(NY Times) Hundreds in Oakland Turn Out to BBQ While Black

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8. traffic...

You know when I lived there, until the early 90's just after high school into my 20s, I lived in Oakland and commuted into Lafayette every day...usually I'd cut up the Grizzly Peak and go OVER the hills instead of thru the tunnel...
It didn't phase me then, I thought I'd live there my whole life.

Now, living in rural sierras, my equivalent of a freeway is a two-lane road!

When I go down to visit I almost feel like I am white-knuckling it the whole time!

but ya, still lots of friends living there, I get to live vicariously as they post pics and events. My actual 30-year HS Reunion is this fall! Can't wait Went to Skyline High in Oakland. (My mom went to Castlemontand my dad to Fremont, circa 1950's)