banana peels and carrot peelings

oakland police blotter, safeway, broadway, 51st, pleasant valley, fight, parking lot...

so i was on my way home and had to do an errand at safeway tonight after 11pm... when i got there, some black guys were fighting in the parking lot. there were two cars at least, involved as well: a red cadillac with rims, and a white buick, both with lights on. probably not due to any car accident.

what a gip--people in west oakland have to drive to rockridge/temescal just to find grocery stores! i dont know if they were from berk, e-ville or where, but probably w.o. The security and manager at safeway ran out but didnt want to get shot and neither did customers so they stayed in the exit doorway... and i went off on my way.

good night.

I was curious why. Maybe they forgot? Can garbage men forget to pick up trash from some streets? Do people call in when it happens?

I fully support the strike... don't care how high the garbage piles up. Give 'em a raise so they can all pay off their subprime mortgages, buy organic food, and enjoy the high life of consumption.

on an unrelated note, i really enjoyed helping out milk bubbles with their first ice cream event and wish i'd been less lazy! it was pretty crowded at times but i could've pushed myself more. next time!

"green" these days means how earth-friendly someone, something, or someplace is.

so, how earth-friendly can a city be?

as you would expect, different regions of the country have different challenges--water for desert cities, air quality in Los Angeles for obvious (and not-so obvious) reasons, everything but air quality in Hawaii (which is completely dependent on imports by sea and air).

Read the scoop: US city rankings report.

Top cities... Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, OAKLAND!!! Way to go Oaklandishers...

The report covers the top 50 largest US cities (not metro areas) in tap water quality, percentage of public transit use, drive-alone-to-work rates, % green energy, % "green buildings", etc...

Worth a look!