Recent PostsA month ago, V Smoothe pointed out that the amount of bloggers blogging regularly about Oakland is a bit pathetic. I was a bit more upbeat about the situation, but agreed that we could use more voices in the community.
Well, our calls have been heard, and last week, a great Oakland blog was started. It’s [...]
Filed under: Blogoaksphere, Community, Oakland, Politics | Tagged: Brooklyn Avenue, Deborah Edgerly | 7 Comments »
I’ve explained here before why I support BRT, and if you support it, here’s how you can help:
1. Attend the joint meeting of the Berkeley Planning Commission and Transportation Commission to urge them to choose a preferred alternative corridor for BRT in Berkeley, and not to kill the project before the Final Environmental Impact Report [...]
Filed under: Activism, Berkeley, Community, East Bay, Oakland, Public Transit, Urban Planning | Tagged: Bus Rapid Transit, Friends of BRT | Leave a Comment »
This weekend, I was lucky enough to spend my days gardening. Well, more than just gardening – I helped to create a garden in my girlfriend’s parent’s backyard in Berkeley. Between lifting bricks, rolling tree stumps, and shoveling dirt, I’m still pretty exhausted and achy, but it was worth it.
I have to admit that I [...]
Filed under: Berkeley, East Bay, Environmentalism, Food | Tagged: asparagus, farmer's market, gardening, Organic, tomatoes | 3 Comments »
As I got off the 1R today on my way to work, I noticed that Translink card readers had been installed on all of the rear doors of the bus! The rear readers weren’t in service yet, and I can’t find information about this change anywhere on AC Transit’s or Translink’s sites, but I can’t [...]
Filed under: East Bay, Oakland, Public Transit | Tagged: AC Transit, rear boarding, Translink | Leave a Comment »
Back in December, I wrote about waiting for Awaken Cafe to open. I’ve been walking by the cafe daily, watching as work progresses. Sometimes the doors are open and I get to peek in. It looks great, and it’s really exciting to see the transformation from the Golden Bull’s dive bar atmosphere – which I [...]
Filed under: Food, Oakland | Tagged: Awaken Cafe, Bakesale Betty, downtown Oakland, Souley Vegan | 8 Comments »
I don’t think about school that much anymore. I don’t have kids and I haven’t been in school for years. But a couple recent stories got me thinking about the state of our educational system in the East Bay and beyond.
Last week, Cal State East Bay fired a Quaker teacher because she changed the text [...]
Filed under: Activism, East Bay, Politics | Tagged: Alameda, Cal State East Bay, California budget crisis, education | 4 Comments »
Yesterday, the jury came back with a verdict in the Bay Guardian’s suit against SF Weekly for illegal predatory pricing. SF Weekly was found guilty and will have to pay the Guardian up to $15.6 million! The Weekly will of course be appealing, but this is a major win for independent media in the Bay [...]
Filed under: East Bay, Oakland, San Francisco | Tagged: Chauncey Bailey, East Bay Express, Media, San Francisco Bay Guardian, San Francisco Weekly | Leave a Comment »
Over the past few days, I’ve been thinking a lot about the state of the Oakland blogosphere. I felt a bit depressed on Wednesday after reading V Smoothe’s assessment:
One acquaintance has a habit of sweetly referring to ABO as the best Oakland blog, which warms my heart, of course, but usually ends up making me [...]
Filed under: Blogoaksphere, Community, Oakland | Tagged: blogs | 6 Comments »
