Rebecca Saltzman

Produce from farmers market: snap peas, peppers, cherry tomatoes, berries

December farmers market haul.

I love living in California. ❤️

Nobody is intentionally covering their face. They’re just holding signs which of course from some angles cover faces.

Did you watch the video? I was at the rally for an hour and didn’t see anyone purposely hiding their faces.

Also worth noting that we started planning El Cerrito Plaza BART TOD a bit after North Berkeley BART TOD, and El Cerrito’s first building just broke ground.

Amazing what we did in North Berkeley, but it still took far too long.

We need to approve projects more quickly to end our housing crisis.

Important history, but not the beginning…

It started with former Councilmember Linda Maio calling a meeting with me and Mayor @jessearreguin.bsky.social to plan N Berkeley BART housing.

CM Maio and I, and others then walked the neighborhood, promoting a community meeting that 300 people attended.

I’ve heard! It sounds like there could be strikes at Oakland and Berkeley schools next year too.

It’s terrible that teachers have to strike to get a fair contract, and it’s so important to support them when they do.

Yes! That was one of my favorite signs today.

The entire school board, emails at this link. And especially the board president Leslie Reckler: Leslie.reckler@wccusd.net

Powerful to rally today with several hundred teachers, families, and community members in support of West Contra County teachers!

Our community supports the strike and will be out in the streets every day until teachers get a fair contract.

Thanks @oaklandside.org for covering the ballooning cost & timeline for the Oakland-S Berkeley San Pablo Ave bike/bus project. @bikeeastbay.bsky.social will be posting about ways to get involved soon, so register for updates here to learn more: BikeEastBay.org/SPA

Richmondside headline: WCCUSD strike: Teachers and Teamsters rally, school attendance low About 1,500 supporters gathered this morning at Veterans Memorial Park. At schools, workers formed picket lines and district officials warned against blocking entrances. Photo of hundreds at a rally holding signs.

As a parent, I don’t know what I’d do without @richmondside.org’s in depth education coverage. No other outlet covers West Contra Costa schools.

I started a monthly donation to Richmondside & encourage readers to join me in donating to support their coverage: richmondside.fundjournalism.org/donate/

Me holding a sign: Teachers Working Conditions = Students Learning Conditions

Teachers and families marching

Me with teachers and families marching in the background

What do we want?

Fair contract!

When do we want it?

Now!

Spent the morning with my family on the Madera Elementary picket line, supporting the West Contra Costa teachers strike that started today. It was heartening to see so many other families there, and so few folks crossing the picket line.

Utterly worthless when compared to these two incredible technologies

I’ve heard that it could be up to two months. That’s why it’s important to activate the change in your Clipper account next week.

We're so close to meeting @bikeeastbay.bsky.social's Giving Tuesday $25k match goal! We're 97.8% of the way there & just need to raise $550 by midnight to meet the goal.

If you've been considering donating to Bike East Bay, now's the time - your gift will be doubled: bikeeastbay.org/givingtuesday/

You can request to get Clipper 2 immediately. I’ll share instructions next week.

2025 has been another big year for biking, w 22 new protected bikeways installed across the East Bay & maybe up to 6 more done before year's end!

If you want to see this momentum continue, please consider a generous donation to @bikeeastbay.bsky.social today!

BikeEastBay.org/GivingTuesday

Man this RULES. Back when I was a daily commuter it absolutely would’ve made more sense time-wise for me to combine multiple transit agencies but because it cost more I’d take a way longer route instead. I would’ve saved literal hours a week! Even as a non-commuter this is a huge game changer.

I hope every transit agency doesn't shut up about this for months

out there every day putting signs in front of drivers telling them transit just got cheaper so why not take the bus and enjoy not being stuck in traffic

this is one of the largest non-capital project changes to transit in decades

A photo with a teal overlay featuring a smiling adult and child wearing helmets, standing next to bicycles loaded with gear. The text promotes Bike East Bay's "GIVING TUESDAY is December 2!" campaign, stating, "ALL GIFTS MATCHED, UP TO $25,000.

It's Giving Tuesday, and all gifts made tonight by 11:59pm will be doubled, up to $25,000. We're proud to be your local bike coalition: thanks for helping us build safer, more joyful, and inclusive communities across the East Bay. ➡️ BikeEastBay.org/GivingTuesday

Clipper 2 is a huge deal from a fare equity perspective. Transfer agencies on your ride? You won't pay the base fare twice anymore! That's $100+ back to daily commuters every month.

Bus stopped at El Cerrito Plaza station

Starting next week, riding this bus and most other buses to BART will be FREE!

Clipper 2 rolls out on December 10, including free and low cost transfers between all transit agencies.

Riders will automatically receive discounts up to $2.85 when transferring within a two hour window.

Wow! The walking tour was focused on earlier history... when El Cerrito was also a mob town 😂

In my daughter's dreams! We have three cats already and are at capacity.

They know we have 3 cats and are at capacity, so it was safe :)

I think all parents and kids would have benefited from a late start this morning!

That building is still there! I went on an El Cerrito Historical Society walk a couple years ago, and that was one of the buildings highlighted.

Thank you for doing it! I couldn't... would be too hard to convince our kid to let them go.

They were rescued recently so I don’t think have gone through Milo or a similar group yet.

Two of our three cats are from Milo. The third found us.

None, we already have 3. But my daughter would have been happy if we had taken all of them home.