In Oakland, 76,000 people—that’s 19 percent of the city’s population—live at or below the federal poverty level. This is a statistic that the City of Oakland wants to lower.
Saturday, May 22 is the East Bay’s first annual Bike to Market Day. If you’re trying to save on groceries, this is the day to hop on your bike and go shopping. If you show up at select grocery stores and farmers markets with your bike, you’ll get discounts and other goodies. This event was organized by the East Bay Bicycle Coalition. They’re trying to show that bicycles can be used for more things than just commuting and fun. Before…
The Oakland police arrested 26 suspected gang members after a crackdown yesterday, reports the Associated Press. Police say they arrested these 26 people while serving warrants on Thursday targeting the so-called “Ghost Town” gang. The arrests come after four months of undercover investigations and gathering intelligence on the gang. If you like checking out souped up lowriders, head out to the “Chrome & Cops 4 Kids” benefit car and motorcycle show where a big collection of lowriders will be on…
Something has recently changed in South Berkeley—big colorful paintings are popping up in formerly vacant storefront windows. They were all made by low-income youth, mostly from Oakland, paid to paint by an organization called Youth Spirit Artworks — an organization that hires teens to beautify local neighborhoods.
A bicyclist died in a collision with an AC Transit bus yesterday afternoon. According to the Chronicle, Erik Fitzpatrick was struck by the bus on MacArthur Boulevard near Patterson Avenue after trying to swerve out of the way of a car door. Oakland is considering mass layoffs of city workers to close a $42 million deficit, says the Chronicle. These drastic cuts could include letting go nearly 200 police officers, such as investigators, specialized units and walking details, by July…
If you’ve ever walked through the parking lot at Oakland’s Rockridge BART late on a Thursday night, you may have seen a group of raucous twenty- and thirtysomethings yelling and drinking beer. But they’re not a bunch of hooligans — they are out there playing a friendly game of four square.
It’s rose season — and to celebrate this perennial, on Sunday the East Bay Rose Society held its 63rd rose show at Oakland’s Lakeside Garden Center at Lake Merritt.
Some were in spandex, others in dresses or suits and they rolled into downtown Oakland for Oakland’s 16th Annual Bike to Work Day.
“What does the world need now?” This question is being posed to kids all over the East Bay, and Oakland’s Museum of Children’s Art (MOCHA) wants their answers in the form of paintings, drawings, photographs or even sculptures.
The Oakland A’s will play the Texas Rangers tonight. Listen to NPR’s Robert Siegel talk to Dallas Braden of the Oakland A’s, who pitched a perfect game on Sunday in a 4-to-zero win over Tampa Bay. It’s only the 19th perfect game in major league history. A judge today refused to set bail for the 19-year-old Oakland woman accused of murdering her 2-year-old daughter in March. According to the Oakland Tribune, the judge said that it’s likely another child would…
On Sunday, the Spokeland Bike Co-op set up shop down at Mosswood Park for a “Love Your Bike” fundraiser. They called all their friends with tools and skills to diagnose and fix all passers-by’s bikes for a small donation
That’s right, Sunday April 11, is the Paris-Roubaix race. It’s one of the oldest road races in the world, started in 1896, and is known for its treacherous terrain, like the dozens of kilometers of cobblestones. Known as “A Sunday in Hell” or “The Hell of the North,” this one-day race that is roughly 280 kilometers is always fun to watch. Riders get muddy and wreaked and make you marvel all the more at their athleticism. Steephill.tv has all the…
This weekend I did the East Bay Tweed Ride. I must admit, at first I was a little skeptical. There were a lot of people affecting English accents and saying things like, “Hello, dear sir!” and “Talk to your dashing neighbors.” But I got over it. Once a couple of my “dashing neighbors” pulled out a portable gin and tonic set, I knew it’d be fun. The outfits were hilarious and amazing — everything from big flowing skirts to tweed…
I just read this story in the Los Angeles Times about Abdul Hibib, a one-legged bike mechanic. His story is really interesting — he’s a man who has lived through a lot of war and has since dedicated his life to fixing bicycles. What strikes me about Hibib is that he seems to think about bikes and getting around a lot like we do here in the U.S., “With a bicycle, you don’t sit in traffic,” he says. I hear that.