Written by panda1 on September 19, 2004
- Amtak OKJ for Oakland Jack London Square station.
There's inside seating as you wait for your train, though not on the old wooden benches of yesteryear where people may stretch our and be able to...
Written by panda1 on September 12, 2004
- Oakland's Chinatown is roughly bound by 7th and 12th streets, southwest to northeast with Broadway, Franklin, Webster, Harrison, and Alice streets running southeast, and intersecting with the numbered streets.
Pacific Renaissance Plaza represents the focal point,...
Written by spuguru on December 7, 2000
- Is Oakland safe? Unequivocably, yes. As in any big city, most of the crimes against persons (murder, robbery etc.) take place in poorer neighborhoods. The average person has no reason to head to the these...
Written by spuguru on January 22, 2001
- This amazing museum/planetarium/observatory/theater/workshop contains nearly anything and everything you wanted to learn about space. The full facility is open 10am - 5pm Tuesday through Saturday, and 12-5 Sunday. Additionally, Friday and Saturday nights have planetarium...
Written by Chad Bartlett on July 7, 2000
- Bordering Oakland is Berkeley, a bibliophile's paradise. As a university town and famed home to '60s radicals (and a few holdouts), you might expect Berkeley to have an abundance of books. And it...
Written by lbernhardt on November 10, 2005
- I visited Neldham's last weekend and was very disappointed. The service was terrible. There was a sign about taking a number on the counter but no numbers in evidence. The counter persons were rude and...
Written by panda1 on October 22, 2004
- Amtrak EMY-Emeryville is adjacent to the Emeryville Public Market connected by an overpass walkway.
There's comfortable, cushioned seating indoors, but still not like the old wooden benches from the old black-and-white movies. The restrooms are for...
Written by panda1 on September 21, 2004
- OAK-Oakland International Airport provides its own facilities to other destinations and is considered a secondary airport, along with San Jose, after SFO - San Francisco International Airport.
It is indeed secondary compared to SFO. It's considerably...
Written by panda1 on September 20, 2004
- AC Transit, serving the East Bay since 1960, operates in Alameda-Contra Costa counties: Alameda, Albany, Berkeley, El Cerrito, Emeryville, Fremont, Hayward, Newark, Oakland, Piedmont, Richmond, San Leandro, and San Pablo; unincorporated areas: Ashland, Castro Valley,...
Written by panda1 on April 25, 2004
- BART is the Bay Area's subway, moving people around in quick, clean, comfortable, air-conditioned cars when it's working properly. When it's rush hour, you may end up standing in a crowded, packed car to your...
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