Oakland’s story is built on movement, resilience, and community — and Castlemont captures that legacy in every block. If you’re into neighborhood history, identity, and the meaning behind the places we call home, this one’s for you.

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#EastBay #BayArea #BayAreaHistory

California Poppy

A #CaliforniaPoppy...

Awaiting the right moment.

#eastbay #wildflower #bloom

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What started as a dream and $4,000 worth of shoes grew into an athletic apparel empire known far beyond central Wisconsin. #Eastbay
STORY: www.wsaw.com/.../eastbay-founders-lau...

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What started as a dream and $4,000 worth of shoes grew into an athletic apparel empire known far beyond central Wisconsin. #Eastbay
STORY: www.wsaw.com/.../eastbay-founders-lau...

California Compassplant

Milk Thistle

Blue-eyed grass

#CalifoniaCompassPlant, #MIlkThistle, #BlueyeGrass in Wildcat Canyon.

#eastbay #trail #bloom #wildflowerphotography

A little mid-trail bloom at the boundary area between Alvarado (urban park) an Wildcat Canyon (regional park trail system).

#eastbay #bayarea #hiking

Wildcat Canyon mid-morning looking across the bay. Angel Island and Mt Tam in the distance.

Wildcat Canyon mid-morning looking looking southeast to the rolling hills.

Wildcat Canyon mid-morning. looking across the bay and looking southeast to the hills.

#eastbay #hiking #landscapephotography

Pale Flax

Blue-eyed grass

#PaleFlax #BlueEyedGrass in direct morning light #hiking Wildcat Canyon.

#eastbay #wildflower #bloom #naturephotography

Alameda County officials oppose potential reopening of FCI Dublin prison for ICE The Alameda County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously opposed any efforts to reopen FCI Dublin women’s prison as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center and processing facilit...

#NoICE facility in #California.
#EastBay #AlamedaCounty
www.eastbaytimes.com/2026/04/08/a...

What's your contingency/pivot?

My capacity changes without warning...
Plans rarely survive contact with reality.
Bailed on a ridge hike yesterday.

Urban parks still offer a lot and get you out of the box.
This is Alvarado Park: Richmond, CA

#eastbay #chroniclife #walking #naturephotography

Orange staircase with warm sun

📍 Alameda, California, United States
Alameda, California, US

#photography #eastbay

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#grainsocial

Wild radish splitting hard soil

From yesterday. Wildflower splitting hard soil in the middle of the trail. Life, finds a way...

#eastbay #hiking #wildflower #bloom #naturephotography

Mourning Cloak, Briones Regional, 4.5.26
#butterflies #eastbay #SFBay

Moderated a panel at SBDC East Bay’s Procurement Summit at CSU East Bay with BART, EBMUD & AC Transit—advancing access to public contracting.
#EconomicDevelopment #PublicProcurement #SupplierDiversity #SmallBusinessSupport #EastBay

Wild geranium

Lupine

Wild geranium and Lupine on the shoreline. From this morning at Point Pinole

#eastbay #hiking #wildflower #bloom #naturephotography

A sweeping panoramic view westward from the summit of Mount Diablo, California, at 3,849 feet. Rolling green and golden hills cascade into the hazy East Bay valleys below, with the San Francisco Bay visible as a faint shimmer in the distance. Wispy cirrus clouds streak across a vivid blue sky, framed in the upper right by the dark, gnarly branches and pine cones of a Coulter pine

View from the Summit of Mt. Diablo, looking west.
3-2026

Standing at the top of Mt. Diablo on a March afternoon, watching the East Bay valleys dissolve into the haze toward the Bay. One of the great views in all of California

#MountDiablo #EastBay #California #SFBay #Hiking #Trail #Nature #Scape 📱

Pleasant Hill proud to see Choice in Aging win Community Impact Award at East Bay Innovation Awards. Innovation rooted in care and community matters.
#EastBay #CommunityImpact #InnovationAwards #PleasantHill #ChoiceInAging #AgingWithDignity

Mid morning at Point Pinole looking across the bay at Mt Tam

#eastbay #hiking #beach #mttam

AC Transit reveals doomsday budget scenarios. Entire lines could be cut ## AC Transit reveals doomsday budget scenarios. Entire lines could be cut If a new tax doesn’t pass in November, one plan would cut service to two-thirds of pre-pandemic levels. Bus lines that serve fewer people, such as the 281, 19, 251, and 56, are on the chopping block.

AC Transit reveals doomsday budget scenarios. Entire lines could be cut
oaklandside.org/2026/03/30/ac-transit-do...
#California #Transit #Transportation #Oakland #Berkeley #EastBay

Earthquake - Bay Area - East Bay (definitely felt it in Oakland)
#earthquake #bayarea #eastbay #alifornia

Weird experience: I got to the Line G stop at the Salesforce Center just as the FS bus departed in front of us. Then, just after getting off the Line G bus on Solano, I cross the street and that same Line FS bus (not in service at that point) stops to let me cross.

#ACTransit #bus #sfba #EastBay

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Weird experience: I got to the Line G stop at the Salesforce Center just as the FS bus departed in front of us. Then, just after getting off the Line G bus on Solano, I cross the street and that same Line FS bus (not in service at that point) stops to let me cross.

#ACTransit #bus #sfba […]

Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV) | GLAAD Each year on March 31, the world observes Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV) to raise awareness about transgender people.

we will continue to push back on the hateful rhetoric and policies that harm the Trans Community.

glaad.org/tdov/

#transvisibilityday #trans #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA+ #jessearreguin #CASD07 #Oakland #Berkeley #Alameda #Richmond #sfbay #EastBay

Trust for Public Land Secures Option on Former Golden Gate Fields Site, Launching Effort in Partnership with East Bay Regional Park District to Transform 161-Acre Waterfront into Future East Bay Park San Francisco, CA — March 31, 2026 — Trust for Public Land (TPL), working in partnership with the East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD), today announced

Golden Gate Fields into a new shoreline park is an investment in the health, resilience, and future of East Bay communities,” said California State Senator Jesse Arreguín.

www.tpl.org/media-room/t...

#parks #openspace #CASD07 #jessearreguin #Berkeley #Albany #EastBay #nature

No Kings may have broken national record, but Bay Area numbers appear to lag from earlier protests

#NoKings may have broken national record, but #BayArea numbers appear to lag from earlier protests
www.eastbaytimes.com/2026/03/30/no-kings-3-at...
#Gilroy #SanFrancisco #Antioch #EastBay #SanJose #WalnutCreek #ContraCosta #SanMateo #Alameda

Climbing up near the beginning of the Ridge Top Trail in Shell Ridge Open Space in Walnut Creek, #California, a couple of wind-bent looking oaks provide a nice scene for #ThickTrunkTuesday. This #trail has many of the park's best views.

#EastCoastKin #landscapephotography #hiking #trees #eastbay

They want to open 700,000 acres to drilling — including land near Mount Diablo It’s a plan the Bureau of Land Management says aligns with President Donald Trump’s “Unleashing American Energy” initiative.

🌳🌿🏭We'd better be paying attention in the #eastbay!!

#climatenews #HealthyForests
Trump Administration tries to open 700,000 acres to drilling — including near Mount Diablo 🗳️

Own a piece of Castlemont

#OaklandRealEstate #EastBay #Oakland #Castlemont #BayArea

Blue eyed grass

Big leaf periwinkle

Blue-eyed grass and big leaf periwinkle at Point Pinole
#eastbay #hiking #bloom #wildflower

Taken from standing height Sunset over Mount Tam from Belgium Trail

Taken on ground level just off Belgium Trail Sunset View of Mount Tam

Taken from chest height just off Belgium Trail looking at Mount Tam

Taking at knee height, Sunset over Mount Tam from Belgum Trail

Trailside sunset perspectives in Wildcat Canyon. Always interesting to see how things change with only a slight shift within a couple feet and a couple minutes of each other.

#eastbay #sunset #mttam #naturephotography #wildflower