Posts in "oakland"

Let’s go Ballers! 👏🏻,👏🏻,👏🏻-👏🏻-👏🏻

These games feel like small town events in ways people in neither place would believe. Everyone’s having fun and happy to be there, more than at big, super corporate happenings. Local companies dominate the ads. Downtime entertainment has footraces for kids and grownups competing to make funny voices. There are taco trucks.

And I can’t get enough of it.

A baseball diamond taking from behind home plate, looking down the 3rd base line. The batter is set. The pitcher is winding up. It’s night time and the stadium lights are on. The glow of Oakland, California’s skyline is low in the background.

Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao's home raided by FBI agents - CBS San Francisco

Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao’s home raided by FBI agents - CBS San Francisco:

In an emailed statement to CBS News Bay Area, the FBI said, “The FBI is conducting court authorized law enforcement activity on Maiden Lane. We are unable to provide additional information at this time.”

Election officials just announced that Thao’s recall election petitions met the criteria to be put to ballot. This hasn’t been a pleasant week for her.

I seriously love Oakland. It’s my kinda grimy.

A bunch of stickers on a service box. One has anime characters: one saying "trans rights!" and another saying "hell yeah!" A second sticker is for a psychedelic mushroom delivery.