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VOL. 30 NO. 10 ISSUE NO. 327 November 7, 2015 CIRCULATION: 5,800 Residences; 200 BusInesses
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SNOW
No Rain, But We Forecast on College Avenue
At the Halloween Parade...
Wait! Did you see that? “We come
in peace,” said the message on his uniform.
Having seen his green head and her green
hair, you could be forgiven your moment
of doubt, a doubt confirmed when you spy
the hapless human hostage confined to the
mobile holding cell.
If you could scream, you would, but when
you turn for help, you see only grotesque
and distorted and Munchkinesque creatures
advancing toward you, muttering their unearthly
chant: Triggertreet, Triggertreet.
Swallowing the scream, you run toward the
sounds of music and story-telling coming from
a nearby collection of welcoming hay bales.
Safety! You relax at Halloween Central and
watch while the songs of accordionist-chanteuse
Salane Schultz and the stories of talespinner Tim
Ereneta enchant the creatures. As you ruminate
over a third piece of saltwater taffy, you realize
you have survived another Halloween Dream
conjured by the Rockridge District merchants
and the Rockridge Community Planning Council.
WE COME IN
PEACE
Join the merchants and members of the Rockridge
District Association (RDA), Saturday, November 28,
from 3-6 p.m. at the College Avenue Rockridge BART
station to celebrate the holiday season. Kids have fun
playing in snow, visiting Santa with his elves, and listening
to live holiday music presented by Musically Minded
Academy. Pony rides will be available for a small charge.
Donations for One Warm Coat and Toys for Tots accepted.
See flyer, page 5.
RCPC
November
Town Hall
Topics:
■ Off-street
Parking and
■ Zoning
Changes
Hear about
possible
changes in off-
street parking
requirements
and College
Ave. zoning.
Thursday,
November 19,
7:30 p.m. Rock-
ridge Library
meeting room.
Presbyterian Church Hosts Its Annual Thanksgiving Meal
Community Support Invited
by Reverend Monte McClain
We are faced these days with great
challenges whose magnitude can push
us toward apathy, indifference and inaction:
gentrification; failing schools; ecological
collapse; food injustice; racial profiling;
homelessness; financial inequality; and the
deafening isolation of social media. These
forces can make us believe we are impotent
to make a difference, or to have a voice in our
world. We can’t let this boisterous brouhaha
keep us from being present. There is no room
for apathy in our great and changing city of
Oakland.
For 31 years, the College Avenue
Presbyterian Church community (CAPC)
has hosted an annual Thanksgiving Day
Community Meal. Begun to build a
deeper sense of
➧➧T’ksgiving Meal, page 8
Thanksgiving Day Servers /Monte McClain
2.
November 7, 2015
ROCKRIDGE BRANCH LIBRARY
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Library program details/hours: Calendar, page 15
Why You Should Be Ready for ‘The Big
One’; Where to Get Ready if You Are Not
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, Greg Pasquali,
Laura Schlichtmann, Leonora Sea
Contact the board: chair@rockridge.org
For information: info@rockridge.org
Newsletter Subscriptions
by Ray Perman
Too many Oakland and Rockridge
residents today are unprepared for a
major earthquake on the Hayward fault.
Although the City Council and Oakland
Fire Department take the warnings seriously
and have produced the disaster preparedness
program “Communities of Oakland Respond
to Emergencies” (CORE), community
response has been lethargic.
Here is the scientific reality: Strong
earthquakes occur with fairly regular
frequency and magnitude. For the Hayward
fault, that is a strong earthquake about every
140 years (plus or minus about 30 years) with
a magnitude of 7.0 or greater on the Richter
scale. Every 140 years is right NOW! Are
residents and support services ready?
Oakland’s government still has much to
do; Oakland citizens even more. Consider
the following potential destruction that could
paralyze the East Bay:
could withstand six feet of lateral movement.
The possible result will be the collapse of
the overpasses onto Highway 13.
■
■Moraga Road has been closed twice in
the past because of recurring landslides. In
an earthquake, a major part of the hillside
could collapse, creating an earthen dam
across the canyon.
■
■Highway 24 is expected to experience
significant damage to the Caldecott Tunnel
approach, and there is concern about the
strength of the two oldest bores. BART’s
twin-bore tunnel is deeper and longer, and
runs through the fault line face. Six feet of
lateral displacement within the tunnels will
likely result in long-term closure. Farther
east, according to a study completed by the
Orinda Fire Department, the city of Orinda
is concerned about the overpass sections of
Highway 24 near that city’s BART station.
The United States Geological Survey
(USGS) liquefaction zone charts identify the
following areas as also possibly incurring
significant damage due to their construction
on fill or other unstable land:
To subscribe to The Rockridge News, send
your check for $20, payable to Rockridge News
Subscriptions, to: Rockridge News Subscriptions at
the address below.
■
■The ground rupture displacement
of the fault zone is expected to be from
two to six feet, the more likely being six
feet. That means the lower, flat ground of
Rockridge and the East Bay west of the
fault is expected to lurch northward some
six-and-a-half feet.
Contacting The Rockridge News
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■
■San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose
airports, and the Port of Oakland.
■
■Bay Bridge toll plaza.
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■I-80 (East) and I-580 (West), and
parallel to the BNSF railroad mainline,
from the toll plaza northward to beyond
Golden Gate Fields.
■
■Freeway surfaces will probably be
undrivable. The state has retrofitted highway
overpasses to withstand known lateral and
vertical accelerations, but few are designed
for significant shear pressure. Imagine
Montcair’s LaSalle Avenue and Park Avenue
overcrossings on Highway 13 with their
eastern footings on the Montclair side of
the fault and their western footings on the
Rockridge side. It is doubtful the structures
■
■I-880 (South) and parallel to the BNSF
line, from near 16th Avenue to beyond the
Coliseum.
The following Bay Area characteristics
make many analysts feel the anticipated
earthquake will be the largest single natural
disaster to hit
Articles submitted for publication may
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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
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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
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➧➧Get Ready, page 10
$5 FREE DRYCLEANING with garment orders over $28
or $3 OFF orders over $15
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Garden Cleaners
5808 College Avenue, Oakland
601-1188
Mon – Fri 7 – 7 • Sat 8 – 6
Across from Trader Joe’s and Zachary’s Pizza
Newsletter Advertising/Deadline
Publication date of the next issue is:
December 5, 2015
December deadline is November 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.)
EXPERT
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3.
November 7, 2015
The next Land Use Committee meeting
is tentatively set for Thursday,
November 12, at 7:30 p.m. at the Rockridge
Branch Library. Time and date are subject
to change. Please check the rockridge.org
website, e-mail landuse@rockridge.org,
or call 510/652-5373 to confirm time and
date.Meetings are open to the public.
■
■The community center and man-
agement office have been moved out of
the Phase 2 parking structure building to
a spot across the entrance road from it. It
will be a little more isolated, but not a big
difference.
Plans are for the Phase 1 buildings
(Safeway, Chase, and a new restaurant next
to the quarry pond for Boston Market) to be
finished and open next summer. After that,
the old Safeway, Chase, and remaining retail
building will be demolished, and the new
entrance road and intersection (with traffic
signal) on Broadway will be built. The Phase
2 buildings will be constructed as tenants
are found to occupy them. Unfortunately,
Terramar has not yet found a gardening store
to replace the fondly remembered gardening
department at Long’s/CVS. If you have
suggestions of where they could find one, call
Catherine Nguyen at 925/738-1239.
Undergrounding of PG&E utlities will
be going on in November, in advance of the
holiday season. Drivers may expect some
delays on Pleasant Valley and on Gilbert
Street as work progresses. We are told that
there will be no overlapping roadway work
on the Merrill Gardens project across the
street, so things could have been much
worse. Please check the Terramar website
at www.theridgeoakland.com for updates
on construction activities.
Land Use Update
by Stuart Flashman, RCPC Land Use
Committee co-chair
■
■Rockridge Shopping Center
Redevelopment (AKA – Shops
at The Ridge):
Broadway and Pleasant Valley
Avenue
Members of the community met with
representatives of Terramar Properties on
October 13 at the Rockridge Library. As
those passing the site have noticed, work
is well underway, especially on the new
Chase Bank building (two-story structure
near the Pleasant Valley entrance) and the
new Safeway (further back from that same
entrance). Plans are largely unchanged from
those approved by the City, but there have
been two design changes:
■
■Nautilus Project:
Telegraph Avenue Between
51st Street and Claremont
Avenue
This large (204 residential units, 33,000
sq.ft. retail) project on the Rockridge-
➧➧Land Use Committee, page 12
■
■The building south and west of the
new Safeway will now be one story, not
two, and will now not have parking above.
This is unfortunate because it means there
will be two separate areas of structured
parking, rather than one larger connected
area. The reason given for the change was a
lack of interest in the proposed second-floor
professional offices.
BART contractors continue
the work begun in September
to reinstall a protective
covering on the track pillar
exteriors. Applied after
the Rockridge portion of
a system-wide seismic
retrofitting was completed
in 2009, the material has
been sloughing off the pillars
since at least April 2012. In
the meantime, the area next
to Forest Street and Miles
Avenue was landscaped
then relandscaped after
the irrigation system
failed. A worker on this
project promised the new
landscaping would be
protected.
/D. Kinkead
BART
Repairs
Station
Pillars
Interior • Exterior
Lead-Certified Painters
For a free estimate
call Cydney
510•652•4034
4.
November 7, 2015
Oakland Tech Performers Bring Katrina Stories to Life
Production Combines Skills of Tech’s Drama Department and Fashion
Academy in a Celebration of Survival and Recovery Following Disaster
Prepare for an evening of raw truth
telling as Oakland Technical High
School’s award-winning, critically acclaimed
OakTechRep brings to life “Voices from the
Storm” based on oral histories from 13 New
Orleanians who endured the devastation of
Hurricane Katrina and struggled to survive
its aftermath.
The stories – made real and moving
by a troupe of talented Tech performers –
evoke the depth of New Orleans culture and
resilience in the face of extreme adversity and
social injustices perpetuated by the lack of
government response. The play also shines
a light on the community heroes who fought
to save one another.
“Among the many struggles that New
Orleans has had to deal with post Katrina
is one of gentrification and the survival
of its vibrant culture,” says Ena Dallas,
OakTechRep Drama Director. “Through our
devised theater process, our students have
discovered a parallel to what’s happening in
Oakland today. We are in danger of losing
integral parts of our culture here at home.”
All community members with a passion
for live theater and the desire to support
performing arts in local public schools are
encouraged to attend.
The play is an adaptation by OakTechRep
from the Voice of Witness book “Voices
from the Storm,” compiled and edited by
Lola Vollen and Chris Ying McSweeney. It
is directed by Tech Performing Arts teacher
Ena Dallas with technical direction by Casey
Fern; choreography by Latanya D. Tigner;
and costumes designed and executed by
the Oakland Tech Fashion Arts and Design
Academy (FADA). A group of students called
Tech Techies help with the underpinnings of
the production, from lights to set construction
to scene changes. Tech Techies is an after-
school program supervised by Casey Fern.
Lataynya Tigner is a Tech guest artist
teaching dance and the arts culture of New
Orleans to students.
“Voices from the Storm” plays
November 19, 20 and 21 with three evening
performances at 7 p.m., and a matinee,
Saturday, November 21 at 2 p.m., in the
school’s recently renovated auditorium, 310
42nd Street, Oakland. General Admission
tickets are $10 at the door; $8 for OUSD
staff and students.
About OakTechRep and
Tech’s Performing Arts
Department
The performing arts at Oakland Tech
include Drama, Dance and Music –
but that just begins to describe the wealth
of offerings for students interested in the
performing arts. Within each discipline
there are classes on different levels and
subjects; drama classes that integrate
English studies; music offerings in solo
instruments, jazz, orchestra … In an era
of budget cuts and neglect of the arts
in public education, Tech is particularly
proud to showcase its arts classes and
to offer its students the very best in arts
education.
— From the Oakland Technical High School
web site: http://oaklandtech.com/staff/
performingarts/about/. See also: schedule of
coming events.
5.
November 7, 2015
Survey Shows Stable Merchant Core
In September 2014, Kevin Faughnan, RCPC boardmember and
liaison to the Rockridge District Association (RDA), Rockridge’s
merchant association, submitted the first in a series of articles for The
Rockridge News chronicling merchants in business in the College
Avenue business district for 25 years or longer. With his report
on Rockridge Furniture and Design (see page 7) in this issue, the
series concludes. The list below is the record of the 49 businesses
featured in the series.
Business
Address
Started/ Years
on College
1
Claremont Veterinary
5331 College
1912
103
2
Vernon Rock-Ridge Hall/The Hut 5512 College
1912
103
3
Rockridge Barber
5409 College
1921
94
4
Dreyer’s Ice Cream
5925 College
1928
87
5
George & Walt’s
5445 College
1931
84
6
McNally’s Irish Pub
5352 College
1933
82
7
Claremont Day Nursery
5830 College
1942
73
8
Bosko’s Framing Gallery
6038 College
1945
70
9
Rockridge Optometry
5321 College
1946
69
10 Stauder Automotive
5930 College
1953
62
11 Shawl-Anderson Dance
2704 Alcatraz
1958
57
12 Bank of America
6201 College
1960
55
13 The Graduate
6202 Claremont 1963
52
14 Eddie’s Liquors
5491 College
1964
51
15 The Levant Rug Company
5450 College
1964
51
16 Mr. John’s Dog Grooming
5361 College
1970
45
17 Rockridge Furniture & Design
5601 College
1970
45
18 Pegasus Books
5560 College
1970
45
19 First Federal Savings
6058 College
1972
43
20 Rockridge Café
5492 College
1973
42
21 La Farine
6323 College
1977
38
22 Hudson Bay Café
5401 College
1978
37
23 The Burrito Shop
5359 College
1978
37
24 Rockridge Rags
5711 College
1978
37
25 Ver Brugge Meat-Fish Poultry
6321 College
1979
36
26 Duck Soup Playschool
5304 Bryant
1980
35
27 Claremont Rug Company
6087 College
1980
35
28 Yasai Market
6301 College
1980
35
29 The Pasta Shop (Market Hall)
5655 College
1980
35
30 The Body Shop (Body Time)
5521 College
1980
35
31 Crimson Duplicating/Green Copy 5267 Broadway
1981
34
32 The Breema Center & Clinic
6076 Claremont 1981
34
33 Transports
6014 College
1982
33
34 Zachary’s Pizza
5801 College
1983
32
35 Pavé Fine Jewelry
5496 College
1983
32
36 Cuttin’ Up on College
5811 College
1983
32
37 Murasaki
6050 College
1984
31
38 Katrina Rozelle Pastries
5931 College
1984
31
39 Hazara Rug Gallery
6042 College
1986
29
40 Rockridge Royal Cleaners
5445 College
1986
29
41 Oliveto Restaurant
5655 College
1986
29
42 Hank & Frank Bicycles
6030 College
1986
29
43 Paul Marcus Wines (Market Hall) 5655 College
1986
29
44 Barney’s Hamburgers
5819 College
1988
27
45 Claremont Diner
6200 Claremont 1989
26
46 Itsy Bitsy (now closed)
5520 College
1989
26
47 Aboutface & Body
3190 College
1989
26
48 Great Wall Chinese Restaurant
6247 College
1989
26
49 Glen Jarvis Architects
5278 College
1990
25
6.
November 7, 2015
Eyes on Rockridge
and Rockridge.
Before that, “Life was beautiful. From
my bedroom window, I could see nothing
but blue lupine and poppies all the way to
the Oakland Hills. It was a beautiful block
– lots of fruit trees and gardens. We raised
chickens and rabbits.”
Now, her primary view is of the crane
at the ever-rising seniors’ complex and the
journey of its operator between earth and
sky several times a day. She does worry
that it might threaten her house during one
of its swings. “I marched right over there,”
Evelyn says, “to tell them not to ever leave it
dangling above my house.” But on a recent
weekend, that’s where it was left.
As you can tell, Evelyn is feisty – a trait
that marked her childhood, she says. “I wore
pants. I had my own horses (at a family farm
in Martinez where she spent her summers).
I could walk to Berkeley (to take ice skating
lessons) and not see a single person or car. I
learned to shoot – that was one of my hobbies.
I left Catholic school because I didn’t like it.”
She remembers Claremont Junior High
(now Claremont Middle School) as a
“lovely” experience. Her days were filled
with studying and working at the grocery.
“As soon as I could reach the shelves, I was
stacking them.” She went on to Oakland
Tech, graduating in the February class of
1948 and then studied at Heald’s Business
Newcomer, Old-Timer View Local
Construction Boom Oh-So-Differently
by Judith Doner Berne
You may know the opening song
“Tradition” from “Fiddler on the Roof”
(which the Berkeley Playhouse performed so
well this summer).
But with new edifices going up all about
those of us on the southern end of Rockridge,
I can’t help substituting “Construction” to the
same three notes.
My neighbors to the rear are putting in
a backyard pavilion, a next-door neighbor is
adding a second story, and neighbors across
the street are building a deck and patio.
Two blocks east, where the tail end of my
street intersects with Broadway, hovers the
towering red crane topped by an American
flag that signals what will be the new Merrill
Gardens Rockridge senior citizen facility
plus ground floor retail.
projects. Frankly, having the workmen
around also makes for less worry about
daytime break-ins. However, it will be nice
when we no longer have to fight for street
parking between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.
And, as a relative newcomer to the area, I
am also happy to have development in place
of the empty, graffiti-marked buildings that
have scarred the neighborhood over the four-
plus years I’ve lived here. I cheered when two
of the hulking billboards were torn down.
And an updated Safeway-and-environs is
long overdue.
But that’s hardly the perspective
of 87-year-old Evelyn Clevenger, who
remembers when this area was a somewhat
pastoral Italian-American community, and
who has lived within a block of Broadway
and 51st Street since she was three months
old.
From the Rockridge bungalow she has
called home for the past 63 years, she can
look across 51st to what will be the new
apartments and fret over the demolition of
the last vestige – the door – of the original
Colombo Club for Italian immigrants that her
grandfather helped found in 1922.
Her childhood home, a few doors from
the club, was torn down by the city of
Oakland when it widened 51st Street. She,
her parents and grandparents lived above the
Broadway Grocery built by her grandfather
and operated by her grandmother and
mother.
“They (the city) stole the house,”
Evelyn says. “I think that’s what killed my
grandfather. The widening of 51st divided the
neighborhood” into what became Temescal
Directly across Broadway “Shops at
the Ridge” is underway, anchored by a new
Safeway store, as the former Rockridge
Shopping Center gets a face lift.
And just the other side of 51st, the same
company that is building Merrill Gardens
has flattened the landscape in preparation
for the 130-unit Temescal Apartments plus
four two-story townhouses and a string of
street level retail.
Waiting in the wings is the Nautilus
Group’s ginormous mixed-use project – 204
apartments and 34,000 square feet of retail
– at Telegraph and 51st with Claremont and
residential Clarke Street as its other borders.
➧➧Construction Views, page 9
➧➧WCRC, page 9
Despite the noise, which we are actually
getting used to, my husband and I enjoy
watching the progress of our neighbors’
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7.
November 7, 2015
Frog Jump
Notes
Update: Park Enhancement Plans
Frog is pleased to announce park
enhancement plans are moving forward.
On October 25, the FROG committee
met with the immediate Frog Park neighbors,
along with City Councilman Dan Kalb, to
share our updated design proposal. After
much design work to address neighbor
concerns and the long-term needs of the
broader community, we were able to present
a new design with a reconfigured layout of
play equipment and added trees.
We are eager to finalize minor design
details in collaboration with the park
designers, neighbors, and city staff to move
us closer to the construction phase.
The next steps are:
College Avenue Commerce: Decades of Service
Rockridge Furniture and Design
by Kevin Faughnan, RCPC boardmember
Established by John Knight, Sr.,
Rockridge Furniture & Design at
5601 College has been on the Avenue since
1970. John was an accountant by trade, but
his passion was as an antique collector,
repairman and salesman. The business
evolved as his clientele’s tastes began to
support the Arts and Crafts furniture style
more complementary to the many bungalows
in Rockridge. Meanwhile, John Knight,
Jr., who received his B.S. in Electrical
Engineering from California Polytechnic
State University (Cal Poly) at San Luis
Obispo, was working in the software industry
in Silicon Valley and spending too many
hours in front of a monitor. The apple doesn’t
fall far from the tree, and about 1995, John
Jr. was running the business his dad had
started. John’s engineering background was
put to good use as he began designing and
manufacturing furniture for the business
with designs reflecting the construction
techniques, workmanship and fine materials
he had grown up with. John’s philosophy,
shared by his wife Diana, is that the manner
in which we decorate the inside of our homes
has a strong influence on how we feel,
and is as important as the home’s exterior
appearance. You can feel that effect as you
walk into the store at 5601 College Avenue.
Be sure to ask John or Diana about the special
design services they offer customers to help
them achieve that goal.
See the final list of venerable Rockridge area
businesses covered in the series reporting on
their long-time service to the community, page 5.
■
■Post and announce final plans online
and via The Rockridge News;
Wanted: New Leader for Scenic Streets
■
■Finalize construction drawings;
■
■Obtain city approvals (ada, Public
Works Agency, and others as necessary);
by Dan Kalb, District 1 councilmember; adapted from his newsletter, October 24, 2015
Scenic Streets is looking for a new leader.
Peter Lund, who successfully led Scenic
Streets for the past five years, is leaving to
pursue new opportunities. Under Peter’s
strong leadership, Scenic Streets completed
numerous complex community projects,
including beautification projects at the
Claremont Highway 24 on-ramp and off-ramp
as well as DaVita Dialysis center landscaping
on the corner of Claremont and Clifton. (For
the full list of projects and to learn the history
of Scenic Streets, visit www.scenicstreets.
■
■Design review; and,
com). I was pleased to be one of the volunteers
for the Hwy 24 on-ramp some four years ago.
Currently, Scenic Streets is working on
completing the Hardy Dog Park project. With
great help from City staff at the Public Works
Department, it looks like this project will be
able to break ground before the end of the year.
The park’s upkeep will transition to the newly
formed Hardy Dog Park Patrons Group. We
look forward to the completion of this project,
on which my office has had the pleasure to
work with Peter and city staff.
■
■Put the project out for bid.
We hope to begin construction in the
spring of 2016.
Questions? Contact Info@frogpark.org
Tax deductible donations to cover the
redesign plans and contingency building
costs are gratefully accepted and may be
made through www.frogpark.org.
Want to get involved? Please contact us
via chair@frogpark.org
— Carol Behr, FROG Chair
8.
November 7, 2015
Parking Permits in the Neighborhood
My office has since received a lot of
inquiries about the new daily visitor parking
fee, which used to be a ridiculously low $1
per day—even though it cost a lot more than
that for the city to process. The new visitor
fee is $9 for one day, $18 for two days, and
effectively $25 for 3-14 days. However, I
realize that paying for parking for babysitters,
home health aides, day laborers, etc. could
add up. I therefore have proposed that the
city reduce the one-day permit fee amount
to $5. This fee reduction was to be heard at
the City Council on November 3.
I hope the information above is helpful.
For more information about parking,
including information on how you can get a
RPP zone on your block, go to http://www2.
oaklandnet.com/Parking/index.htm#RPP.
by Dan Kalb, District 1 councilmember;
from his newsletter, October 24, 2015
For those of you who live in a Residential
Parking Permit (RPP) zone, you
probably have noticed that the RPP fees
have increased. This occurred as part of the
annual adjustments made to the Master Fee
Schedule for our entire city. We discussed
this at two public hearings at the Council’s
Finance Committee, and at a full City
Council meeting back in June of this year.
The annual RPP fees had been $35 or less
for a long time. City staff proposed raising the
residential parking permit fee to $82 for new
and renewal permits, based on a financial
analysis of costs to the city to administer
the RPP program. They determined that the
cost was $82, and they put that annual fee
into the updated Master Fee Schedule and
the new budget for our City. While the $82
level would equate to a full cost-recovery so
as not to be a burden on the city’s tight budget,
I felt strongly that that amount was too high
for people to be able to park on their own
block, so I proposed to reduce the proposed
increase to $59 per year for renewals—a
compromise fee amount—$23 less than what
was proposed for adoption. I subsequently
convinced my colleagues on the Council to
accept the reduced fee amount of $59 as I
proposed. This is in line with our neighboring
city to the north (Berkeley is $55).
part of their neighborhood or knowing who
their neighbors are. The Thanksgiving
Meal is a unique opportunity to join
with neighbors new and old, homed and
homeless, young and older, to respond to
our hungers for food, relationship, and a
safe place on a holiday.
This Thanksgiving, CAPC holds its
annual meal Thursday, November 26, from
11 a.m. to 1 p.m., at 5951 College Avenue.
It is a joint project with members of our
Rockridge community — congregational
members, local merchants, and local
residents — pitching in. It is an opportunity
for us to gather as a community to respond
to the needs of those who are struggling.
The meal generally serves between 200
and 300 people as more than 50 volunteers
gather to make this event possible.
The meal is open and free to everyone.
Donations of money and food are
gratefully accepted and ensure the meal
can take place. You can also give of your
time. Help is needed beginning Monday,
November 23, through Wednesday the
25th to prepare, set up and decorate the
church gym. Significant help is needed
the day of the event to set up, cook, serve
and clean up. (The latter requires the
most work and often is the one the fewest
number of people sign up for.)
Visit the Thanksgiving section on the
church website at www.capcoakland.org
to sign up for a volunteer slot or to make
a donation; or contact the church office
at capc1@sbcglobal.net or 510/658-3665.
T’ksgiving Meal
from page 1
community in our neighborhood and to
respond to public needs, the annual meal
continues to work toward that goal. It
began when the Rockridge community
was emerging from the shadow of the
neighborhood transformation caused
by the construction of Highway 24 and
the Rockridge BART station in the late
1960’s and into the mid-1970’s. The meal
provided a space for our larger community
— business and residential; homed and
homeless — to connect and to collaborate
around a common goal. Today we hear talk
of gentrification, of residents not being
9.
November 7, 2015
After two early marriages –“those
were the insane ones” – she ran into James
Clevenger, whom she had known from
childhood, while both were working at
Highland Hospital. They were married for
50 years until his death in 2011.
These days Evelyn meets friends for
lunch, always choosing from a collection of
decorative canes the one that goes best with
her colorful outfits. “If you have to use them,
you may as well have fun with them,” she
says. At home with her dog Sparkle – part
pug, part dachshund – she loves to listen to
music, particularly folk songs from different
countries.
When asked for a better solution for at
least one of the parcels that are now under or
slated for construction, Evelyn says: “I would
rather have had a park that would have been
for the children.”
On that both newcomer and old-timer can
agree: A park would have been nice.
Construction
Views
from page 6
College on 22nd and Broadway.
She can name the businesses of that era
that dotted Broadway all the way to “what
we called the foot of Oakland,” now Jack
London Square. She particularly remembers
that Fenton’s Creamery, now on Piedmont,
was at 41st Street. “You could get everything
in the neighborhood, she says. “There was a
friendliness we don’t have anymore.”
But during World War II, Evelyn told
of the restrictions placed on her Italian-
American community. Although many
fewer Italians were placed in internment
camps than the Japanese, the government
confiscated the guns of anyone who wasn’t
a United States citizen. And, until the war
was over, non-citizens – which included
her grandfather, grandmother and mother
– weren’t allowed to cross the Bay Bridge
between Oakland and San Francisco.
Evelyn Clevenger would rather not
be able to view from her front porch
the high-rise construction that is fast
replacing the neighborhood she once
knew. /Judith Doner Berne
Your comments on this column and suggestions
for future columns about your Rockridge neigh-
bors and/or neighborhood are welcome: email
judyberne@att.net.
To subscribe to Councilman Dan
Kalb’s newsletter: http://www.
dankalb.net/contactdan
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November 7, 2015
Get Ready
power lines and ruptured gas mains all over
the East Bay, bringing down high voltage
lines on Claremont Avenue and Rockridge
residential streets.
bringing those who try to drive to safety
to a dead stop in a massive traffic jam that
could last for days.
What Can You Do?
The best strategy is to be prepared, and to
stay and hold your ground as long as possible.
Oakland citizens need to read, learn and
embrace the recommendations of the CORE
program. Scheduled 2015 programs are
concluding, but neighborhoods can request
a local presentation at any time. See “How
to Request a Core Class” at: http://www2.
oaklandnet.com/Government/o/OFD/s/
CORE/index.htm
The 2016 schedule will be available soon.
Also, the United States Geological Service
(USGS) web site has more earthquake
information and a variety of links to other
resources:
http://www.usgs.gov/
from page 2
■
■Leaking natural gas will create a
hazard. In the 1999 Northridge earthquake,
more than 600 underground natural gas
pipeline ruptures caused leaks beneath
the streets. A number of these leaks led to
explosions, and broken gas lines within or
connected to structures resulted in fires.
With the disrupted water supply system,
fighting these fires was difficult. At least
600 buildings burned.
the U.S.:
■
■6-7 million people live near the
fault; 4-5 million people live west of the
fault line and will be severed from critical
sources of supply.
■
■All major highways; railroads; high
tension power lines; water, natural gas,
and petroleum pipelines – automotive fuel,
aviation fuel, bunker oil, and others – cross
the fault and are expected to be damaged.
■
■Rockridge homes not properly seis-
mically upgraded could be knocked off
their foundations and their gas and water
lines likely sheared.
■
■There will surely be no water pressure.
The Association of Bay Area Governments
(ABAG) predicts 5,500 water-line breaks
in such a quake.
■
■Will citizens be able to evacuate?
Not with all the roads possibly blocked,
■
■PG&E will likely experience downed
Photo Bomb, Out and About 2015/Don Kinkead
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11.
November 7, 2015
College Avenue Presbyterian Inaugurates
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Have you thought and talked about end-of-life issues with your
family and loved ones? In this inaugural program of our “Health &
Wholeness” forum series, all are invited to come view a presentation of
the recent bestselling book “Being Mortal” dealing with these issues. The
video will be followed by a time of community conversation and Q & A.
This event is free in view of deepening the health and wholeness
of our whole community. Donations will be accepted to benefit the
CAPC weekly Friday Night Dinner for the hungry. More info online at:
http://www.capcoakland.org/health-wholeness-forum-1.
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The 30th Annual
Christmas Revels:
A Venetian Masque
It is the end of 1620 when a troupe of
ragged Commedia Dell’Arte players arrive
in Venice. They are fleeing a less-than-
successful European tour and are hoping
for an upturn in their fortunes. The Doge,
Antonio Priuli, is preparing an elaborate
festival to celebrate the new year. It is to
feature the finest of elegant Renaissance
music and courtly masque drama as well
as guest performers invited from around
the Mediterranean. There is no place in
the Doge’s plans for the low comedy of the
players.
Relying on their wit and ingenuity,
the Commedians manage to infiltrate the
festivities, and before long the Most Serene
Republic of Venice is reduced to comic
chaos.
The show brings together high and low
art with vibrant costuming, multiple masks
and even a gondola race as audience and
performers join together in an uproarious
Revels celebration of the turning of the year.
Featured performers include Jeff Raz and
Robert Sicular, last seen in the 2013 “Ghosts
of Haddon Hall” Christmas Revels; last year’s
female lead, Tristan Cunningham; newcomer
Slater Penney; and Revels regulars Shira
Kammen, James Galileo and Brass West.
Performances are December 11-13 and
18-20 at the Scottish Rite Theater, 1547
Lakeside Drive.
Tickets are on sale now. Order at
californiarevels.org or call 510/452-9334.
Parking for all 10 performances is
available at ALCO Park Garage, 1220
Jackson Street, Oakland, three blocks from
the theater, at a flat rate of $5.
About The California Revels
Since 1986, California Revels has brought their
unique theatrical, participatory art form to Bay Area
audiences. The Revels blends traditional music,
dance, ritual and folk plays from many different
cultures, presented by a volunteer community
chorus of children and adults (some from Rock-
ridge) accompanied by highly talented professional
actors, musicians, artists, and directors.
12.
November 7, 2015
Chabot Road
Newsletter Route
Could be Yours
We’d love to bring delivery of The
Rockridge News back to residents
on a section of upper Chabot Road. Some
volunteers have been with us for a couple
of decades, and, in some cases, since the
paper was first published in 1985; this
route has opened up for a new volunteer.
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 nearby or close to this route,
please let us know if you would like to take
on this neighborly service:
and its nearby entrance to and exit from
Highway 24.
Other concerns included the impact
upon on-street parking from the developer’s
requested 50 percent reduction in required
parking (reducing it to one space for every
two apartments).
The committee recommended that
the Residential Permit Parking program
(RPP) be extended to the surrounding
area, with permits to be paid for by the
project applicants and project residents to
be ineligible for permits. The committee
also felt that if parking was to be reduced,
the project applicant should pay for free or
discounted transit passes for all residents, as
well as for car-share membership for on-site
car-share vehicles. Last, the committee felt
that the project needed to recognize the risk
of pedestrian-bicycle conflicts with this
highly bicycle-friendly project and provide
prominently marked bicycle paths both
along the greenbelt extension to Telegraph
and from Telegraph to the building entrance.
Each of these recommendations will be
reviewed and voted on by the RCPC board.
Land Use
Committee
from page 3
Temescal border is moving forward in the
City’s administrative process. Between
bicycle advocates enthralled by every
apartment having a bike rack and committee
members pleased with being able to approve a
building with what they felt was an appealing
design, the Design Review Committee’s
September 30 hearing on the project was
little less than a love-fest.
Those few neighbors who showed up to
complain that the project was out of scale
for the surrounding single-family residences
were brushed aside, as were those concerned
about too much traffic on Clarke and
Redondo Streets.
The project applicant has asked that the
project be exempted from environmental
review due to its being urban infill and
close to two transit stations (the Rockridge
and MacArthur BART stations). However,
the project site is more than a half-mile
from either station. It appears no decision
has been reached yet on whether to grant
the exemption request. If the exemption is
approved, the project could come to the
Planning Commission for final approval as
early as next month.
With that in mind, the Land Use
Committee reviewed the project at its
October meeting. The committee believes
that the project should not be exempted
from environmental review, especially due
to its proximity to the already-congested
51st and Telegraph intersection, which will
be impacted both by this project and by the
already-approved Merrill Gardens, Temescal
Apartments, and Shops at the Ridge projects.
Together, those projects will add literally
hundreds of daily trips to the intersection
Route 01B,D: Chabot Road beginning
across from the tennis courts at 6885
extending to just past Marie Way.
Email smontauk@gmail.com or call
510/547-3855 to volunteer. Be sure to mention
the route number.
☛ If you have comments on the project,
send them via e-mail to either landuse@
rockridge.org or chair@rockridge.org.
☛ You may also send comments to Mike
Rivera, the Oakland planner assigned
to the project. His e-mail is mrivera@
oaklandnet.com and his phone number
is 510/238-6417.
☛ The Nautilus Group contact is
Brian Caruso. His e-mail is bcaruso@
nautilusgrp.com and his phone number
is 510/213-6226.
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13.
November 7, 2015
at rockridge OUT & ABOUT
Yarn Poll Gives a Sense of Community Views
People passing by RCPC’s booth at October’s Out and About
festival were invited to take a few moments to register their
opinions about elements of the neighborhood and The Rockridge
News via a string poll.
Devised by RCPC chair Brendan Havener-Daughton, the poll
presented statements about a variety of community topics listed
on an easel and invited people to indicate their agreement or
disagreement with the statement by looping a section of yarn around
one of four pins below each statement. The location of the pins under
the statement indicated the degree of the respondent’s agreement
with it. Residents and non-residents were invited to participate.
Residents were given a length of purple yarn, non-residents were
given yellow yarn. Poll results are presented in the tables below.
RCPC boardmember Laura Schlichtmann describes the
polling process to potential participants, and encourages
them to participate. The questions on one side of the board
concerned public safety, while the other asked about the
content and impact of The Rockridge News.
Participant’s eye view of the public safety section of the
easel and its yarn patterns. /Don Kinkead
I feel safe
Police
presence is
We need
Public spaces
The private
I support
Crime
prevention
strategies are
more
community
are well-lit
patrols are
video
surveillance in
Public
Safety
adequate
effective
dialogue
the business
working
district
Strongly Agree
59
24
48
26
8
40
3
Somewhat Agree
34
35
26
50
57
25
68
Somewhat Disagree
11
33
26
22
26
23
23
Strongly Disagree
0
12
4
6
13
16
10
Total Public Safety: 104 Responses — 62% Rockridge Resident; 38% Non-Resident
I read the
The articles
I am
interested in
The RN
is critical
RN
in the RN
are relevant
Rockridge News
(RN)
The RN
keeps me
in touch
with the
community
Strongly Agree
20
7
7
10
9
Somewhat Agree
4
14
3
13
13
Somewhat Disagree
0
3
5
1
2
Strongly Disagree
0
0
9
0
0
contributing
to our
community
to the RN
Total RN: 21 Responses — 96% Rockridge Resident; 4% Non-Resident
Balloons with boy; Out
and About /Don Kinkead
14.
November 7, 2015
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15.
November 7, 2015
Jazz At The Chimes
Featuring virtuoso jazz flutist John Calloway with pianist
Ken Cook and percussionist Eric Mendez. Caribbean,
Jazz and Brazilian styles and original music. Sunday,
Nov. 15, 2 pm. Tickets at the door (cash only) beginning
12:30pm (doors open 1:30): $15 general; $10 srs. (60+)
and students. Refreshments and reception follows to
meet the performers. Info at www.johncalloway.com The
concert series honors the individual stories and unique
artistry of Bay Area jazz musicians in a landmarked Julia
Morgan venue: Chapel of the Chimes, 4499 Piedmont
Ave. Wheelchair accessible. Free parking. More
info: www.jazzatthechimes.com, chimesjazz@gmail.
com or 654-0123.
Calif College of The Arts (Cca):
Holiday Arts and Crafts Fair
Shop for one-of-a-kind, affordable gifts made by students,
alumni and staff: Ceramics, hand-blown glass, jewelry,
clothing, photos, textiles, paintings and more. Live jazz
and holiday treats. Sat., Nov 21, 11am to 3pm. CCA
campus, 5212 B’way, main walkway. Info 594.3600 or
www.cca.edu/.
Square Dance In North Oakland
Music by The Squirrelly String Band. Calling by Jordan
Ruyle (with occasional guest performers). 1st Fridays
each month, 8 –10pm. All levels welcome; all dances
taught on the spot. $5-10 sliding scale donation. The
Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library, 6501 Telegraph Ave.
Info: squirrellystringband.com.
North Oakland Senior Center
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
Greater Rockridge Neighborhood
Crime Prevention Council (NCPC)
Discuss crime and public safety with reps of OPD. 2nd
Thurs. each month (Nov.12) 7:30pm. Topic: Community
Policing. Rockridge Library, College and Manila. More info:
www.rockridgencpc.com or chair@rockridgencpc.com.
Rockridge Branch Library
5366 College Avenue, 597-5017
FOR CHILDREN
(also welcome to come empty-handed). Third Sat.
each month (11/21), 1 to 5pm; wheelchair-accessible.
Sponsored by the Calif. Writers Club, Berkeley branch.
Info: 420-8775 or Writefox@aol.com.
y
y Lawyers in the Library: Free legal advice and
referrals. 1st Tues each month, 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.
y
y Games Day at the Library; Play classic games,
strategic games, and even jigsaw puzzles. Local game
designers will bring their home-grown games for you
to play-test. Bring your friends. Sat, 11/21, 3 to 5pm.
GALLERY EXHIBIT (upstairs)
Nov: Oakland Art Association: Paintings.
LIBRARY HOURS
Tues, 12:30 to 8pm.
Wed, Thurs & Sat: 10am to 5:30pm.
Fri, 12 to 5:30pm.
Closed: Sun. and Mon and Thurs & Fri, Nov 26 & 27.
Diesel Book/Poetry Readings/Events
FREE and open to the public.
y
y Family Story Time: Stories/songs/rhymes (to age
5); Saturdays, 10:30am
y
y Pre-School Story Time: (ages 2 to 5); Thursdays,
10:30am.
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 CALLING ALL ‘TWEENS: Young Writers NaNo
WriMo 2015 (annual Novel Writing Month): Rockridge
will host a local group of young writers participating
in the Young Writers’ Project (YWP) NaNoWriMo.
Can you write a novel in 30 days? Here’s the chance
to find out. If you have signed up at school, or if you
want to try it on your own, contact Erica (597-5017) to
get more info about participating. Snacks, motivation,
and camaraderie provided free of charge to all writers
ages 9 to 14. Every Tues. in Nov., 6:30 - 7:45 pm.
y
y Sun, 11/8, 3pm. Poetry Flash, with guest poets
Rebecca Foust and Susan Terris.
y
y Tues, 11/10, 6:30pm. Publication Party for Julie Barton:
Dog Medicine: How My Dog Saved Me from Myself.
y
y Medicare Seminar for Boomers: HICAP presents
important info you need to know when changing or
choosing your plan during Open Enrollment (now thru
Dec. 7). Tues, Nov. 10, 10:30am.
y
y Thurs, 11/12, 6:30pm. Wally Rudolph: Mighty, Mighty.
y
y Tues, 11/17, 6:30pm. Steven Hill: Raw Deal: How
the “Uber Economy” and Runaway Capitalism Are
Screwing American Workers.
y
y Play Art Games During International Games Day.
Saturday, 11/21, 3 to 4pm. Kids ages 5 to 12. Play
games that stretch your powers of observation and
creation. All materials provided.
FOR TEENS
y
y Yosemite 2016 Preview: Bring your roommate and
learn about our signature trip to Yosemite by Amtrak
in May, 2016. We have 15 rooms reserved in Yosemite
Lodge for 3 days/ 2 nights. Thurs, Nov 19, 10:30am.
RSVP for all programs at 597-5085. Annual $12 mem-
bership entitles seniors 55 + to discounts on activities
and trips. Mon. – Fri., 9am to 4:30pm. 5714 Martin Luther
King, Jr. Way. Subscribe to “The North Oakland Senior
Times” for full schedule of classes/events, lunch menus,
and volunteer opportunities. Info: 597- 5085.
Temescal Farmers’ Market
Open Sundays, 9am to 1pm (all year). Locally grown
fruits and vegetables; fresh ranch eggs; home-made
bakery items; fresh cut flowers; unique prepared foods,
fresh locally caught fish, handcrafts and more. Sample
the goods; meet the grower; learn about unique food
varieties and cooking tips; live music. Bring your own
reusable bags. 5300 Claremont Ave. (off Telegraph)
at DMV parking lot.
y
y Sun, 11/22, 1 to 4:14pm. Thank You Pie Party. We’ll
serve free pie and drinks to our customers and their
friends in thanks for many years of support: All books
will be 20% off.
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 Mon, 11/23, 6:30pm. Daniel Alarcon: graphic novel
City of Clowns.
y
y Fri, 12/4, 6:30pm. Special installment of Poetry
Flash, with guest poets Maxine Hong Kingston,
Fred Marchant, Jane Mead and Jean Valentine
DIESEL, A Bookstore, 5433 College Ave. More info (other
events and discussion groups): 653-9965 or events@
dieselbookstore.com.
Alice Waters at Market Hall
Book signing, conversations, and tastings with Alice
Waters for her new book My Pantry: Homemade Ingre-
dients That Make Simple Meals Your Own. Sat., 11/ 28,
1 – 2pm. Rockridge Market Hall /The Pasta Shop, 5655
College Ave. 250-6005 or www.rockridgemarkethall.com.
y
y Teen ‘Scape: Join other teens every Wednesday 1:30
- 4:30pm for playing video & board games, making
crafts, and enjoying light snacks.
y
y SAT Preparation Workshop: Administrated by
Achieve Learning & Resource Center; 11/14, 12 – 4 pm.
y
y International Game Day: participate in a video game
tournament on 11/21, 1pm.
y
y Jewelry Making Workshop: make bracelets with
scrabble letters, Dec 9, 2pm.
FOR ADULTS
y
y Writers Support/Critique Group: All writers wel-
come. Bring 15 copies of up to 5 pgs. (double-spaced,
MS margins) of any prose for on-site reading/discussion
Each office is independently owned and operated.
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