No respect for buses?

Maybe I was just in an ornery mood last night, but I was pretty appalled by the amount of trash on the 1R I was riding. I always expect there to be some amount of trash on the bus, but this was just ridiculous. Here’s what I could see from the middle of double bus:

An [...]

Stop the Presses! Oakland Marijuana University Opens… 4 Months Ago

On Tuesday, the Oakland Tribune ran a front page AP article on a “new” school in downtown Oakland that teaches students about the various aspects of marijuana. OK, I understand the appeal of a story like this, but front page, for something that happened months ago and Fox News reported on in mid-January?
I guess V [...]

Carless in the O

Last weekend, I finally gave up my car. My sister drove it down to LA, where she needs it a lot more than I ever did.
I’m not sure I can explain how much of a relief it is to no longer be a car owner. I don’t have to worry about flat tires, parking tickets, [...]

Enjoying the other side of the Bay

I don’t write about San Francisco much here, partly because I don’t think about it as much as I think about Oakland and partly because I think there’s already plenty of chatter about SF. But the truth is that one of the reasons I love Oakland so much is because I can easily hop across [...]

Random Oakland Thoughts

I’ve been ridiculously busy lately and also caught up in election madness so I’ve been neglecting my Oakland musings lately. Luckily, others haven’t, and somehow I’ve managed to keep up with what they’re writing:

I was a bit appalled when I read the Grand Lake Guardian’s views on Out of the Closet, a thrift store, opening [...]