East Bay Yesterday
@eastbayyesterday.bsky.social
Local history podcast, tours, events, and even a puzzle. #oakland
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Last year, thieves stole bonsai trees from Lake Merritt. A few weeks ago, Morcom Rose Garden got trashed when people ripped out the plants. Now I'm hearing that the rocks at Peralta Hacienda keep getting yoinked. Who is stealing rocks?!
November 13, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Last year, thieves stole bonsai trees from Lake Merritt. A few weeks ago, Morcom Rose Garden got trashed when people ripped out the plants. Now I'm hearing that the rocks at Peralta Hacienda keep getting yoinked. Who is stealing rocks?!
"A man who couldn’t move his arms or legs changed laws, architecture, and society’s view on people with disabilities..." eastbayyesterday.com/episodes/he-...
“He wanted people to take risks” - East Bay Yesterday
If you were born after 1990, it might be easy to think that the world has always had wheelchair ramps, closed captions, and bathroom stalls for people with disabilities. But none of those things exist...
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November 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
"A man who couldn’t move his arms or legs changed laws, architecture, and society’s view on people with disabilities..." eastbayyesterday.com/episodes/he-...
New episode dropping tomorrow! Subscribe to the podcast if you wanna hear about the rise of the disability rights movement... pod.link/1158506231
November 11, 2025 at 10:52 PM
New episode dropping tomorrow! Subscribe to the podcast if you wanna hear about the rise of the disability rights movement... pod.link/1158506231
Come out to the Mills College Art Museum to celebrate the 100th anniversary tomorrow... mcam.oakland.northeastern.edu/events/#0406...
November 7, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Come out to the Mills College Art Museum to celebrate the 100th anniversary tomorrow... mcam.oakland.northeastern.edu/events/#0406...
This is a few days late but the East Bay Yesterday award for Best Costume goes to @natalieorenstein.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 6:17 PM
This is a few days late but the East Bay Yesterday award for Best Costume goes to @natalieorenstein.bsky.social
I found a very ominous map… eastbayyesterday.substack.com/p/how-had-i-...
November 3, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I found a very ominous map… eastbayyesterday.substack.com/p/how-had-i-...
I finally went inside a building I'd been walking by for years, and I was not disappointed...
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How had I missed this for so long?
I finally checked out a building I’d walked past for decades – I wasn’t disappointed by what I found
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October 31, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I finally went inside a building I'd been walking by for years, and I was not disappointed...
eastbayyesterday.substack.com/p/how-had-i-...
eastbayyesterday.substack.com/p/how-had-i-...
This seems very strange - wouldn't a lot of these items (i.e. Ohlone artifacts) be very traceable?
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Over 1,000 artifacts stolen from Oakland Museum of California, police say
The Oakland Police Department says it is working with the FBI’s Art Crime Team to investigate the burglary.
oaklandside.org
October 29, 2025 at 8:58 PM
This seems very strange - wouldn't a lot of these items (i.e. Ohlone artifacts) be very traceable?
oaklandside.org/2025/10/29/o...
oaklandside.org/2025/10/29/o...
Come to my Q&A with the author of "On Loop: Black Sonic Politics in Oakland" this Saturday...
www.bookpassage.com/event/alex-w...
www.bookpassage.com/event/alex-w...
October 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Come to my Q&A with the author of "On Loop: Black Sonic Politics in Oakland" this Saturday...
www.bookpassage.com/event/alex-w...
www.bookpassage.com/event/alex-w...
What was it like to grow up *inside* Oakland's oldest cemetery? Tune into @kalwradio.bsky.social at 11:30am today to find out
October 27, 2025 at 5:49 PM
What was it like to grow up *inside* Oakland's oldest cemetery? Tune into @kalwradio.bsky.social at 11:30am today to find out
One of Oakland's most historic homes is in serious danger...
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Rare Bay Area Victorian mansion might need to 'get rid of everything'
Oakland refuses to renew the lease of a preservationist group.
www.sfgate.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
One of Oakland's most historic homes is in serious danger...
www.sfgate.com/local/articl... @sfgate.com
www.sfgate.com/local/articl... @sfgate.com
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You simply cannot believe how many words I have written about Aaron Cometbus' Electric Menorah, but really about the muralization of history, no, about Telegraph Avenue and capitalism (but actually about the sixties, my mom, and about mourning mourning): www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org/war-is-over-...
War is Over (Because UC Wants it)
A Tale of Two Murals on Telegraph Avenue, Aaron Cometbus's "The Loneliness of the Electric Menorah," and Praising the Emptiness
www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org
October 22, 2025 at 12:59 PM
You simply cannot believe how many words I have written about Aaron Cometbus' Electric Menorah, but really about the muralization of history, no, about Telegraph Avenue and capitalism (but actually about the sixties, my mom, and about mourning mourning): www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org/war-is-over-...
Come celebrate the 100-year anniversary of Mills College Art Museum with me! Of course we'll be talking about how the Bay Area influenced the rest of the world...
October 22, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Come celebrate the 100-year anniversary of Mills College Art Museum with me! Of course we'll be talking about how the Bay Area influenced the rest of the world...
Gonna be interesting to hear how Silicon Valley libertarians defend the massive gov't bailout they'll inevitably need before the end of Trump's term...
October 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Gonna be interesting to hear how Silicon Valley libertarians defend the massive gov't bailout they'll inevitably need before the end of Trump's term...
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The city will host a dedication event Wednesday, Oct. 22 which will be designated "Bobby Seale Day" in Oakland.
Bobby Seale, a Black Panther founder, will have an Oakland intersection named after him
The city will host a dedication event Wednesday, Oct. 22 which will be designated "Bobby Seale Day" in Oakland.
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October 20, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The city will host a dedication event Wednesday, Oct. 22 which will be designated "Bobby Seale Day" in Oakland.
Oakland re-branded E. 14th St to International Blvd in 1996. What do you think about the name change?
October 15, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Oakland re-branded E. 14th St to International Blvd in 1996. What do you think about the name change?
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I listen to East Bay Yesterday for roadtrips and now I finally got to be on it! I talk with Liam about everything: historic preservation, transit, gentrification, YIMBY v NIMBY, and public housing from an Oakland / East Bay perspective.
What needs protection – and what needs to change? @idothethinking.bsky.social shares his thoughts in my new episode eastbayyesterday.com/episodes/my-...
“My neighborhood looks the same as it did 50 years ago” - East Bay Yesterday
Everyone has opinions on the Bay Area’s problems with housing, transit and public infrastructure, but Darrell Owens digs deep into the historical roots of these issues on his Substack “The Discourse L...
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October 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I listen to East Bay Yesterday for roadtrips and now I finally got to be on it! I talk with Liam about everything: historic preservation, transit, gentrification, YIMBY v NIMBY, and public housing from an Oakland / East Bay perspective.
Reposted by East Bay Yesterday
What needs protection – and what needs to change? @idothethinking.bsky.social shares his thoughts in my new episode eastbayyesterday.com/episodes/my-...
“My neighborhood looks the same as it did 50 years ago” - East Bay Yesterday
Everyone has opinions on the Bay Area’s problems with housing, transit and public infrastructure, but Darrell Owens digs deep into the historical roots of these issues on his Substack “The Discourse L...
eastbayyesterday.com
October 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
What needs protection – and what needs to change? @idothethinking.bsky.social shares his thoughts in my new episode eastbayyesterday.com/episodes/my-...
Only a few tix left for the @oaklandside.org anniversary event this week. Don't miss it...
www.eventbrite.com/e/futureoakl...
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Future/Oakland
Food, music & bold conversations: Celebrate 5 years of The Oaklandside and Oakland’s past, present & future.
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October 14, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Only a few tix left for the @oaklandside.org anniversary event this week. Don't miss it...
www.eventbrite.com/e/futureoakl...
www.eventbrite.com/e/futureoakl...
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We can confirm: The EBMUD tour is as fascinating as it is smelly!
Find out what happens after you flush!
@sfgate.com
@sfgate.com
This Bay Area tour is so popular, tickets are usually gone within minutes
"This tour stinks, but I loved it."
www.sfgate.com
October 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
We can confirm: The EBMUD tour is as fascinating as it is smelly!
Find out what happens after you flush!
@sfgate.com
@sfgate.com
This Bay Area tour is so popular, tickets are usually gone within minutes
"This tour stinks, but I loved it."
www.sfgate.com
October 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Find out what happens after you flush!
@sfgate.com
@sfgate.com
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Tommy Orange got a MacArthur! HELL YEAH!
www.macfound.org/fellows/clas...
www.macfound.org/fellows/clas...
Tommy Orange
Illuminating the richness and complexity of contemporary, urban Native Peoples’ lives.
www.macfound.org
October 8, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Tommy Orange got a MacArthur! HELL YEAH!
www.macfound.org/fellows/clas...
www.macfound.org/fellows/clas...
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Jessica Mitford was just featured on the @eastbayyesterday.bsky.social podcast. eastbayyesterday.com/episodes/the...
October 2, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Jessica Mitford was just featured on the @eastbayyesterday.bsky.social podcast. eastbayyesterday.com/episodes/the...
Thanks to the gov't shutdown a FEMA training for nurses that my wife was gonna attend just got cancelled. sure hope there's no disasters soon!
October 1, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Thanks to the gov't shutdown a FEMA training for nurses that my wife was gonna attend just got cancelled. sure hope there's no disasters soon!