Articles tagged with: Graffiti
BART Police Shooting, Cops & Courts, Oakland »
Downtown Oakland business owners and city officials were left to clean up this morning after unrest last night following former BART Police Officer Johannes Mehserle’s involuntary manslaughter conviction for killing Oscar Grant caused damage to businesses and left debris scattered in the streets.
BART Police Shooting, Bay Area Snapshots »
Tagging by Oakland-based artist Golden State Warrior at 75th and MacArthur, Oakland
From the California Beat photography collection, Bay Area Snapshots is an occasional glimpse at daily life in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Arts & Entertainment, Cover Stories, Oakland »
San Francisco art lovers have spent the past week in something of a treasure hunt. A covert British graffiti artist, world renowned for spray-painting stenciled images that frequently come with a political or social message, has been leaving his mark at six locations in the city.
According to art lovers and graffiti aficionados who follow his work, it’s the first time “Banksy” has ever paid San Francisco a visit.
Bay Area Snapshots »
On a clear day, you can see clear across San Francisco Bay. The mountain peak you see is Mt. Diablo in Contra Costa County. South San Francisco, the San Francisco International Airport and the United Airlines Maintenance Base are in the foreground.
Read Roy Morlidge’s recap of Sweeney Ridge here. This is the multimedia extra to his story.
The California Beat discovered quite a surprise when we hiked to the top of Sweeney Ridge, a lengthy trail that is part of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy in San Mateo County. We found the exact spot where the Portola Expedition discovered San Francisco Bay in 1769, and could pinpoint every one of the main mountain tops in the San Francisco Bay Area. We also found an old Nike Radar missile site, where street artists have transformed the deteriorating structures into canvases for some very unique graffiti. Here are some of the best …
