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Head down to Frank Ogawa Plaza on Sunday and join up with Cycles of Change, Wheel Unite and Oakland Parks and Recreation in a city-wide scavenger hunt. Checkpoints will be set up all over Oakland and prizes will be given out for most creative bike, best outfit, most categories completed, quickest team, safest team, and more. The day is more for fun rather than a race, so ride alone or with your friends. Get up-to-date information here. Where: Frank Ogawa…
Earlier today, over 100 supporters of former BART officer Johannes Mehserle gathered at the Contra Costa County courthouse to voice their opinion that the involuntary manslaughter verdict Mehserle got for shooting Oscar Grant in January 2009 was too tough. One hour into their rally, a counter-rally with twice as many protesters, who were in support of Oscar Grant, took over the sidewalks. Despite a lot of yelling between the two groups, the rally remained peaceful.
A notice from our colleagues in UC Berkeley’s News 21 program, a national partnership between 12 universities and the Carnegie-Knight Initiative to support in-depth and investigative reporting. They are looking for Bay Area residents to interview for a project that may run on Oakland North in the future. They write: We’re two journalists participating in a project called News21, looking at crime and California’s prison system. We’re working on a video about victims of crimes, and the sense of loss they…
“What you’ll need for a day of suffering” read the top of the invitation for this year’s Rad Massaker alleycat bicycle race, which instructed bikers to bring water, spare tubes, energy gel and helmets. Sunday afternoon, hordes of cyclists showed up at Mosswood Park prepared to brave the pain.
On Friday, I walked around Art Murmur and found this guy—Paul Nosa. He has a bicycle that powers a sewing machine and while someone pedals and provides him electricity, he quickly sews any patch you’d like—on the spot—for the cheap price of $8. And if you pedal, he gives a 50-cent discount for every minute you keep the sewing machine going. He told me that he is on a coast to coast sewing tour but you can find him at…
