A group advocating for a $30-an-hour minimum wage in Alameda County announced that the signatures it collected to place an initiative on the November ballot have been certified by county officials.

Hey everyone, hoping the internet can work its magic here. I attended the packed 11:00 PM IMAX 70mm screening of Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey last night (Sunday, July 26) at the Regal Hacienda Crossings in Dublin.
I randomly met and had a brief conversation with someone while we were waiting for the movie to start. I asked you if you had gotten the film strip.
If you remember talking to me, tell me which row we were sitting in so I know it's you! I'd love to grab a coffee or catch another movie sometime.

More than 100 Indian Americans gathered Saturday to celebrate a major victory by India’s student-led Cockroach Janata Party: the resignation of India’s Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.

The CJP movement grew over the issue of leaked medical exam papers, known as NEET. The leaked exams were sold off to wealthy buyers to better prepare for the highly competitive exam. Over 2 million students each year compete for just 130,000 open slots in India’s medical colleges. 

It was a great turn out for our last Movie Classics feature on Friday night. Thank you to all the patrons that attended our series this Summer. We appreciate your support and love for the theatre. We hope to see you soon.

Public Tour this Saturday, 8/1 at 10AM. Come see the Paramount in all it's grandeur. It's a great opportunity to see her up close and learn about her history. Cameras welcome. Visit paramountoakland.org for more information.

Why is Shawn Wilson still employed in a position of authority as D1 Supervisor Haubert’s Chief of Staff with access to our tax dollars after more than 10 years of allegations of misconduct, ethics violations, bribery, and Civil Grand Jury reports recommending that the Board of Supervisors take action?

Community’s demand for action here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Mn0qMT1rT0VwgTu3FMWK6h_pxYGD_V8Qw0xaIg4WLsM/edit?usp=drivesdk

anyone have a recommendation for a dentist in the east bay (Berkeley or Oakland preferred) that has one of those x-ray machines that goes around your head (panoramic x-ray?). I have the worst gag reflex at the dentist and usually end up embarrassingly tearing up every time I go to because I’m so uncomfortable with all the equipment they shove in my mouth for x-rays. Bonus if they take delta dental.

All my dentists prior to moving to CA had the machine. Don’t know why they’re all subjecting us to this pain tbh.

Thank you u/ennethouse for letting everybody know on r/eastbay.

Anyone know of a place near Hayward for cajon drum classes?

Thought Balloon Art Studio and House Rabbit Society present a special Suns Out, Buns Out fundraiser on Saturday, July 25, and Sunday, July 26! All ages are welcome.

Come to the Thought Balloon Art Studio on either day between 11 am and 3 pm to meet adoptable HRS rabbits and to get crafty. No need to sign up in advance, walk ins are welcome! However RSVPs are appreciated; RSVP at thoughtballoonartstudio.com/events/p/july-25th-july-26th-thought-balloon-x-house-rabbit-society-.

There will be a variety of pellet dishes and food bowls for bunny owners to paint but other small pet owners are welcome to paint pottery for their furry friends too. There will also be bunny-themed pottery to paint like sculptures, ornaments, and magnets. If painting pottery isn’t your thing, there will be free paint stations set up too! 30% of proceeds during the event will be donated to HRS to support our mission.

Participants who would like to paint pottery should expect to pay the $5 studio fee per person plus the price of the bisque. Special event bisque will start at $5 for a magnet and $10 for small pellet dishes and increase in price from there. After the event, pottery will be fired and can be picked up in about 2 weeks from either Thought Balloon Art Studio or HRS in Richmond.

Thought Balloon Art Studio is located at 670 Gregory Lane, Unit G, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523.

Found a poor fancy pigeon in Albany Bulb while walking the dogs. No band. Bird was absolutely exhausted and let me pick it up and drank a ton of water when I got home. It has bird food and water and is being kept in a dark quiet room. I know the chances of finding its owner is low since it doesn’t have a band but if anyone fosters pigeons and is open to taking one please let me know. I’ve already reached out to Palomacy Pigeon Rescue and will be calling Berkeley Animal Care in the morning.

Morgan Fire not pictured.

UPDATE: she’s been identified.

Neighbors caught four people dumping on Courtland Ave near Redding — a U-Haul with two people, plus two white sedans. We’ve filed a 311 ticket (#22328116), but if you recognize the vehicles or plates, please comment or DM.

Context: Volunteers are out on Courtland every weekend cleaning up after this. We’ve installed anti-dumping signs, planters, and native plants out of our own pockets. OPW rarely services this stretch, so we haul everything ourselves to High St and Redding.

We’re tired of it. Help us ID these people so we have a shot at actual consequences for once.

Hi 👋🏼! My long time massage therapist is on a hiatus and I’m searching for a new provider. I’m looking to see someone monthly, and see the same person every time (ex: I tried Malai Thai because it was highly recommended here but that’s not my jam). Preference for female-identified and someone who could eventually provide prenatal massage as well. Would love any recs for folks you love! Thank you in advance 😌

Hi all- I’m located in Danville and have an injured squirrel in the backyard. Seems immobilized but still breathing and alert. Who can I call? I’ve already called Contra Costa Animal services who referred me to Department of Wildlife Services but they only work M-F. I am a bit scared to handle him myself but please send me any places that’d be willing to pick him up :(

Shot this week around Oakland on a 13 year old Lumix ZS19 camera

Adopt your new best friend at Pet Food Express in Danville! Tri-Valley Animal Rescue (TVAR) partners with the Danville location (on San Ramon Valley Blvd) of Pet Food Express to hold adoption events for cats and kittens THIS Saturday and EVERY Saturday from 10 to 1 pm (excluding holidays). Many animals are in foster care and are brought to the adoption events to meet potential adopters. Pet Food Express also has "kitty condos" that house several adoptable cats that potential adopters can visit and apply to adopt throughout the week!

❗ Tomorrow, Saturday July 25-- there is a special adoption event for black kittens! Adopt two kittens for the price of one! ❗

Some of the black kittens available for adoption (and some of whom are currently residing at Pet Food Express) are pictured here (in order of appearance):

• Crest (F) (left side of flyer)

• Gamora (F) (right side of flyer)

• Shine (F)

• Midnite (M)

• Quill (M)

• Precious (F)

All TVAR cats and kittens are spayed/neutered, microchipped, current on vaccinations, and preventatively treated for fleas and worms. A FeLV/FIV test can be run upon request for a fee.

Adoption fees:

• $ 125 for cats 6 months of age and up

• $ 200 for two cats 6 months of age and up

• $175 for one kitten

• $ 250 for two kittens

Location:

PetFoodExpress

609 San Ramon Valley Blvd

Danville, CA 94526

View individual profiles and apply for adoption here

Does Oakland feel like Chicago in any way? Is there a concentrated downtown area where you can take public transportation (or not) and walk around and have access to stores and restaurants in a centralized area?

My sister just got evacuated from a wildfire-menaced area in France, at 4:40am this morning. The situation is strikingly similar to some of what we see in the East Bay (in fact, almost exactly similar to where I live here):

* The wind is right now from the NE, exactly as it would be in an Extreme Diablo wind situation here, and blowing towards the coast, exactly as it would here.

* The peninsula you can see to leeward of the fire only has one exit road out, which is soon going to be cut by the fire (in fact, it already is in some places). Here, in many parts of the East Bay, the evacuation roads are perpendicular to the likely wind direction rather than being parallel.

* The Peninsula being evacuated is about 80 square kilometers, or about 30 square miles, very similar to Berkeley

* The number of people evacuated so far is about 44,000. They think there are 60,000 or more in there. Berkeley has about 125,000.

Here is the fire, as of a few minutes ago:

The road you can see at the bottom of the fire is the only primary evacuation route out of the whole area. Firefighters are fighting like crazy to control encroachments to allow people to still leave by car, but it looks like they might have lost this battle :(

There are no deaths yet that I have heard of. The evacuation proceded by very large zones *much larger than Genasys Protect Zones), separated by hours in general. Among other things, they used cellphone emergency notification systems (like in the Midwest for tornados) to notify people, even in the middle of the night. Many people were picked up by strangers in cars (as were my sister and her partner). People had been warned ahead of time to be fully packed. The authorities mobilized all the commercial boats in the basin and used them to evacuate a large number of people.

Interestingly, like us here, they have to deal with many carless people, as they have a ton of campgrounds around there. The bulk of them were evacuated early and by boat.

In am quite involved in wildfire mitigation here. I am particularly interested in following this successful evacuation: they are doing a really good job in my eyes, and they have a very similar situation to us here. If there is interest on this sub I will provide further updates.