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#east-bay

When we ask readers what they would change about Streetsblog San Francisco, the top result is always the same: they'd like to see more coverage. More coverage of transit agencies and elected boards, more coverage outside of the major Bay Area cities of San Francisco and Oakland, and of course more coverage of their favorite mode of transportation. And we'd love to do all of that, but the reality is it's just not possible to cover everything with one full-time editor.

There will be moments, even years, when I forget about Vik's Chaat. But then I suddenly remember the giant, crispy, thin masala dosa, and a temporarily dormant craving returns. It's hard to find a place in the East Bay that has chaat the spicy, fun, Indian street snacks. I remember poking the garbanzo bean-filled pani puris and watching cholle bhature puff up as a cook fried it. Eating at Vik's is a hands-on, visceral experience.

"It was surreal," Raifman recalled to SFGATE. "It's something I've certainly never seen. And I mean, most people will never see it. We all collectively did a double take."

"We wish it could have ended differently but the city had the power, the resources and the final word,"

The East Bay Bike Party is a monthly mobile party for riders of all ages, experience levels, and bike types, to meet, ride, and play together in the streets on the second Friday of the month with upwards of 400 riders usually meeting near an East Bay BART station at 7:30 pm. Every month is a different costume theme, so dress your best and bring some music too.

No timeline exists for when police departments and sheriff's offices across Alameda and Contra Costa counties will end public access to their radio feeds, because they don't know why the system didn't work this week as planned, said David Swing, the head of the East Bay Regional Communications System Authority. The former Pleasanton police chief spoke during a board meeting Friday for the entity, adding that technicians planned to conduct tests in Martinez on a backup radio channel to try to root out the issue.

The glitch appears rooted in a broader, little-publicized push to silence police scanner traffic across Alameda and Contra Costa counties. Until that technological snafu, dozens of agencies this week had timed their scanners to go dark to the public throughout the East Bay Regional Communications System Authority the board overseeing a switch that has been widely condemned by police accountability and open government advocates.

Kurt Annweiler and Betty Burri celebrated the grand opening of Original Joe's in Walnut Creek, a location that attracted long lines of fans eager to dine.

Join us for a fun virtual information session with Be A Mentor for those interested in mentoring in-person in the East Bay or in Antelope Valley.

Laugh City is a monthly comedy show featuring comedians from HBO, Showtime, Comedy Central, and Late Night TV, held every last Tuesday in Oakland.

The CHP arrested a man accused of two freeway shootings in the East Bay that occurred within hours of each other on Tuesday night into Wednesday morning.

The East Bay Bike Party is a monthly mobile party for riders of all ages, experience levels, and bike types. Upwards of 400 riders usually meet near an East Bay BART station at 7:30 pm. Every month features a different costume theme, encouraging participants to dress up and bring music.

The Rendez Vous, a little French bistro tucked in next to the BART tracks on Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., has officially shuttered, per an Instagram announcement.

A high wind advisory is currently in effect, with winds reaching up to 45 mph, raising concerns for potential wildfires in the East Bay.