Happy Friday, Oakland!

...OK, we were just kidding about the pigeon-serving restaurant yesterday. (On our Facebook Fan Page, some readers lobbied for a restaurant serving locally produced Canada geese instead. Yum.) Also, we were kidding about everything in yesterday's Daily Brief. Hopefully some of you followed the links we put in each of those stories to this list of the Top 100 April Fool's Day Hoaxes of All Time. Anyway, hope you enjoyed the fun.

Speaking of our April Fools Daily Brief: We ribbed AC Transit in one item, "AC Transit gives up" -- about how the agency was sick of fielding rider complaints and had decided to quit. Actually, in the real world AC Transit has been doing a pretty good job of community outreach and communication regarding the recent budget-induced bus schedule and route changes. Including this: For five days recently, 85 administrative employees from all divisions at the agency covered nearly 200 shifts at major transit centers, distributing information directly to riders at their bus stops. AC Transit is doing what it can under challenging circumstances, and the buses are still running. Kudos for that.

Meanwhile, here's some of what Twitter has been saying about Oakland lately, and what's happening this weekend...

(UPDATE Apr. 2: Yes, this post was indeed a joke. Happy April Fool's Day, Oakland!)

Hello, Oakland. It's Thursday, the week's nearly done. Hang in there. Here's a quick roundup of what's going on in and around Oakland...

Climate activists allege city government forced them to caulk. As the lead photo in Ryan Van Lenning's article yesterday about the city's climate action plan indicates, some local climate activists have taken to waving unlicensed caulk guns in public. Claiming that this represents a threat to public safety, last night members of the city Public Ethics Commission detained 41 caulk gun-wielding activists. They were later released without charges -- but Oakland Local has learned that while detained, the Commission allegedly forced the activists to weatherize four floors of city hall. We're investigating and will follow up later.

And in the comments to our story today on a possible pigeon-serving restaurant for Jack London Square, reader JM raised the idea that since pigeons are considered a delicacy in some parts of the world, perhaps the city's environment and economy might improve by supporting a local pigeon export business. What's your take? Please share your thoughts in the comments.

In other local news...