Berkeley’s program of handing out free bike helmets to encourage more cycling is ending today. Your last chance for the free helmet is to go to the Public Health Division of the Department of Health Services at 1947 Center Street before 5 p.m. today. According to Nancy Xiong in the unit, the city has given out more than 1,400 helmets through the program.

Lance Knobel (Berkeleyside co-founder) has been a journalist for nearly 40 years. Much of his career was in business journalism. He was editor-in-chief of both Management Today, the leading business magazine...