The Oakland City Council approved a monetary settlement on February 19 with a man who sustained serious injuries after crashing his bike on Grizzly Peak Boulevard in 2024.
According to his civil complaint, Robert Solomon was riding his bicycle on May 24, 2024, on Grizzly Peak Boulevard, headed south into the valley, when he rounded a bend. That stretch of the road was in shadow, according to the complaint, partially obscuring a pothole ahead. Solomon hit the pothole and crashed violently. The complaint said Solomon fell unconscious but a driver stopped to stay with him and render aid until police and paramedics arrived.
The pothole, the complaint says, was located about 1.1 miles south of the point where the road intersects with Centennial Drive…