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Rockridge Halloween Parade: Grab Your Kids, Costumes and Candy Bags

Goblins, Witches, Princesses, and Monsters
 Plot to Invade College Avenue October 25
Merchants to charm hordes with sweets and other tributes

Is it true that mummies like
listening to wrap music? Can it be
that you would find a sand-witch on
a haunted beach? Do ghosts prefer the scary-go-round and roller
ghoster at the fair?
Find out at the 23rd annual Rockridge Children’s Halloween
Parade. All you need is a costume, a sweet tooth and, for those
under age 12, an escort.
Continuing the neighborhood’s great, ghoulish tradition,
the Rockridge District Association (RDA) and the Rockridge
Community Planning Council (RCPC) invite you to celebrate
Halloween on College Avenue. From noon to 2 p.m.
Sunday, October 25, participating merchants will host
trick-or-treating along both sides of College Avenue from
Alcatraz to Broadway.
Join the costumed procession at Halloween Central
in front of the College Avenue Presbyterian Church,
5951 College Avenue, at 11:45 a.m. At precisely noon,
we’ll start trick-or-treating, leading the first group along
College Avenue. At 12:45 p.m., return to Halloween Central
for spooky events, and silly, scary sing-alongs led by a
serenading singer. Join this holiday fun for kids of all ages.
Tour-Goers Stand Heat, Get in Kitchens
by Kevin Faughnan, tour
committee member
It all came together for the Rockridge
Kitchen Tour Sunday, September
20: The months of hard work spent
planning for and selecting, photographing
and describing the kitchens; soliciting
advertisers, sponsors, docents, and
architects; and arranging publicity paid
off with a highly successful event.
The weather gods gave us a hot, sunny
day – a high of 90 degrees – but that didn’t
prevent more than 500 attendees from
turning out to see wonderful kitchens and
support RCPC in the process.
Our publicity team did an incredible
job anticipating requests for information,
photos and content. They generated press
releases, courted newspapers for articles,
cajoled owners of large email databases
to mail descriptions to their clients, and
advertised in several publications, thanks
to our friends at RDA.
The Kitchen Expo and Berkeley
Mills Seminar events were added to
the tour to provide attendees with direct
professional information in a face-to-
➧➧Kitchen Tour, page 12
Guide booklet in hand, an intrepid Tour-goer
sets off to visit the wide variety of show-
cased kitchens on the Rockridge Kitchen
Tour. More than 500 people visited the eight
kitchens during the tour held September 20.
Sunday, October 11: rockridge Out & About  ➧ page 4
BART: Improvements, Repairs for Station
Status: Caldecott Projects
by Victoria Eisen, Caldecott projects
consultant for the city of Oakland
Updated construction schedules are now
available for the first projects funded through
an $8 million settlement agreement with Caltrans
over the environmental documentation of the
Fourth Bore
by Rebecca Saltzman, District 1 BART
boardmember, including Rockridge
Thanks to helpful input from
community members, BART has
recently made several improvements to
the Rockridge BART station.
The Rockridge station plaza is a well-
used area that needs regular maintenance.
Over the summer BART workers replaced
the mulch in the planter area to improve
the look of the space and to better retain
water. Lighting in the plaza was also
replaced after it was vandalized. BART
has recently
➧➧BART Repairs, page 12
➧➧Caldecott Projects, page 11


2.

October 3, 2015

RCPC Marks a Milestone: 30 Years Since
Incorporation, in a Tradition of Service

ROCKRIDGE BRANCH LIBRARY
                  5366 College Avenue
                   at Manila | 597-5017
Library program details/hours: Calendar, page 15
by John Gussman
This month, RCPC marks 30 years as an
incorporated nonprofit, public benefit
organization.
The early history of RCPC goes back
even further, to 1971, when a coalition of
north Oakland neighborhood groups first
came together under the name “Rockridge
Community Planning Council” to challenge
the city of Oakland’s plans for high-rise
development around the future Rockridge
BART station (the only station in the system
located on a two-lane street).
The RCPC activists lobbied successfully
for a full-scale revision of both the
commercial and residential zoning within
Rockridge. The rezoning included an all-new
commercial zoning designation to encourage
pedestrian-oriented retail shopping – which
the city of Oakland has since adopted for
other neighborhood commercial areas.
Those changes prepared the way for the
well-harmonized retail and residential
environment of today’s Rockridge.
In the mid-1980s, Dreyer’s Ice Cream
(today a subsidiary of the Nestlé corporation)
unveiled a proposal to build a combined
corporate headquarters-and-factory
complex at College Avenue and Chabot
Road, which would have overburdened
the infrastructure of Rockridge, while
degrading its neighborhood character. Again,
RCPC led the opposition. In this climate, it
became clear that fundraising and advocacy
could be more effectively conducted, and
neighborhood democracy better advanced,
if RCPC became a nonprofit corporation.
On October 25, 1985, articles of
incorporation for the Rockridge Community
Planning Council were filed with the
California Secretary of State, formalizing
the new status.
Since then, under the leadership of its
volunteer board of directors, RCPC has
continually advocated for sound planning
and development in Rockridge and vicinity,
and has vigilantly defended the distinctive
zoning of Rockridge’s commercial corridor
and residential areas.
RCPC also led the movements that
brought about a succession of major public
benefit projects, including the Rockridge
Branch Library at College and Manila,
Frog Park, and Hardy Dog Park. In the
last few years, RCPC has pushed hard for
community-compatible development and
public spaces at the two Safeway store
locations; and for mitigation of community
impacts from Caltrans’ Caldecott Tunnel
Fourth Bore project.
In 1986, the first neighborhood-wide
election was held to fill seats on the RCPC
board of directors. Then, as now, all interested
persons age 18 or older, residing within the
organization’s membership boundaries, were
considered members of RCPC and eligible
to vote for candidates standing for election
(who likewise must be Rockridge residents).
In 1988, the elected seats were staggered,
with half the seats to be filled in late winter
or spring, for two-year terms.
Currently there are 12 elected seats,
plus one seat that is filled annually by
board appointment, with preference given
to a Rockridge merchant. The board may
also fill, by appointment, any elected seat
that becomes vacant between elections.
Elected board members are limited to three
consecutive terms.
A nonvoting seat on the board is reserved
for the editor of The Rockridge News.
Below is a listing of all who have served
as RCPC chairs since 1971, followed by a
cumulative list of the individuals (totaling
135) who have served on the RCPC board
of directors since the incorporation. The
directors are named in the approximate order
in which they first served on the board.
Names of voting directors who completed
their original terms before 2001, and who
returned to serve a further term or terms
during the last 10 years, are marked with
an asterisk.
Succession of RCPC Chairs:
Pre-Incorporation:
Ted Burton (1971-80)
Warren Chupp (1981)
Jack Brown (1981)
Ray Perman (1982-84)
Nina Robinson (1984-85)
Post-Incorporation:
Nina Robinson (1985-86)
Barbara Anderson (1987-90)
Brooke Levin (1990-91)
Kathy Walsh (1991-93)
Mary MacDonald (1994-96)
Cliff Cline (1996-97)
The Rockridge News, founded in 1986 by Don
Kinkead, is published monthly in Oakland and
is sponsored by the Rockridge Community
Planning Council (RCPC), a nonprofit public
benefit organization founded to: preserve and
enhance the unique character of the Rockridge
neighborhood; promote the health, safety and
quality of life of its residents; furnish a forum for
community involvement; and provide leadership and
representation of neighborhood interests.
Rockridge News Production
Don Kinkead	�����������������������Editor
Barry Kaufman	�������������������Rockridge Cornucopia
Judith Doner Berne	������������Eyes on Rockridge
Jo Ellis	�����������������������������������Advertising &
Community Calendar
Susan Montauk	�������������������Business Manager
Don Kinkead	�����������������������Graphics & Layout
RCPC Board of Directors, 2015-2016
Brendan Havenar-Daughton...Chair
Jennifer Daskal	�������������������Co-Vice-Chair
Zabrae Valentine	�����������������Co-Vice-Chair
Noah Rosen	������������������������Secretary
Ronnie Spitzer	��������������������Treasurer
Kevin Faughnan, Stuart Flashman,
Don Kinkead, Gabe Kleinman, Greg Pasquali,
Laura Schlichtmann, Leonora Sea
Contact the board: chair@rockridge.org
For information: info@rockridge.org
Newsletter Subscriptions
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Contact us at one of the following:
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The Rockridge News,
4123 Broadway, PMB 311, Oakland, CA 94611
Articles submitted for publication may
be e-mailed or mailed to the above addresses.
Submissions are limited to 600 words, must include
the author’s name, phone number, e-mail address, and
city or neighborhood of residence, and are subject
to editing. Views expressed in articles accepted for
publication do not necessarily reflect those of The
Rockridge News, its editor, or the board of directors of
the Rockridge Community Planning Council. To reprint
a Rockridge News article, please contact the editor.
Newsletter Advertising/Deadline
Publication date of the next issue is:
  November 7, 2015
  November deadline is October 22.
Advertising rates are $26/column inch. Six-
month pre-pay rate available. For display ads,
call Jo Ellis at 653-3210 (after noon), or e-mail
joellis1@hotmail.com. RCPC reserves the right
to refuse any display or classified ad that it deems
inappropriate. (Classified ad contact, page 14.)
➧➧A Tradition of Service, page 10


3.
October 3, 2015

The next Land Use Committee meet-
ing will be a special meeting to discuss
and possibly finalize the proposed CN-1
zoning amendment prior to submission to
the City. Time and place will be posted
on the rockridge.org website at least a
week in advance. Meetings are open to
the public.
Nautilus Project
Moves Forward
to Design Review
by Stuart Flashman,
Land Use Committee co-chair
The Nautilus Group’s large mixed-
use project on the western border
of Rockridge took a major step forward
with the filing of a formal application
and the scheduling of a public hearing
before the Planning Commission’s Design
Review Committee (DRC). (The hearing
was scheduled for September 30, past
the newsletter’s October issue press date.
Visit rockridge.org for hearing reports.
Watch for later updates in RCPC E-News
releases.) The project, which includes 204
apartments as well as almost 34,000 square
feet of ground floor commercial retail area,
replaces two earlier projects, Civiq and
Creekside, both of which had City approval
but which were not built.
The project would fill almost the entire
block between commercial Telegraph
Avenue on its west and residential Clarke
Street on its east. It would border 51st Street
on its south and Claremont Avenue on its
north.
The developer, The Nautilus Group,
has been working on plans for the project
for some time and has given neighborhood
presentations to RCPC, the FROG Park
Committee, and the Temescal community.
Nautilus presented the project at an RCPC
town hall meeting this spring. Nautilus has
also invited those interested to meet with
its project team individually. Still, the DRC
hearing caught most community members
by surprise; nobody at RCPC, the FROG
The Nautilus Group’s project seen
from 51st Street at Telegraph Avenue.
The graphic is from a photograph
made of plans on file with the Planning
Department. See rockridge.org for
additional information. Google
“nautilus group north oakland” for
news stories and related postings.
very low income households, entitling it,
by state law, to a 35 percent density bonus.
Nautilus is also asking to exceed the height
limit (with roof greenhouses, the proposed
maximum height is 90 feet) and for waivers
of loading dock and off-street parking
requirements.
The City has not yet decided whether
to grant Nautilus’ request to either exempt
the project from environmental review or
streamline that review. RCPC is asking
the DRC to make the public hearing an
opportunity for preliminary design input,
with another public hearing once the project’s
environmental impacts (which could include
traffic, parking, noise, and shadowing
impacts) have been better defined.
Park Committee, or STAND (a Temescal
residents’ group) was notified before the
hearing was posted. RCPC obtained project
plans from the city, and has posted them in
a folder on Dropbox.com, where they may
be viewed and downloaded.
Totaling almost two acres, the project site
is one of the larger developable sites in North
Oakland. Both the Civiq and Creekside
development projects triggered significant
community opposition, resulting in major
project revisions. The Nautilus project,
however, benefits from the recent citywide
rezoning, which allows heights of up to 60
feet on most of the site (except its eastern
edge) by right. Eleven percent of the project’s
units would be designated as affordable to
The meeting will be Tuesday, October 13,
5:30 p.m. in the Rockridge branch library.
College Avenue Safeway: College &
Claremont Avenues
The College Avenue Safeway has been
open for nine months, but serious issues
linger. Most importantly, the electronic parking
has been underway for several months.
Terramar, the new developer of the shopping
center, is finally meeting with community
representatives to introduce its local
management team and discuss their plans
for the project purchased from Safeway’s
Property Development Centers division
when Safeway was taken private last year.
Land Use Update
by Stuart Flashman, RCPC Land Use
Committee co-chair
Rockridge Shopping Center
Redevelopment (Shops at the Ridge):
Broadway and Pleasant Valley Avenue
Construction of the new Safeway store
➧➧Land Use Committee, page 13


4.

October 3, 2015

9th Annual Rockridge Out & About Festival
Merchants and Community Gear Up for Popular Street Fair, Sunday, October 11

College Avenue merchants and
businesses are prepared to shine
before an audience of thousands expected
at the 9th Annual Rockridge Out & About
festival. The ever-popular street fair set for
Sunday, October 11, from noon to 6 p.m., is
a lively, family-oriented event showcasing
Rockridge as a great place to live, work,
shop and play.
This year’s festival blends crowd
favorites with new activities promising fun
and enrichment for all. Market Hall and
neighboring businesses offer an array of
food, beverages and activities.
Highlights include:
schools. For each raffle ticket purchased,
you choose the school to support. Tickets
are $2 each; 6 for $10; 12 for $20. Prizes
include gift certificates to Rockridge
restaurants, spas, and salons; gift baskets;
and a Weber BBQ grill. The Grand Prize
is a two-night stay at The Claremont Hotel.
Purchase tickets in advance at the Cheese
Counter in Market Hall and at each school
via its PTA. The drawing is sponsored by
Cole Hardware and Market Hall Foods.
Cole Hardware and Market Hall will
match funds raised up to $2,500 each.
If, for example, $2,500 is  raised in ticket
sales, the total donation would be $7,500.
■
■Annual Cookbook Exchange — Bring
a Book, Take a Book. Proceeds from this
event benefit the Rockridge Branch Library.
Bring a lightly used cookbook and exchange
it for any other cookbook. Cookbooks are
also available for purchase. Donate cook-
books at the drop-off station inside Market
Hall near the bakery entrance.
■
■Live music on the BART Plaza and
on two stages hosted by 51Oakland and
Floyd Pellom’s 57th Street Gallery
■
■Picnic & Dance with Market Hall
■
■Food booths from The Pasta Shop,
Hapuku Fish Shop, Marin Sun Farms,
Market Hall Produce, Paul Marcus Wines,
Cactus Taqueria, and more
succulent planting, an insect petting lab,
and raffle prizes, all benefiting local public
schools.
Other special events will also support
the community:
■
■Cheese Box Art by Mattie Ignacio.
Reclaimed cheese boxes transformed into
lovely art pieces are available for purchase.
All proceeds benefit MOCHA, the Museum
of Children’s Art.
Presented by the Rockridge District
Association (RDA), festival admission
is free thanks to our generous sponsors:
Market Hall; UCSF Benioff Children’s
Hospital Oakland; Lawton Associates
Real Estate Brokerage; DHR Investment
Counsel; smart car; McGuire Realty; Toast
Kitchen + Bar; Grubb Co.; Barrel Room;
Inside Out Design; East Bay Express; and
the city of Oakland.
■
■Artisan booths; wellness activities; and,
■
■Circus Stage hosted by Kinetic Arts
Center.
This year, Market Hall teams with Cole
Hardware to sponsor the Kids Zone for
free pumpkin painting, recycled container
■
■Proceeds of a raffle prize drawing
will go to support Rockridge-area public
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October 3, 2015

Annual Fall
Carnival: Chabot
Elementary
Fundraiser
by Amy Hayes, a carnival co-chair and
Chabot parent
The Chabot Elementary Fall Carnival has
been a Rockridge tradition for years.
This year’s event will be held Sunday,
October 25, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the
Chabot campus, 6686 Chabot Road. All
Don’t get spooked at the Chabot Carnival.
Just follow the signs to fun and excitement.

Repainted and spiffed up throughout,
the Rockridge Branch Library is ready
for many more years of service to the
community.                                  /D. Kinkead

Library Friends Seek
New Board Member
The Friends of the Rockridge Library
(FORL) has an open seat on our
board of directors. Our all-volunteer board
collaborates with library management and
staff to fund programs and resources not
covered under the library budget. We’re a
creative and active bunch, eager to hear your
ideas on how you might lend your time and
skills to support the library we all love.
The board meets five to six times a year
on Tuesday nights. You can learn  more about
FORL at www.RockridgeFriends.org. To
discuss your interest, please contact Carol
Bieri at cbieri@pacbell.net.
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admission is free to this Chabot Elementary
School fundraiser.
Enjoy a family lunch from one of the food
stations, such as El Tonayense Taco Truck,
Cybelle’s Pizza, or our famous Dad’s club
hot dogs. Then, satisfy that sweet tooth by
grabbing a treat from our Benefit Bakesale;
then wash it down with Jittery John’s Cold
Brew Coffee or a delicious CREAM Ice
Cream Soda. To burn off some of those
calories, the Carnival offers a variety of
games for kids of all ages. Plan on winning
some prizes, testing your bravery on the
Jumpy Slide, and decorating pumpkins and
sugar skulls.
The Chabot Carnival also offers lots
of lively entertainment such as Jeremy the
Juggler; great music by DJ Spooky & Ms
Terror Down; and a silent costume contest.
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October 3, 2015
Eyes on Rockridge

period are over,” Marcos said. “We dealt
with those issues in our group. Since I too
benefited, I guess I was a client as well.”
Maria Barra Gibson, a 40-year Rockridge
resident, also did not lack support after her
diagnosis of an aggressive form of breast
cancer in 2003. She has a husband and
children, and worked as an aide to former
Oakland City Council member Jane
Brunner.
She is grateful to “a dear friend who got
me out of bed and suggested we walk over
to WCRC and see what services they had
to offer. Cancer can be a lonely journey.
WCRC provided a community of women
going through a similar experience.”
That plus the intelligence, caring and
understanding she received from the WCRC
staff and volunteers “helped me to heal more
rapidly,” Barra Gibson said. “The staff is
spectacular, but a lot of the work they do is
through the volunteers.” Her gratitude and
respect led her to serve on the WCRC board
for three years and to be a continuing donor.
“One day I would like to go back and work
as a volunteer.”
Unlike Marcos and Barra Gibson, “A
lot of women we work with are so isolated
that we’re their only contact,” said Christine
Sinnott, the agency’s development manager.
One of them, Leonie, hasn’t told anyone
outside of WCRC that she has breast cancer,
and fears using her full name.
“This center has been such a saving grace
for me,” Leonie told me. “I came right when
I was diagnosed. I knew I needed support
around me.”
Her artwork, created at a WCRC

Local Residents Help Agency Deliver
Free Services to Women With Cancer

by Judith Doner Berne
Seeing her sister battle breast cancer in
1990, Irene Marcos decided to volunteer
at the Women’s Cancer Resource Center
(WCRC), not far from the Rockridge home
she had recently bought and has now lived
in for 24 years.
Yes, October is Breast Cancer Month,
but the WCRC, which next year celebrates
its 30th anniversary, targets underserved
women with any kind of cancer. And all
its services – practical, emotional and
educational – are free of charge.
“I was paired with a wonderful woman
who had received a terminal diagnosis,” as
part of the In-Home Support program, said
Marcos, who later served on the WCRC
board. “My role was to spend some time
with her socializing, assisting, and doing
whatever would, within bounds, make her
last days more tolerable. I very much value
the time we spent together.”
Then, in 1994, and again in 2013,
Marcos was diagnosed with thyroid
cancer. A clothing designer and
management executive who had worked
for Gap, Inc. and Levi Strauss, she was
never a formal client at WCRC.
But following her second bout,
she facilitated a group for women
who, like herself, had completed their
cancer treatment. “Many emotional
and physical issues are there to deal
with on your own when the ‘drama’ of
the diagnosis and the active treatment
Rockridge resident Peggy
McGuire loves that “I live a mile
away” from the Women’s Cancer
Resource Center where she has
been executive director for 10
years.                     /Judith Doner Berne
Summer Sales Stall

➧➧WCRC, page 7

Closing date BR BA
Address
Original price List price  DOM
Selling price

9/2/15   3
2
5597 Lawton Ave
$899,000
$899,000
13
$1,270,000
9/11/15  3
1
367 61st Street
$1,595,000
$1,595,000 13
$2,000,000
• Currently less than 3 week supply of inventory
• Median Sales Price $1,635,000 vs. $750,000 last year
• Price per square foot this month is $970.69


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October 3, 2015

brothers died at 11 and 5 years of age from
cystic fibrosis.
What she took away from that and
what applies to her current position is the
importance of pinpointing “what kind of
support a family or individual needs. The
work is about promoting resilience and
coping skills over the long haul.”
McGuire, who grew up in Washington
D.C. and graduated with a degree in foreign
service from Georgetown, is among those
hit hard by former President Jimmy Carter’s
announcement that he has a serious form
of cancer. She got to know him while
she was director of Rosalynn Carter’s
correspondence office.
“They ran as the People’s Presidency,”
she reminded me. “They encouraged people
to send in their stories. Most letters were
answered under my signature. Jimmy Carter
has been my moral compass. His cancer
diagnosis is heavy on my heart.”
Women with cancer hear about the
WCRC through church and community
groups or word of mouth. Currently, the
agency gives direct services to 1,800- 2,000
women each year, half of whom have been
diagnosed with breast cancer. It touches
another 3,000 through its community
education programs. Seventy volunteers
currently augment the 10 full-time and two
part-time staff.
So it’s no wonder that they are in the
midst of a capital campaign to finance larger
quarters than the low-slung brick building at
58th and Telegraph they moved into in 2006.
“We’ve definitely outgrown this building,”
says Sinnott, who also runs the annual
October Swim A Mile fundraising event.
“I started as a volunteer in 1997,” said
Sinnott, when she was on leave from graduate
school. “I was feeling dissatisfied and
homesick. I realized that one thing missing
for me here was community service.”
WCRC
from page 6
workshop, is part of the center’s latest art
show and is accompanied by this poem:
The Storm in My Body
Rattled with the enigma called cancer
Poised at this moment
To make sense of it all
As I regain my equilibrium
And find the calm within
“Each staff member is an artist in their
own right,” says executive director Peggy
McGuire. And although the WCRC is on
the west side of Telegraph at 58th Street,
she considers it to be part of the Rockridge
community where she lives.
“Ten years ago, I saw this job opportunity
with a compelling mission a mile from
my house,” McGuire told me. “How
wonderful,” she said, “to advocate for your
own organization with your own dry cleaners
and at your neighborhood restaurant. I get
to be fully myself in expressing what I love,
where I work and what I do.”
So given its proximity and McGuire’s
community ties, it’s probably no coincidence
that the agency counts 600 Rockridge
households and several businesses – La
Farine, Ye Olde Hut and Pasta Pomodoro
– among its contributors. Many chose to
donate through the annual fall Swim A Mile
(October 3 and 4) at Mills College that draws
600 swimmers, 200 volunteers and raises a
third of WCRC’s yearly $1.4 million budget.
Although many of the staff and volunteers
have a connection to cancer, “Mine is not a
cancer story,” said McGuire, whose two
To volunteer for, donate to or apply for
services from the Women’s Cancer Resource
Center, go to www.wcrc.org; call their helpline
at 510/420-7900 (English) and 510/350-1315
(Spanish); or visit their headquarters on the
corner of Telegraph and 58th Street.
Your comments on this column and suggestions for
future columns are welcome: email judyberne@
att.net.
Women’s Cancer Resource Center Fact List
 
  What: Women’s Cancer Resource
Center
Cure) and other private foundations;
and individual donations, of which
Rockridge residents provide a large
percentage.
Where: 5741 Telegraph Avenue,
corner of 58th Street.
Mission: Creates opportunities for
women with cancer to improve their
quality of life through education, emotional
support and practical assistance including
in-home support and financial assistance
for low-income women.
History: When feminist, lesbian
and progressive activist Jackie Winnow
(1947-1991) was diagnosed with breast
cancer in 1985, she realized the lack
of resources for women with cancer,
particularly for women of color and
the lesbian community. The answering
machine in her Berkeley living room
developed into the Women’s Cancer
Resource Center.
Cost: All services are completely
free, funded by the annual Swim A Mile
held the first weekend in October;
grants from Avon Foundation, Komen
(formerly the Susan G. Komen For the
➧➧WCRC Facts, page 13
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CLAREMONT MIDDLE SCHOOL
AUCTION BASH
‘Ride for a Reason’ Cyclers Seek to
Saturday, November 7
FROM 6 UNTIL 10
Recruit a New Leadership Team
Ride for a Reason (R4R) seeks to recruit
a new leadership team. Since its start in
2009, R4R has raised more than $400,000
to support enrichment programs in Oakland
public schools. R4R is an annual, supported
bicycle ride by about 200 Oakland teachers,
students, parents, and others. Donors sponsor
the ride to support Oakland schools. R4R
helps to raise awareness about the continuing
crisis in funding and equity for California
public education, and R4R builds community
and connections between Oakland public
schools. To continue this important work,
R4R needs to recruit three volunteers to
take over the following leadership roles:
• event planning; • communications; and
• ride planning.
While these volunteer positions are
big jobs, the current leadership team will
train and support incoming leaders this
year, and several long-serving volunteers
have agreed to continue as task leaders so
that there will be continuity for key jobs:
website; accounting; food; support vehicles;
and rest stops.
Although expertise in event planning,
road cycling, and excellent communications
skills would be a plus, the only essential
Uptown Body & Fender
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attributes of an R4R leader are a passion for
our schools and a willingness to commit to
this event to make it happen. As a volunteer
leader, you will be on point to make sure all
of the essential work gets done when needed.
For more information, please contact
Paul Vetter at p4vetter@gmail.com or Mike
Napolitano at mikenapolitano5@gmail.com.
Thanks for your consideration.
by Claremont PTA
Heavy metal! Punk! Reggae! Glam! The
theme for the 9th annual Claremont
Middle School fundraising auction is
“Rock & Roll Ball.” The party starts 6 p.m.
Saturday, November 7,  at Uptown Body &
Fender, 401 26th Street, and features dinner,
drinks, music, silent and live auctions, and
raffle prizes.
Following tradition, partygoers are
encouraged to wear a costume inspired by
the theme or wear the school colors of orange
and black.
The auction – encompassing an Online
Auction from October 26 through November
4 – and the gala event is Claremont’s biggest
fundraiser. Proceeds provide critical support
for programs including outdoor education,
Math & Science Night, and Family Literacy
Night.
The event has already received generous
support from Rockridge merchants in
the form of donations, merchandise and
sponsorships and from Claremont families,
staff, and other Bay Area businesses.
Tickets: $25 advance; $30 at the door.
Tickets and more information are available
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The Costs of
Private vs Public
Middle School
Frog Park and DMV Neighbors Join in the
Earth Day Clean Up of the Park and
the Rockridge-Temescal Green Belt
by Rick Prime
Every year, many parents with fifth
graders decide whether to send their
child to a public school like Claremont
Middle, or a private middle school for
sixth grade. Whether a public or a private
school will provide the better education
is open to debate. However, I sent my son
and daughter to Claremont Middle School
because I wanted to help the community, and
for financial reasons. They attend Oakland
Tech today.
Parents considering private education
should begin to plan for the funding of that
education and for their own retirement early
on. It is important to consider the potential
costs of retirement, children’s education cost,
and the required savings to achieve both
goals. If a choice must be made, many advise
dedicating savings to retirement goals first.
Costs of private middle school and high
school are similar to what needs to be saved
for college. Three years of private middle
school and four years of private high school
in the Rockridge area can cost $205,000;
approximately $80,000 for private middle
school and $125,000 for private high school.
The cost of four years of college, including
room and board, is $83,000 at Sonoma State;
$120,000 at U.C. Berkeley; and $241,000
at Stanford. This ignores financial aid,
Jimmy Pedersen
Barney Smits and
Madeleine Nelson
Councilmember
Deidre Martin
Dan Kalb
Theresa Nelson
Theresa Nelson
Theresa Nelson
Conner fills
a bag
Weirdest trash
find in the Green
Belt, ever.
Theresa Nelson
Ronnie Spitzer
Leonora Sea
Deidre Martin
Deidre Martin
Photos by: Theresa Nelson, FROG Park;
Leonora Sea, DMV Neighbors; and Deidre
Martin, Environmental Stewardship
Analyst, Oakland Public Works Department.
Names not available for all subjects.
➧➧School Choices, page 13
Deidre Martin
Deidre Martin
a
cross-cultural congregation
striving to partner with
         the Rockridge community
   in lifestyle and service.
College Avenue Presbyterian Church
5951 College Avenue, Oakland  510 658-3665
Sunday worShip 10:30 aM • Visit: capcchurch.org
our wonderful community meal, fridays, 6-7pm
a great opportunity to serVe


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A Tradition
of Service
from page 2
(Succession of chairs, cont’d)
Theresa Nelson (1997-99)
Chad Thompson (1999-2000)
Susan Montauk (2000-02)
Glen Tripp (2002-03)
Dan Ferdelman (2003-04)
Deborah Larson Weinstein (2005-06)
Jessica Pitt (2006-07)
Ronnie Spitzer (2007-08)
Stuart Flashman (2008-12)
Andrew Charman (2012-13)
Zabrae Valentine (2013-15)
Brendan Havenar-Daughton (2015 - )
Members of the RCPC Board of
Directors 1985 – 2015
(cumulative list)
Jack Brown
Ray Perman
Nina Robinson
Richard W. Smith (*)
Barbara Anderson
Don Kinkead
Bonneau Dickson
Annette Floystrup (*)
Sue Parker
Bill Chung
Mark Aaronson
Nancy Dutcher
Barry Epstein
Peter Goldsmith
Eddie Zeidan
Marc Beyeler
Brooke Levin
John Gussman
Kerry O’Banion

Patty Brunn
Danielle Hawn Bluey
Janet Somers
Dan Ferdelman
Sally Fitzhugh
Bryan Grunwald
Glen Tripp
Gregory True
Claire Isaacs Wahrhaftig
Eric Neville
Deborah Larson Weinstein
David Hatfield
Michael Whitfield
Jacqueline Tasch
Hiroko Kurihara
Jessica Pitt
John Potis
Greg Yoch
Jennifer Edmister
Mike Taylor
Dulcy Anderson
Ehab Bandar
Mike McDonald
Camille Reed
Adrienne d’Angelo
Kent Deverell
Robert Wiles
Stephanie Upp
Steven Meyer
Al Hussian
Gloria Bruce
Janelle Cavanagh
Ellen Peterson
Peter St. John
Jeff Small
RCPC Board of Directors 2015-16
Jennifer Daskal, left, Ronnie Spitzer, Stuart Flashman, Brendan Havenar-
Daughton, Leonora Sea, Laura Schlichtmann, Kevin Faughnan. Inset,
top: Zabrae Valentine; Greg Pasquali; Gabe Kleinman; Noah Rosen.
Shawn Hooks
Beryl Shore
Leigh Trivette
Cliff Cline
Ginny Palmer
Meredith Kaplan
Maya Byrne Nissanka
Ronnie Spitzer (*)
Dan Pitcock
Susan Montauk
Bill Penney
Roger Mendelson
Mark Swingle
Carmen Borg
Kerry Compton
Cy Gulassa
Franz Seidelhuber
David Clover
Don Coelho
Marilyn Citron
Chad Thompson
Frank Giunta
Elizabeth Allen
Steve Belcher
Glen Jarvis
Michael Peltz
Jean Astrinsky
Bill Manley
Andrea Walhof
Lisa Curet
Alisa Metzner
Shelley Poticha
Mary Lamprech
Peter Eng
Kathy Walsh
Steve Borstad
Theresa Nelson
Ronnie Polonsky
Mary MacDonald
John Thomas
Stuart Davis
Gary Jereczek
Lisa Haage
Reed Holderman
➧➧A Tradition of Service, page 11


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and at other intersections on Broadway
between Broadway Terrace and Keith, as
part of the Broadway resurfacing and lane
configuration project (The Rockridge News,
April 2014: rockridge.org/sites/default/files/
documents/rn04.14.pdf).
The Rockridge Safe Routes to Transit
effort, which includes a number of Caldecott-
funded projects, begins construction
in summer 2016, also in conjunction
with the planned roadway resurfacing
(The Rockridge News, September 2015:
rockridge.org). Fall 2016 is expected
to bring a major suite of construction
improvements to the Tunnel Road (State
Route 13) / Hiller Drive intersection,
including continuous sidewalk and bicycle
lanes from the intersection and along the
length of Tunnel Road/Caldecott Lane. The
project will connect to the upper Broadway
improvements via the Kay Overcrossing.
The comment period for the Safe Routes
project ends October 14 (see Rockridge.org).
Send comments to Victoria Eisen: victoria@
eisenletunic.com or 510/525-0220.
Caldecott
Projects
➧➧A Tradition of Service, from pg 10
Danica Truchlikova
Margaret Wahlberg
Stuart Flashman
Jonathan Gabel
Joan Martin
Doug Patton
Katy Taylor
Jason Burke
Colby Lavin
Bill Kaufner
Andrew Charman
Ruth Miller
Ann Winterman
Cesar Angobaldo
Michael Kan
Jennifer Kaplan
Melinda Frey
Alex Naughton
Ashley Etling
Robert Orenstein
Matthew Edling
Christopher Chin
James Kachelmeyer
Laura Schlichtmann
Bernard Baltaxe
Douglas Oliver
Zabrae Valentine
Virginia Hamilton
Lisa McNally
Greg Pasquali
Jennifer Daskal
Kevin Faughnan
Gabe Kleinman
Samantha Weaver
Brendan Havenar-
                   Daughton
Noah Rosen
Leonora Sea
from page 1
of the Caldecott Tunnel.
Construction on Broadway between
Keith and Brookside Avenues is expected
to begin this winter. The project includes
Oakland’s first cycle-track (a two-way,
separate bikeway) and pedestrian crossing
enhancements. Nearby residents and others
interested in the construction schedule can get
twitter updates at @Oakland#BroadwayKeith
as soon as it is finalized.
On October 6, the City Council will be
asked to approve a construction contract
for pedestrian pathway upgrades on upper
Broadway to serve Lake Temescal and new
bicycle lanes to the lake and North Oakland
Sports Complex.
In spring 2016, contractors will
break ground on pedestrian crossing
enhancements at Broadway and Lawton,
Rockridge  resident
John Gussman is legal
advisor to the RCPC
board of directors.
In Rockridge since 1997
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Two Rockridge
News Blocks
Need Captains
We’d love to bring The Rockridge
News back to residents on Chabot
Road and we hope there’s no cut in service
to our neighbors on Thomas Street whose
block captains of many years, Avery and
Bennett Bluey, just retired. Some volunteers
have been with us for a couple of decades,
and, in some cases, since the paper was first
published in 1985. We don’t expect decades
of service from every volunteer; just once a
month for about 20 minutes to walk the block
and leave a Rockridge News on neighbors’
porches. That volunteer can be you.
If you live on one of these routes, or close
by, please let us know if you would like to
take on this neighborly service:
RCPC docents were also present at the
homes to assist with flow into and out of the
homes, and to discuss interesting particulars
of the kitchens.
At the Morse House, a steady stream of
guests got not only a kitchen tour but a house
tour as well, given by indefatigable owners
John Bliss and Kim Thompson. The effort
they have devoted to keeping so many orignal
details of the house as close to original as
possible was impressive. The pleasure they
take in discussing the house’s history and
key features is contagious.
The Tour Booklet, designed by Valerie
Knight, captured floorplans, resources and
owners’ efforts to achieve their kitchen
design, and then share it publicly. Of course,
the tour could not happen without the owners;
we hope they enjoyed the day as much as
everyone else did.
(Additional copies of the tour booklet
are available via RockridgeKitchenTour.
org, for $5 each.)
We are compiling our “lessons learned”
list and thinking ahead to 2017. If you know
of potential tour candidates, or are one
yourself, please contact rockridge.org.
Kitchen Tour
from page 1
face setting. The Expo had more than
60 visitors who met with 20 architects,
contractors, and specialty providers. A more
in-depth interview was possible in these
focused meetings, as many attendees were
considering remodels in the near future and
wanted information and contacts.
The Seminar was a mixture of talk and
slides, reviewing past kitchens completed by
the company, and hands-on examinations of
three display kitchens. (We used one kitchen
to bake our persimmon cookies, warm up the
street tacos, and cool the sangria.)
The Tour Kitchens themselves were
staffed by architects and their support staffs
at six of the homes. They went into the
details that come only from many hours of
discussions with their clients and contractors.
They, and several local realtors, also provided
refreshments at every home on a day when
ice water was king and in demand. There was
food as well, including ice cream sandwiches
for tasty cooling.
Route 01B,D: Chabot Road beginning
across from public tennis courts at
6885 extending to just past Marie Way.
Route 08C,D: Along Thomas from
Monroe to Napa, and 6000 Monroe
from Broadway to Golf Course.
Email smontauk@gmail.com or call
510/547-3855 to volunteer. Be sure to mention
the route number.
BART will work on these columns in phases
to reduce the impact on parking, and each
closure will last approximately 10 days.
The irrigation that was recently installed
will be protected, and work will be done to
minimize damage to the landscaping. Some
plants will need to be removed to make space
for the work and any that are in the way will
be replanted.
BART is also in the process of replacing
the elevator floors at all stations. BART
has selected a high quality stainless-steel
diamond-plate flooring to replace the
current material, as the old material readily
absorbs liquids and odors that can corrode
and damage underlying structures. After
tearing out the old flooring, technicians will
thoroughly clean, disinfect, and repair the
entire elevator. The new flooring will then
be installed, and the floor will be sealed to
prevent this problem from recurring. All
BART elevator floors, including the flooring
of the Rockridge elevator, will be replaced
by the end of the year.
If you have input or questions about
the Rockridge station or any BART issue,
please email me at Rebecca.Saltzman@
bart.gov or leave a phone message for me
at 510/464-6095.
BART Repairs
from page 1
increased the frequency of cleaning at the
station and in the plaza to help keep these
areas attractive.
Following previous earthquake safety
work at the station, BART installed new
landscaping at the station. Unfortunately,
shortly after the installation of plants, a water
meter was shut off due to leaks in BART’s
main water line that supplied the landscaped
area’s irrigation, and many of the plants died.
BART worked with East Bay MUD this year
to install a new meter and then replaced the
landscaping with drought- tolerant, low-
maintenance plants.
There is still more work to be done at
the Rockridge BART station. At the end of
September, BART began work to correct
the flaking paint on the columns supporting
the BART tracks. These columns had been
wrapped as part of the earthquake safety
construction program of several years ago,
but the initial wraps were not successful and
paint has flaked off. BART will be wrapping
these columns with a new material – a fiber-
reinforced polymer – to fix the problem.
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extending finances for the children’s sake
could create a financial burden for them later,
given retirement and long-term-care costs.
Basically, if you’re not on a smooth
financial flight, secure your own oxygen
mask first.
Chabot Carnival
School Choices
from page 5
from page 9
variability in tuition between schools, and the
fact that tuition costs are rising faster than
inflation. Families who have more than one
child have even more budgeting decisions to
consider. Financial aid or loans for college
are usually available when needed, but
the same is not true for retirement. Over-
Faire featuring designers and crafters from
the Chabot community.
Please join us in celebrating all the fun
that fall has to offer – games, food, prizes,
music and crafts – there is something for
everyone. All proceeds from this family-
friendly event benefit the Chabot Elementary
PTA and support enrichment programs
that include the library, music, art, science,
Spanish, and the garden; coordination of
numerous after-school programs; and help
in the classrooms.
Special thanks to our sponsors for
supporting the Chabot community: Ruth
Goldstone of Marvin Gardens Realty; Jittery
John’s Cold Brew Coffee; Open Homes
Photography; Jeff Robarts of The Grubb
Company; MPR Financial; CREAM; Sweat
Health & Fitness; and Piedmont Dental by
Design.
Please visit www.chabotelementary.org
for more information.
Rick Prime is a Certified Financial Planner™ at
Prime Wealth Management, Inc. Sources for college
costs and private school from www.collegecalc.
org, and websites for Head-Royce, Julia Morgan,
Redwood Day, Black Pine Circle, College Prep,
and Bishop O’Dowd.
WCRC Facts
Care; Latinas con Cancer; Lesbian, Bisexual
and Queer Cancer Group; Women with
Cancer; Women with Metastatic Cancer;
Young Women with Cancer plus In-Home
Support.
C o m m u n i t y  W e l l n e s s
Workshops: Promote healthy living, cancer
risk reduction and quality of life through
creativity, movement, mindfulness, education
and activism. Open to the community.
To Volunteer: Volunteer Orientation
is the first Tuesday of the month. To sign up,
email Eveline via eveline@wcrc.org, or call her
at 510/350-1302.
from page 7
Statistics: Ten full-time and two part-
time paid staff; 70 regular volunteers; 5,000
clients served each year, 1800-2000 through
direct services; 59 percent from Alameda
County, half of those from Oakland; 39
percent from Contra Costa County.
Support Groups: Adults with Blood
Related Cancer and their Friends, Families and
Caregivers; African American Women with
Cancer; Complementary and Alternative
Land Use
Committee
3rd Floor
Market Hall
TM
Ste. 312
rockdent.com
510.653.6677
from page 3
space display – supposed to signal the number
of available spaces – is still not working
properly. It sometimes shows the deck is full
when there are, perhaps, a dozen or more
empty spaces. Customers who believe the sign
to be correct will search the neighborhood for
on-street parking, exactly what the sign was
intended to prevent. Safeway representatives
say it is working on the problem.
Parking signage, another major issue, is
perhaps easier to fix, but still unsolved. As
required by law, Safeway has posted signs
telling motorists whom to contact if their
car has been towed for parking illegally.
Unfortunately, the main signs announce,
“Private Property, No Parking.” The latter
statement is not true. Within the lot, these
signs are posted just below signs announcing
“One Hour Parking.” This is confusing.
Large blue signs tell motorists whose cars
were towed for improperly parking in a
handicapped space to call the Alameda Police
Department for information. Safeway was
notified of these problems months ago, but
has not corrected them.
Bruce D. Fong, D.D.S.
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Specializing in Rockridge Real Estate
Come play, eat & partake at the annual Rockridge Out & About Street Fair 10/11 noon to 6pm
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* Rockridge Market: We had our typical small post Labor Day bump in inventory.
Seasonal reduction to follow. Interest rates stable so far. Gotta go up sometime!
We may see softening in next 2 years. Demand still exceeds supply, especially near College Ave.
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Addicted to Unhealthy
Relationships?
Past trauma affecting current social/emo-
tional/occupational functioning? Heal
depression and anxiety at its roots. Try
neurobiologically-based attachment therapy.
Get support to spark real change. Jess Levith,
MFT#84268. jesslevithma@gmail.com or call
510/883-3074. www.east-baytherapy.com
Professional Leadership
Coaching
Free 60' “Meet you inner leader” consultation:
get clarity about your vision, determine the #1
thing stopping you from being who you want
to be, identify the most powerful actions that
will move you forward. Agathe Pin, CPCC,
ACC: agathe@a-little-bit-stronger.com.
Are Your Partners Driving
You Crazy?
Are your corporate minutes up to date?
Are you avoiding reading that contract?
Neil Rones Rockridge Business Attorney,
30 Years Experience—Free Consultation.
neilrones@mac.com or call 510/815-3888.
www.nolo.com/lawyers/profile/neil-allan-
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Rockridge

Electrical Repairs &
Remodels
From doorbell repair to whole-house
rewiring, we’ve been doing electrical work
in Oakland and Berkeley for over 30 years.
Sutorik & Company, www.sutorikandco.
com, lic#397149. 510/655-3677.
Aesthetic Pruning
I specialize in pruning trees & shrubs under
20 feet tall. I work with trees to enhance
their natural beauty. Maple specialist, but I
prune all garden trees. Certified Aesthetic
Pruner. Bruce Thompson 510/428-4964.
House Repairs & Rehabs,
Interior & Exterior
Kitchen & bath remodel, tile, decks, dry
rot, drainage, walls, termite damage,
doors, windows. Professional work for
affordable prices. Local References Available.
Lic#458473. Don 510/812-0310.
Your Rockridge Specialists
JUDITH GLASS & SHEILA SABINE-
The Grubb Company. Now may be the
right time for a move. Call 510/326-5055 or
email SSabine@Grubbco.com
Your Message Could Be Here
Your 36-word message is $22. (Phone number
counts as one word.) Mail to: RN Classifieds,
4123 Broadway, PMB 311, Oakland, CA 94611.
November issue deadline is October 22.
For information: smontauk@gmail.com
Over 50 Percent Off!
Eyebrow shaping and brow tint! $14. Come
visit Penelope’s Aesthetics Skin Care Salon
and enjoy excellent service. Two blocks from
Rockridge BART. www.penelopecalef.com.
By appointment: 510/594-1552.
Optometry
Your neighborhood 
family eyecare providers
since 1947
Dr. Donald Sarver
Dr. Larry Sarver
Dr. Scott Yokoi
Dr. Cindy Sakai
5321 College Avenue, Oakland
510-655-3797
www.rockridgeoptometry.com
Each office is independently owned and operated.
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y
y Wed., 10/7. 6:30pm. New series: Escape From
Reality: Freud’s Bar, monthly talks (with drinks and
snacks) by local Bay Area psychoanalysts, aimed at
students ages 16-25. Jeanne C. Harasemovitch,
LCSW will discuss In Search of a Plausible Self: The
Poetry of Louise Gluck.

E-mail Rockridge News Community Calendar items to: joellis1@hotmail.com, phone 653-3210 (after noon), or
mail to: Rockridge News Community Calendar, 4123 Broadway, PMB 311, Oakland, CA 94611. Deadline is the next to
the last Tuesday of the month.

Compiled by Jo Ellis

Community Calendar

y
y Fri, 10/9, 9pm (doors open 8:30). Music Performance
with bluegrass banjo impresario Avram Siegel and
instrumentalist Keith Little. Note: $10 cover charge;
all proceeds go to musicians.
Greater Rockridge Neighborhood
Crime Prevention Council (NCPC)
Discuss crime and public safety with reps of OPD. 2nd
Thurs. each month (Oct 8) 7:30pm. Topic: proposals for a
Public Safety Oversight Commission. Rockridge Library,
College and Manila. More info: www.rockridgencpc.com
or chair@rockridgencpc.com.
Rockridge Branch Library
5366 College Avenue, 597-5017
FOR CHILDREN
y
y Young Writers NaNoWriMo 2015 (annual Novel
Writing Month): Can you write a novel in 30 days?
Find out here. If you have signed up at school, or
want to try it on your own, contact Erica to get more
information about participating. Free snacks and
motivation for all writers ages 9 to 14. Every Tues.
in Nov., 6:30 - 7:45 pm.
FOR TEENS
y
y Tues, 10/13, 6:30pm. Amitav Ghosha; Flood of Fire.
y
y Thurs, 10/15, 6:30pm. Local author Lisa McGuiness:
Catarina’s Ring.
y
y Sat., 10/17, 7pm. Literary Karaoke Night. Read one or
two pages from a book from home or grab one off our
shelves and listen to everybody else do the same. We
ask only that it not be something you wrote. (Should
you need some liquid courage, there just might be a
bottle of something strong and distilled.)
y
y Teen Advisory Board (ages 14-18): Advise the library
how to better serve teens. Get community service
credit for school. 1st Sat. each month, 1 to 2pm.
y
y Family Story Time: Stories/songs/rhymes (to age
5); Saturdays, 10:30am (see special event on 10/31).
y
y Teen ‘Scape: Join other teens every Wednesday
1:30 - 4:30pm. Play video & board games; make
crafts; get light snacks.
y
y Sun., 10/18, 3:00pm. Local author Steve Masover:
Consequence.
y
y Pre-School Story Time: (ages 2 to 5); Thursdays,
10:30am.
y
y Teen Read Week Celebration: Decorate a pair of
your sunglasses with themes that celebrate Teen
Read Week (or create your own style). Oct 21, 2pm.
y
y Tues, 10/20, 6:30pm. Caroline Heller: Reading
Claudius: A Memoir in Two Parts.
y
y Toddler Story Time: (up to age 2); Thursdays,
10:30am, upstairs.
All story times followed by Play Time; parents and
caregivers invited.
SPECIAL EVENTS
y
y Thurs, 10/22, 6:30pm. Yvonne Prinz: If You’re Lucky.
y
y Design Your Own Halloween Masks: Oct 28, 2pm.
FOR ADULTS
y
y Sun, 10/25, 3pm. Poetry Flash, with Peter Neil
Carroll and Lucille Lang Day.
y
y Tues, 10/27, 6:30pm. Andrea Kleine: Calf. Joined
in conversation by Bay Area author Tom Barbash.
y
y Writers Support/Critique Group: All writers wel-
come. Bring 15 copies of up to 5 pgs. (double-spaced)
of any prose for on-site reading/discussion (also
welcome to come empty-handed). 3rd Sat. each
month (10/17), 1 to 5pm; wheelchair-accessible.
Sponsor: The Calif. Writers Club, Berkeley branch.
Info: 420-8775 or Writefox@aol.com.
y
y Expecting another baby? Call or email to register
now (space is limited) for New Sibling Workshop
on Sat., 10/17, 11:15am-12:15pm. Bring your toddler or
kindergartener for songs and stories. Share questions,
answers & ideas, to prepare for big changes. Everyone
gets song booklet and a board book. 597-5017 or
esiskind@oaklandlibrary.org.
y
y Wed, 10/28, 6:30pm. Alex Mar: Witches of America.
y
y Tues, 11/3, 6:30pm. Ian F. Svenonious: Censorship
Now!!
y
y Wed, 11/4, 6:30pm. Escape From Reality: Freud’s Bar
talks (while enjoying drinks and snacks) by local Bay
Area psychoanalysts, aimed at students ages 16-25.
For the topic, “Cutting as a Substitution of Pain for
Feelings,” Dorian Newton, Ph.D. will discuss Cutting:
Understanding and Overcoming Self-Mutilation by
Steven Levenkron.
y
y Lawyers in the Library: Free legal advice and
referrals. Tues, Oct 6, 5 to 7pm. (Advance sign-up
starts 4:45pm at adult reference desk). Note: Volunteer
lawyer leaves before 7pm if no more people present.
Call day of program to confirm: 597-5017.
GALLERY EXHIBIT
October: Oakland Quilter’s Group display.
LIBRARY HOURS
Tues, 12:30 to 8pm.
Wed, Thurs & Sat: 10am to 5:30pm.
Fri, 12 to 5:30pm.
Closed: Sun. and Mon
Diesel Book/Poetry Readings/Events
FREE and open to the public.
y
y Spooky Night Halloween Stories & Treats: Tues.,
10/27, 7 - 8pm. Best for ages 3 to 9: Not too scary.
All ages can come in costume.
y
y Halloween Stories & Craft: Sat., 10/31, 10:30-
11:30am. Come in costume. Best for ages 1 to 6 but
all ages welcome to decorate small trick-or-treat bags
after story time.
Calling All ‘Tweens
y
y Thurs, 11/5, 6:30pm. From “America’s Test Kitchen”,
Jack Bishop: 100 Recipes: The Absolute Best Ways
to Make the True Essentials.
y
y Sun, 11/8, 3pm. Poetry Flash: with Rebecca Foust
and Susan Terris.
y
y Brainstorming Session for ages 9 to 12: Creative
young people (writers, illustrators, craftspeople,
sculptors, film-makers, actors, or avid readers) invited
to come up with a plan for the library to provide work
space for your creative or literary projects and to
support & showcase Oakland’s ‘tween talent. Bring
a friend. Tues, 10/20, 7 – 8 pm,
y
y Tues, 11/10, 6:30pm. Publication Party for Julie Barton:
Dog Medicine: How My Dog Saved Me from Myself.
DIESEL, A Bookstore, 5433 College Ave. More info (other
events and discussion groups): 653-9965 or events@
dieselbookstore.com.
Wisteria Ways House Concert
Composer, guitarist and vocalist Ian Faquini and flutist/
vocalist Rebecca Kleinmann: Brazilian rhythms and
other harmonic influences, Sat., Nov 7, 8pm. More info:
http://rebeccakleinmann.com/ensembles/ian-faquini/.
Inside venue; not wheelchair accessible. $15-20 donation
for musicians (cash only at the door). 383 61st Street.
For reservations (highly recommended), RSVP to info@
WisteriaWays.org or 655-2771.
y
y Sun, 10/4, 3pm. Poetry Flash in a memorial celebration
of the life and work of Steve Kowit.
“Hi! Jenner and Erin here with mommy reminding
you to take good care of your teeth!”


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