It's been a long and sometimes complicated journey, but there is a curling-specific facility in the Bay Area.
