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Oakland Bites: Your Best Picnic Spots

I spent this afternoon in Mountain View Cemetery working on a project with a classmate, and it was breathtaking. It may seem a little weird to think about a leisurely stroll through a cemetery, but this one–designed by none other than Frederick Law Olmstead–is like nothing I’ve ever seen, and there are people biking, strolling, dog-walking and even having picnics all over the place. Now a cemetery would not necessarily be my first idea for a picnic spot, but it…

Rumor Nation: Spring Festival at the International House

The Spring Festival at the International House at U.C. Berkeley is going on today from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m. I heard a true rumor. The International House has launched its annual Spring Festival of multicultural events. It is a great opportunity for people looking for diverse of world cultures to meet in one place. There are so many activities – dance, music, food, fashion shows, crafts – that you’ll have to come and see for yourself. It will be…

Oakland North Now: April 17, 2009

Young Guns: Eight and 10 year-0ld candy bar robbers. Chauncey Bailey: Man agrees to guilty plea in killing. Red Light: More cameras coming to your local stoplights.

Oakland’s bike paths

I was curious what the City of Oakland is doing to create more bike paths and found this information on the City of Oakland Public Works Agency Web site. They have a bunch of information about signs, trails and paths. They say that from 1999 to 2007 they installed more than 87 miles of bike lanes and in December 2007 approved the “Oakland Bicycle Master Plan” that will build 131 miles more. I also found their definitions of bike lanes,…

SAN PAB DIARIES: Law & Order Pt. 1

The day I got my Cali drivers license was also the day I got pulled over in Cali for the first time. And, you guessed it, it happened on San Pab Ave.

Oakland Bites: Brunch Suggestions?

Over the weekend, I headed home to celebrate Easter with the fam over the mother of all brunches. While this one was crazy and chaotic–63 people, one life-sized rabbit–it got me thinking that for all the time I’ve spent in the East Bay, I think I’ve only been to brunch twice, and I haven’t yet found a regular spot. I’m a big fan of the neighborhood-y Fat Apples in North Berkeley and the hippy dippy All You Knead on Haight…