OaklandMofo.com http://www.oaklandmofo.com/blog Oakland California, The Town is the best! Events, Farmers Markets, Pictures, Photos, Shirts and more! Hella Oakland Pride and love! Thu, 20 Jun 2013 07:52:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Occupy Oakland march protest strikes and riots http://www.oaklandmofo.com/blog/occupy-oakland-march-protest/ http://www.oaklandmofo.com/blog/occupy-oakland-march-protest/#comments Thu, 20 Jun 2013 07:52:38 +0000 admin http://www.oaklandmofo.com/blog/?p=890 Occupy Oakland Last night I attended the Occupy Oakland march with over a thousand other people. It was a great night full of power, voices, numbers and an all around positive vibe…. Until the force of Oakland Police Department(with the help from many other cities from around the bay) started tear gassing innocent peaceful protestors. [...]

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]]> http://www.oaklandmofo.com/blog/ghettoworks-in-oakland-4th-of-july/feed/ 0 Dimond Park Sausal Creek Trail Liemert Bridge http://www.oaklandmofo.com/blog/dimond-park-sausal-creek-trail-liemert-bridge/ http://www.oaklandmofo.com/blog/dimond-park-sausal-creek-trail-liemert-bridge/#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:53:48 +0000 admin http://www.oaklandmofo.com/blog/?p=1390 Dimond Park Sausal Creek Trail is a little known trail running along side of Park Blvd in the Dimond Canyon. It starts in Dimond Park and goes along side the creek for a little while under the Liemert Bridge and onto the Montclair Golf Course. It’s a rather short trail as you can see from [...]

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]]> http://www.oaklandmofo.com/blog/dimond-park-sausal-creek-trail-liemert-bridge/feed/ 0 San Francisco Ferry Building picture and history http://www.oaklandmofo.com/blog/san-francisco-ferry-building-picture-and-history/ http://www.oaklandmofo.com/blog/san-francisco-ferry-building-picture-and-history/#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:54:34 +0000 admin http://oaklandmofo.com/blog/?p=29 The San Francisco Ferry Building was completed in 1898. That means it survived the 1906 Earthquake and the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. It is a long standing historic landmark in the San Francisco Bay Area. At one point it was the main form of transportation in and out of the Peninsula. This was the days [...]

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]]> http://www.oaklandmofo.com/blog/bart/feed/ 0 Removing Eucalyptus Trees http://www.oaklandmofo.com/blog/removing-eucalyptus-trees/ http://www.oaklandmofo.com/blog/removing-eucalyptus-trees/#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:32:45 +0000 admin http://www.oaklandmofo.com/blog/?p=2915 Photo by Jerry Ting As you know the Eucalyptus trees in Oakland got a lot of negative press after the 1991 East Bay Oakland Firestorm. It is said that these non native transplant trees from Australia were the main reason the fire storm raged out of control over the East Bay Hills. The National Park [...]

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]]> http://www.oaklandmofo.com/blog/tallest-building-in-oakland-the-ordway-building/feed/ 0 Oakland Art Murmur First Fridays http://www.oaklandmofo.com/blog/oakland-art-murmur-first-fridays-every-month/ http://www.oaklandmofo.com/blog/oakland-art-murmur-first-fridays-every-month/#comments Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:57:47 +0000 admin http://oaklandmofo.com/blog/?p=39 The Oakland Art Murmur takes place every month on the first Friday. It is spread out across different art galleries in Oakland with the majority of them being near Telegraph and Grand Avenue. It is a place where you can walk from gallery to gallery and enjoy fresh exhibits, art, clothing articles and other local [...]

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]]> http://www.oaklandmofo.com/blog/oakland-oscar-grant-bart-police-shooting-riots-010709/feed/ 4 The Town Oakland Cranes Shirt! http://www.oaklandmofo.com/blog/the-town-oakland-cranes-shirt-fresh-off-the-press/ http://www.oaklandmofo.com/blog/the-town-oakland-cranes-shirt-fresh-off-the-press/#comments Sat, 15 Jun 2013 07:53:36 +0000 admin http://oaklandmofo.com/blog/?p=25 The famous East Bay Port of Oakland Cranes! Why? Because Oakland is Proud! The Oakland cranes rock. These are Bay Area Landmarks with the whole Star Wars Walker rumor and all. These shipping cranes move so many tons of goods through our system daily! Rock the shirt, buy it or other Oakland crane shirts here. [...]

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]]> http://www.oaklandmofo.com/blog/the-town-oakland-cranes-shirt-fresh-off-the-press/feed/ 0 Oakland Big Tree Registry http://www.oaklandmofo.com/blog/oakland-big-tree-registry/ http://www.oaklandmofo.com/blog/oakland-big-tree-registry/#comments Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:57:52 +0000 admin http://oaklandmofo.com/blog/?p=67 Well this makes sense but it’s a little too late. The cities largest / oldest Oak Tree was unattended in Dimond Park and was lost due to disease back in 2005. So now they are asking people to report old trees so that they may be watched after and maintained so we don’t lose any [...]

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]]> http://www.oaklandmofo.com/blog/rolling-through-the-bay-san-francisco-bay-area-toothpick-city/feed/ 0 Oakland Police Helicopter to fly again http://www.oaklandmofo.com/blog/oakland-police-helicopter-to-fly-again/ http://www.oaklandmofo.com/blog/oakland-police-helicopter-to-fly-again/#comments Thu, 13 Jun 2013 07:52:54 +0000 admin http://www.oaklandmofo.com/blog/?p=585 The Ghetto Bird If you’re looking for the murder rate try Oakland Homicide Count. You may wonder where the Oakland Police Helicopters have been hiding these last few years. Our Ghetto Birds, also known as ARGUS which stands for Aerial Reconnaissance Ground Unit Support, have been grounded for the last 2 years. In 2009 budget [...]

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