The Port of Oakland used to offer FREE Harbor Tours for all of you Oakland History buffs. I have personally gone on this tour twice since I used to work at the Port. You take a nice slow cruise through the Ports Harbor viewing all of the ships and cranes! It’s pretty amazing and you get to hear a lot of facts and history you just may have never learned otherwise. It is also a GREAT chance to take pictures of the cranes as well!
*UPDATE* As many of you know they are NOT doing the Tour this year(2009). Sad but true.
Update 2012: They have not offered the free harbor tours in a few years and I don’t think they are coming back.
Oakland Homicides
It’s simple, just text your zip code to 888777.
that will allow you to listen live to a wide array of Police radio frequencies and more. I use it pretty often.
So this guy seems to be on a whole nother level! I mean really have you ever seen anything like this? He creates bad ass beats with a laid out guitar as if it were some turntables and he loops, distorts and tweeks with his feet! You HAVEEEE to check his stuff out. I saw him last night at Speak The Music and bought both of his CD’s. I can’t even play the second one because the first one is too bad ass to take out. Here is a video but check him out.
