Four Bay Area government agencies and a coalition of clean energy advocates have drafted a plan for the Bay Area to reach "zero net energy" in building electricity use by the year 2020 - meaning the nine-county area would use only as much electricity as could be produced from renewable sources.

For the 19th year in a row, Oakland hit the streets and broke records on Bike to Work Day.

Oakland saw 6 percent more riders than last year, setting a new all-time record. At Broadway and 27th Street, which has seen major improvements with new bikeways and signage, the number of people riding by on bikes this Bike to Work Day increased 40 percent from last year.

Did you know that Oakland has the eighth largest Bike to Work Day in the United States?

Or that Oakland ranks seventh in the U.S. for women that bike?

Or that Oakland has the sixth highest rate of bike riding?

As you read this the switch for the newly installed solar panels atop President Nasheed's Presidental Palace in the Maldives is being flipped on.

What does this have to do with Oakland?