YouTube has spawned many sudden sensations. Take scraper bikes, for example. A music video about the tricked-out bicycles posted to the site by some teenagers in Oakland, Calif., has attracted a cult ...

In a city struggling with violence and misguided youth, Oakland, California’s Scraper Bike Project has done amazing work to give kids a positive outlet that promotes the green movement through ...

At 5 p.m. on Halloween, as most Bay Area elementary school students were putting the finishing touches on costumes or plotting trick-or-treat routes, a group of 20 fourth- and fifth-graders were ...

OAKLAND, Calif. -- At the height of the hyphy movement, Tyrone "Champ" Stevenson along with his friends and family, pioneered colorful bike designs resembling Oakland's iconic scraper cars. Called ...

Kids in Oakland, Calif., tend to travel in packs—like kids everywhere do—but look closely and you’ll see that their bikes are one-of-a-kind. The trend takes a cue from the customized car scene ...

Click here if you’re unable to view the photo gallery on your mobile device. OAKLAND — In a salute to Oakland’s scraper bikes, colorful circles resembling bicycle wheels now brighten the pavement in ...