Puzzle of the Day

Oakland has a lot of interesting street signs, like this bilingual one in Chinatown:

or this one that, to those who know Latin, doesn't seem to know if it's coming or going:

The two streets signed in the picture below are notable for something they have in common—or, rather, something they lack:

Very few streets in Oakland share this trait; the only others I can think of are El Embarcadero (which is distinct from Embarcadero) and El Caminito. So, a few questions...

1. What trait am I talking about?
2. Why do these streets share that trait? (Yes, there's a logic to it.)
3. Which street in this map snippet deviates from the norm in precisely the opposite way?

(Note: None of these questions require knowledge of Oakland beyond what is in the pictures!)

Check back tomorrow for the answer, a shoutout to all the solvers, and a new puzzle!

Yesterday's puzzle:

Let's keep this puzzle niiice and simple. What do each of the items below remove?

         

Bonus round: An item called the "Pop-O-Matic" was invented to prevent the removal of what?

Answer:

Ice, mice, rice, lice, slice—and dice. Yes, Andrew, those answers do suffice. 😄

There were some amusing alternative answers here! One of you (who perhaps did not overestimate my morbid side, but did overestimate its likeliness to come out in the PotD) pointed out ways that all five objects might be used to euphemistically "remove" small pests (including flies, by using the chopsticks Karate Kid–style). Another of you suggested that the salt could remove hard water; it took me a moment to realize that "hard water" in this context is not just ice by another name.

With a 🎲 for the bonus question, cheers to the solvers 🎲Zoe, Zachary Z., 🎲Leo S., Anna K., 🎲Jessica, 🎲Aditi, Andrew, 🎲Ena, 🎲Peter V., 🎲Mr. Gregg, Dr. Yetman, 🎲Zachary S., Jason, Josh M. and 🎲his mom! (I also got a reply from an unspecified Joshua.)