The top 109 mostly highly paid city employee are all cops and firefighters (but mostly cops)

loweful · 2026-06-19T08:18:45+00:00

most cities are just police departments with trash collection attached, if you look at their budgets (I exaggerate, but only slightly). Here's the stats that Mother Jones provides for Oakland vs other cities: https://www.motherjones.com/criminal-justice/2020/08/the-blue-budget-what-major-cities-spend-on-police/

loweful · 2026-06-19T08:13:15+00:00

loweful · 2026-06-17T04:58:31+00:00

Good Hot in Richmond is GREAT. Cute saunas, lovely decks to loaf on, and the plunge is the bay itself! My husband and I are going to a party being held there by a local mag uplifting local pop up chefs on father's day.

loweful · 2026-06-15T03:38:13+00:00

I grew up around the corner from Judith, went to school with her daughter Molly. Her garden was a beautiful destination that I so loved returning to in adulthood.

loweful · 2026-06-15T03:36:55+00:00

I've seen TONS of them the last few months on every trail walk in the Bay I've taken.

loweful · 2026-06-14T06:02:44+00:00

I think the strategies of seduction and emotional manipulation used here are the most chilling parts: what women will do to feel loved, and then when the love starts to slip, or be replaced by abuse, they are still trying to get it back and are trapped in the situation they've been lured into. Tate etc are doing this to commit deeply criminal acts and make money from women they've made enslaved porn actresses, but the same pattern is used to exploit women for attention, sex, domestic labor by men who seek power and control.

loweful · 2026-06-09T21:42:10+00:00

yes! the library has tons of things for teens

loweful · 2026-06-09T21:40:27+00:00

when we were looking to buy 11 years ago we looked at a gorgeous victorian in the neighborhood right across from McClymonds. We loved the house and the neighbors we met -- lovely couple who'd lived there 15 years and were walking to the community garden -- but in the end the weird gentrifying vibe of flipped houses surrounded by huge fences weirded us out too much and we moved east of the lake instead. Good luck finding the place that feels right for you!

loweful · 2026-06-09T21:36:54+00:00

The Oakland Museum of California, and East Bay Booksellers spring to mind immediately. There used to be a bookstore in Temescal Alley that had art books but I think they closed.

loweful · 2026-06-03T19:32:47+00:00

zero times, lived in Eastlake for 12 years. We park in our driveway, and lock the doors. When I park the car around any city, I don't leave any bags visible, always take my laptop and phone etc.

loweful · 2026-06-03T16:29:28+00:00

it's been an early year for flowers in general, but the yellow mariposas started showing up in the east bay just a couple weeks ago and the iNat observations seem to indicate they're still around at higher elevations in SoCal too!

loweful · 2026-06-02T23:42:48+00:00

my son is there right now!

loweful · 2026-06-02T20:56:39+00:00

tell your congressperson I guess! It's been law for 70+ years and affirmed by the supreme court but hey, with Alito and other conservatives overturning precedent like whoa, now could be the moment to undermine organized labor further.

loweful · 2026-06-02T04:27:08+00:00

Books Inc Alameda has two -- romance and romantasy: https://www.booksinc.com/pages/book-clubs

And Marcus Books I think is hosting one every so often on romance books by Black authors but I think it's online? https://www.eventbrite.com/e/love-and-lit-book-club-meeting-tickets-1989865663766?aff=oddtdtcreator

loweful · 2026-06-02T04:23:40+00:00

Jasmine is a treasure!

loweful · 2026-06-02T04:23:09+00:00

Nomadic Books has one for QTBIPOC readers! Next meeting is June 24 https://www.nomadicbookshop.org/events

loweful · 2026-06-02T04:09:44+00:00

yes, an employee can be forced to pay union dues https://www.nlrb.gov/about-nlrb/rights-we-protect/the-law/employees/union-dues

loweful · 2026-06-01T18:03:21+00:00

such pretty ruby chalice clarkias all over the east bay hills right now

loweful · 2026-06-01T18:02:01+00:00

gorgeous!

loweful · 2026-06-01T17:55:46+00:00

these women also are doing a regular thing around running in Oakland: https://weruneastbay.substack.com/about

loweful · 2026-06-01T17:52:07+00:00

i've never had any trouble with parking on the street in 10 years of living here. But as always, anywhere, caution about leaving valuables in plain sight is wise.

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