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

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... 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? 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...

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... www.sfgate.com/local/articl... @sfgate.com

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...

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...

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?

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-...

Only a few tix left for the @oaklandside.org anniversary event this week. Don't miss it... www.eventbrite.com/e/futureoakl...

We can confirm: The EBMUD tour is as fascinating as it is smelly!

Find out what happens after you flush! @sfgate.com

Tommy Orange got a MacArthur! HELL YEAH! www.macfound.org/fellows/clas...

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!

Come celebrate the 5th anniversary of @oaklandside.org with me (and a few other pretty cool folks)... www.eventbrite.com/e/futureoakl...

TIL that the grandson of Oswald Mosley, the founder of Britain's fascist party, is the head of UK's Palantir branch. Fun fact buried in this article about how Peter Theil says regulation AI would be satanic www.thetimes.com/business-mon...

Somebody told me about Maya Angelou and Oprah Winfrey rolling up to a Jessica Mitford party in a limo and I couldn't get fit that story in this article but wow eastbayyesterday.substack.com/p/how-to-pre...

Hello Bay Area! We just opened up a few new spots for the Berkeley South Asian Radical History Walking Tour on Sunday morning Tours always sell out, so please reserve your spots ASAP www.berkeleysouthasian.org

Jessica Mitford's life isn't just incredibly fascinating - her persecution by the FBI during the Cold War feels very relevant right now... eastbayyesterday.com/episodes/the...

“The ballroom communist”: How a radical aristocrat changed Oakland eastbayyesterday.com/episodes/the...

I'll be spinning records tomorrow, but if you want to come talk about local history, that's cool, too... www.eventbrite.com/e/read-liste...

I just love @eastbayyesterday.bsky.social and you should too. Liam brings to life places that I've biked by thousands of times and makes me wish I had been paying more attention. A loving embrace for the Bay that leaves you with a mix of FOMO and pride of place. eastbayyesterday.com/episodes/fig...

I highly recommend this episode of East Bay Yesterday @eastbayyesterday.bsky.social Heck, I recommend the whole podcast, but this episode is especially good. Come for the history of garbage collection, stay for the kitchen table storytelling.

If you like reading, being outside, and good music, come to this (free) event I'm hosting on Sunday... www.eventbrite.com/e/read-liste...

If I ever got this hat it would never leave my head

Tickets on sale at biketopia2025.eventbrite.com Support better biking, enjoy great food and drinks, and check out our awesome auction. For fans of @eastbayyesterday.bsky.social .....Liam will be joining as our special guest during the VIP hour. Lots of local goodness to celebrate and learn about!

Sideshow python, hobo kitten, and vengeful turkeys! My review of the Oakland library diorama exhibit... eastbayyesterday.substack.com/p/sideshow-p...

Ah, THIS I gotta see! #365DaysInOakland

This is the best art show in the Bay Area right now

The Oakland Library's diorama exhibit is bananas! My newsletter dropping tomorrow will cover this miniature madness... eastbayyesterday.substack.com

Still a few tix for my boat tour this Saturday... emeryville.fishingreservations.net/sales/?trip_...

About 20 years ago I found "The Ohlone Way" in a used book store and it changed my life. RIP to a great man...

Best response to my Oakland Scavengers episode? A woman sent me this pic of her dad carrying his friend in an old school garbage can. I love my listeners so much!

Hopefully the next owners come up with a better plan...

Garbage history! Episode dropping soon. Listen wherever you get podcasts... pod.link/1158506231

After struggling to recall the names of Delilah Beasley and Ina Coolbrith recently, I went back and listened to @eastbayyesterday.bsky.social's great episodes on each, eastbayyesterday.com/episodes/we-... and eastbayyesterday.com/episodes/you.... Thanks for supporting my faulty brain, Liam.

They really had magazines about everything back in the day. This issue had 68 pages!

I'm selling a bunch of my records this weekend. If you're a vinyl collector, come check this out... www.eventbrite.com/e/treasure-i...

Three years after underground ravers took over the 1920s Beaux-Arts building, the former Greyhound station in downtown Oakland has been purchased by the team behind San Francisco’s Temple nightclub.

Wow… www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco...

Just a regular photo of Berkeley’s Live Oak Festival in 1969… or proof that Anthony Kiedis is a time traveler??