#Oakland California

[relaxedstyles]

California is a police state.

[fleursfairies]

i love when i find out new celebrities that were actually born in california but not LA. especially if they are from northern california bc thats where im from.

zendayas from oakland

brie larsons from sacramento

zac efrons from san luis obispo

molly ringwald is from roseville

tom hanks was born in concord but moved to oakland

clint eastwoods from san francisco and currently lives in monterey

ben affleck was born in berkeley

nicholas sparks the writer of the notebook lived in fair oaks for a bit before moving to sacramento

george lucas is from modesto

bruce lee was born in chinatown san francisco

the rock is from hayward which is actually the first place on this list i dont think ive been to

jessica chastain is from sacramento

journey the band is from san francisco. and a bunch of other bands are from california too

sam elliot was born in sacramento

jerry garcia, james franco, etc etc etc

oh and my personal kinda family friends ian and anthony from smosh are from carmichael

[grimnoirz]

GUYS TYLER JOSEPH SMILED AT ME AND I GOT IT ON VIDEO ALSO JOSH OAKLAND REPRESENT

[blackbrownfamily]

[brian4rmthe6]

Acorn Projects (West Oakland, 1994)

[blackros78]

UFO performing at Day on the Green #2 "The British Are Back" on May 1, 1976. Photos by Jim Marshall.

[ambiguouskitten]

Searching for a "VIP GOLD M&G" ticket to the OAKLAND, CA show in October! 😭

[2015princess]

[snoozercloneboy]

[lifeisheart]

Kamaiyah

Kamaiyah

[lorainefaith]

📸 photos from Larussell’s 30th Bday shot by me ❤️

Insta: @lorainefaithh 🌹

[nugothrhythms]

Psychic Eye just released a pre-order of their upcoming forty-song compilation album The Ancient Wall, featuring goth, shoegaze, synthwave, and other adjacent genres. Several of the bands featured have been mentioned on this page before. The proceeds will be split between helping the children of Gaza and an Oakland-based organization to feed the local homeless that is organized by Middle Eastern Children's Alliance.

Bandcamp Link

[brian4rmthe6]

[blackros78]

Johnny Winter live at Day on the Green #6 at the Oakland Coliseum on September 20, 1975.

[felixer-of-life]

I'm relatively new to the Bay Area, but I already fiercely love Oakland. And I have Some Opinions on some things. Most recently was this morning, when I checked my email to find a note about a post on NextDoor(a thing I loathe but occasionally has useful information so I still use. It's a cesspit of landlords and rich people shouting down everyone else.)

Anyway, someone running for an office posted the link for Oakland's newish system where you can upload videos of crimes and help do the cops job for them! Snitch-o-matic 2024!

I wrote this reply : "Yeah now you can narc on the disadvantaged and do the cops job for them! Maybe they'll send little baseball bats out to top posters so you just skip the wait and beat up people you don't like.

Really though, this is going to get overwhelmed and all those videos are going to get backlogged and go no where. Just another system we pay for that only exists to make you feel better while not providing any benefit. "

I decided not to post it because, ND is a cesspit. But I needed to vent. Systems like these always wind up being used to punch down at the least privileged segments of the population and Oakland has a massive unhoused population that is being targeted by the city and state. They are looking for reasons to fuck with encampments, tents, and RVs that are the homes of folks just trying to live. The Snitch-o-matic is absolutely going to wind up being used to turn people out of what little they have. Sure maybe it will catch a porch pirate or two, maybe. But all systems of oppression are sold as "security and safety." They are closing down fire stations and laying off firefighters and offloading the justice system to whoever has the time and energy to persecute and provide "evidence" to the cops. So maybe we could take the money that went into this and instead buy some empty buildings to turn into housing instead? Wild I know.

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