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Sunday, October 9:
Out and About. A Day
of Live Music, Street
Entertainment,
Gourmet Food,
and More.
Coming August 2:
National Night Out.
Plan and Register Your
Block’s Party by July
15– Details, page 4
.
Rockridge Gearing up for 10th Out & About Fest!
Popular Street Fair Returns Sunday, October 9
The Ro ck r idge D ist r ict
Association (RDA) is gearing
up for its 10th Rockridge Out &
About fair. The ever-popular street
fair revs up Sunday, October 9. A
festive, family-oriented event, it
showcases Rockridge as a great
place to live, work, shop and play.
Mark your calendar now.
This year’s events stretch over
several blocks of College Avenue,
starting at Manila and running
up to Alcatraz to include the new
Safeway store and plaza.
The event will blend crowd
National Night Out August 2,
2016: Spotlight on 62nd Street
favorites with new activities
promising fun and enrichment for
all, including: live music on multiple
stages; Market Hall’s annual Picnic
& Dance; the always-exciting
Kinetic Arts Center Circus Stage;
artisan booths; wellness activities;
and tons of fun for the kids.
Wa t c h  f o r  a d d i t i o n a l
programming details to come soon,
including a special commemoration
of the Oakland Firestorm’s 25th
Anniversary, also in October.
Event Info: rockridgeoutand-
about.com.
Presenting a large-scale street fair free to the public is no easy task. Festival
organizers are seeking sponsors to make it all possible. Interested? Email
festival co-producer Samee Roberts, samee@rockridgeoutandabout.com or
call 510/550-4804. Your support will be acknowledged in festival marketing
and on-site during the event.
by Carrie Crespo, 62nd Street
National Night Out (NNO) is an annual community
building campaign developed by the National
Association of Town Watch that “promotes police-
community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie to
make our neighborhoods safer, better places to live.” The
National Night Out program culminates annually on the
first Tuesday of August when neighbors participate across
thousands of communities from all 50 states, U.S. territories
and military installations, and Canada, as detailed on the
organization’s website: https://natw.org/about.
Many Rockridge
➧➧Spotlight on 62nd Street, page 4
Fire Destroys Cole Hardware’s
Mission Street Location
Store Sites Accepting
Donations for
Displaced Neighbors;
Further Statement
and Photo Page 8
Joint Meeting: OPD Foot Patrols; Neighborhood
Law Atty; Domestic Violence Safe House; ’Quakes
Cole Hardware owner
Rick Karp announces:
We have set up our Coins
for the Community spare
change jars and POS (point
of sale) prompt donations for
the residents displaced from
the fire, where 100 percent of
the funds collected will go
directly to the victims who
lost their homes.
Thank you for your
support. We will provide
updates in the future.
by Laura Schlichtmann, RCPC
The audience at April’s joint RCPC/
NCPC (Neighborhood Crime
Preventon Council) meeting were
introduced to College Avenue’s newly
assigned OPD foot patrol officer,
Ofc. Ryan Jensen, and heard CRO
(Community Resource Officer)
Anthony Hutzol discuss recent crime
trends in the neighborhood.
NCPC then introduced Farrah
Hussein, the new Neighborhood Law
/D. Kinkead
/D. Kinkead
C o l e - R o c k r i d g e
Counterman Eric Filippi
highlights a donation jar
at the front counter.
CRO Anthony Hutzol
➧➧Joint Meeting, page 10


July 2, 2016
2.

Broadway Pollinator Garden Needs
New Community Leadership, Support

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The Rockridge News, founded March 1986 by Don
Kinkead, is published monthly (except in August)
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.
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The Broadway side of the Pollinator Garden looking north from Keith Avenue
at Broadway toward Hwy 24.                                                                 /Gordon Piper

to assume leadership in partnering with
Caltrans on this distinctive public garden
serving Rockridge residents and area
pollinators.
Piper noted the Broadway Garden
features an automated drip irrigation system,
and that Caltrans helps in picking up green
waste from the Garden. The garden features
hundreds of roses, salvia, agapanthus,
succulents and other attractive flowering
shrubs and trees. A number of Rockridge
area residents have helped Piper and the
Oakland Landscape Committee in recent
years in working with crews of high school
The flourishing garden enjoys
Caltrans support and services
Enjoy gardening? One of Rockridge’s
special gardens, the Broadway Pollinator
Garden located at the intersection of
Broadway and Keith Avenues, just south of
Highway 24, is looking for a new Adopt-
A-Highway sponsor to take over from the
Oakland Landscape Committee. Oakland
Landscape Committee Chair Gordon
Piper has helped over the last 10 years in
the development and maintenance of the
Broadway Pollinator Garden, but now seeks
a Rockridge area resident or organization
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➧➧Pollinator Garden, page 12

Find more about pollinator gardens and the resources and support available for them at: https://www.
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Rockridge were favorable to the proposal.
RCPC submitted a letter noting the
neighborhood’s concerns and suggesting that
the new bar should retain the same hours as
Barclay’s did. The letter also proposed that
if the license was to be expanded to include
liquor, the pub have written policies in place
to ensure that drinking-related problems
would not result (a so-called “alcohol
management plan”). RCPC has received no
response to its letter and has not heard of any
final decision on the use permit modification.
The next Land Use Committee meeting is tentatively
set for Wednesday, July 27, 7:30 p.m., at the Rockridge
Branch Library, 2nd floor. Check the RCPC website at
www.rockridge.org the week before for the agenda.
residents. The City received at least 300
email responses, many of which opposed
either the longer hours, the addition of liquor,
or both. In addition, the State Alcoholic
Beverage Commission (ABC) also received
numerous complaints about the license
transfer/amendment, and will apparently
now hold a hearing on the application.
The majority of comments on Next Door
Land Use Update
by Stuart Flashman, RCPC Land Use
Committee co-chair
■
■Site of Current Barclay’s Pub,
5940 College Avenue
The proposal to replace Barclay’s with a
new pub, but one that would also serve liquor
and might stay open later than midnight,
generated a strong reaction from nearby
■
■Nautilus Mixed-Use Project,
Telegraph Avenue Between
51st Street & Claremont Avenue
The Planning Commission approved
this 204-unit mixed-use project after the
applicant had incorporated several changes
suggested by RCPC. Unfortunately, the
Commission would not consider limiting the
use of on-street residential parking permits
by occupants of the project, although the
project sponsor was not opposed to such a
restriction. (Commissioners may have been
influenced by one speaker’s reference to a
state Attorney General opinion critical of
ordinances that impose blanket bans on
residential parking permits for multi-family
housing.)  The Commission’s refusal to act
on this point places at risk those neighbors,
FORL Seeks a New Board Member
The Friends of the Rockridge Library
(FORL) is seeking a candidate to fill
an open seat on our board. Our all-volunteer
board collaborates with library management
and staff to fund programs and resources
not covered under the library budget. In
particular, we’re looking for a candidate who
is interested in helping us grow our donor
base. That person may have a strong sales or
communications background, a comfort with
public speaking, can balance tenacity with
persuasion, and enjoys building relationships
and communicating the value of the library
to potential supporters. 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 5-6 times a year on Tuesday nights.
Please contact Carol Bieri at cbieri@pacbell.
net with your interest.
There is good news about the library. According
to a note taped to the front door, pictured at
left, “The Library will reopen July 6, 2016.” A
more formal version of the message is posted on the
Rockridge Branch’s website at http://oaklandlibrary.org/
news/2016/05/oakland-public-library-s-rockridge-branch-
close-temporarily-repairs-updated. That posting lists the
work done as interior painting, carpet replacement,
and some light fixture replacement, and credits project
funding from the Mello-Roos special tax district paid
by Rockridge area property owners.             — Editor
➧➧Land Use Update, page 10
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5295 Broadway Terrace
Proposal: Renovations to Country Club
facilities, including:  Main Clubhouse - addition
of 334 square foot expansion to women’s locker
room; Golf Pro Shop and Cart Shed - demolition
of both structures and rebuild as one two-level
structure with pro-shop above and cart storage
below; Tennis Pavilion - partial demolition and
remodel; Site Work - miscellaneous site work,
extension of new accessible pathways, includes
removal and replacement of seven trees.
Applicant / Phone Number:  Mike Mussano for
Ward-Young Architects, 925/283-3278
Owner:  Claremont Country Club
Planning Permits Required: Regular Design
Review for the renovation, including additions,
demolition and reconstruction of country club
facilities, and miscellaneous site work; and
Minor Conditional Use Permit to expand the
floor area of a legal and non-conforming activity.
Historic Status:  OCHS Rating, A3.
Case Planner:  Ann Clevenger, 510/238-6980
or aclevenger@oaklandnet.com


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4.

Host a National
Night Out Party
The City of Oakland welcomes the
participation of any neighborhood or
community group in National Night Out,
and encourages you to utilize this event as a
way to bring people together and to have fun.
Go to https://solar.oaklandnet.com/go/
nno to register by July 15, and to receive
giveaways for the kids, and a special gift
for the host.
National Night Out 2016
National Night Out
Research shows that when neighbors
know each other, neighborhoods are
safer. Sponsored by the National Association
of Town Watch (natw.org), NNO is America’s
night out and a time for neighbors to get
together to have a block party, ice cream
social, potluck, or other outdoor event to
build neighborhood spirit and unity, which
is the first defense against crime.
Coalition, which fights human trafficking
(BAHC info: http://www.heatwatch.org/
heat_watch/what_we_do/bahc).
RCPC encourages surrounding streets in
Rockridge to stop by the 400 block of 62nd
Street. Support the event: Buy a pizza and
join the community crime prevention effort.
Following is the schedule of activities:
Spotlight on
62nd Street
from page 1
residents have helped organize NNO events
on their street in past years with the event
becoming a forum for neighbors to meet
each other as well as meet visiting elected
officials while learning about new policing
activity and getting departmental updates.
One Rockridge street in particular has
gained recognition for its creativity with
regard to community organizing for the event.
Since 2013, the National Night Out event
on the 400 block of 62nd Street has featured
food trucks, music and a bounce house for
kids. The street has hosted a variety of food
vendors, invited mayoral candidates for meet-
and-greets, provided residents with updates
from Town Hall meetings on safety as well
as information about volunteer opportunities
in Oakland. This neighborhood’s celebration
Carrie Crespo
■
■6:30 - 9 p.m.: Pizza service and bounce
house open.
62nd Street celebrated National Night
Out in 2014 under a canopy of trees.
has grown in attendance over the years.
In March, RCPC announced a call for
proposals for its community grants program.
RCPC has approved a proposal to help
support the event which would allow Fist of
Flour Pizza Company of Oakland to have
their mobile oven and sell pizzas on the 400
block of 62nd Street during this year’s NNO
festivities: Pricing is $18 for a whole pizza,
$10 for half a pizza, $6 for a quarter pizza.
Also, there will be a discussion at the
event about the current City Council measure
regarding Independent Police Oversight and
information about the Bay Area H.E.A.T.
■
■7 p.m.: National Night Out officially
starts
■
■7:45 p.m.: Presentations on police
oversight and BHAC
■
■8:15 - 8:45 p.m. (approximate) Dan
Kalb (scheduled) and OPD stop by
and talk with residents
■
■9 p.m.: Event wraps
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Volunteers Help Keep Rockridge and Greenbelt Healthy

by Leonora Sea, chair, DMV Neighbors, and RCPC board member
Next time you walk through
the stretch of the Rockridge
Temescal Greenbelt between
Clifton and Cavour streets, you
may notice that the tree canopy
is healthier and more open, that
your dog’s coat sports many
fewer foxtails, that the area is
almost trash-free, and that the
blackberry and ivy jungle is less
intimidating.
For these improvements to
the Greenbelt and creek, I’d like
to thank the group of Rockridge
neighbors and members from the
DMV Neighbors Association,
who spent the morning of June
18 weeding, picking up trash,
pruning, digging, and making
this section of the park ready for
summer fun.
Especially wonderful was
the participation of Luciano
Cortes-Nicholas, who took care
of the park for the Oakland Parks
Department for many years
before his retirement in 2014.
Luciano is a Master Gardener
and knows the park very well. It
was a pleasure to have him join
us with his expertise, and give
gentle and graceful instruction
on the care of many of the plants.
The June Interim Cleanup
comes roughly midway between
Earth Day in April and Creek-to
Bay Day in September (hence
the “Interim”). In some years
this is the only organized volun-
teer cleanup event between those
two days, and it’s important to
keeping this part of the park
Rockridge neighbors and DMV Neighbors Association
members spent one morning in June on an interim cleanup
of the Rockridge Temescal Greenbelt.                  Leonora Sea
and creek on Creek-to-Bay Day,
part of International Coastal
Cleanup Day on September 17.
See you then.
healthy and safe.
If you missed this cleanup,
you still have a chance to help
clean and green the Greenbelt
Volunteering How-To
How difficult is it to find a local project to
volunteer for? Locksley Avenue resident
Andrew Burnson, at right, found no difficulty
at all. Equipping himself with a day-glo vest, a
trash-picker and a trash bag, he began cleaning
up the recurring litter at the Locksley and Forest
corner. “I just like things clean,” he said. When
Locksley and the Locksley Gardens area get
cluttered, he gets to work. Andrew has lived in
Rockridge for three months.
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6.

Eyes on Rockridge
wife used to cut up the marshmallows with
her sewing scissors,” she added.
“What’s the next ice cream store?” Vijay
wanted to know. And we were off to Cream,
where he got to pick from among a variety
of mini-versions of their ice cream cookie
sandwiches which they brought out to the
sidewalk on a tray. Several passers-by were
eager to join in, mistakenly thinking they
were offering samples.
After explaining that Cream was begun
by two brothers in 2010, and only opened
in Rockridge last year, Kay said that both
the ice cream sandwich and the ice cream
cone were reportedly invented in New
York City around 1900.  “Before then you
really couldn’t walk around with ice cream,
you had to eat it in the shop” – probably a
shoppe in those days!
Speaking of shoppes, we continued on
to Powell’s Sweet Shoppe, just over the
Rockridge border, modeled after candy
and ice cream parlors of yesteryear.  Begun
in 2006, the Rockridge version opened in
2010. “Here we’re going to have gelato
rather than ice cream,” Kay told us.
 Gelato is the Italian word for frozen,
she said. It has less fat and less air than
ice cream and can be served at a warmer
temperature, which enhances the flavor.
The group then retired to some seats at
the back of the store, to watch snippets
Out- of-Town Families Warm Up to
Neighborhood Ice Cream Tour
by Judith Doner Berne
Getting the scoop on the Neighborhood
Heritage Ice Cream tour took only
an hour and a walk along several College
Avenue blocks.
I met guide Linda Kay and two of the
three families signed up for the tour (one
was a no-show) outside Dreyer’s Grand
Ice Cream parlor at 3 p.m. on a splendid
Sunday afternoon in early June.
The ice cream tour, starting its second
summer, is an offshoot of the more extensive
and adult Rockridge Neighborhood
Heritage & Walking Food Tour, a mile-
and-a-half route that encompasses six
stops over two hours along College Avenue,
spilling over to a few nearby neighborhood
streets.
That tour, offered at 11 a.m. Sundays,
can also be booked by private groups. For
instance, on a recent Tuesday, a group of
freelance food writers from six countries
learned a bit of Rockridge history and
visited  A-16, Market Hall, La Farine, Ver
Brugge, Zachary’s and Dreyer’s.
Both are the brainchild of Lauren
Herpich, who with her husband headed
directly for an apartment in Rockridge
when they moved from Chicago in 2013.
Expecting their first child and priced out
of houses here, they are now in Lafayette
where she worries that their eight- month-
old won’t be exposed to the diversity
Oakland offers when he’s ready for school.
Herpich, who used to lead all the tours
before she became a mother, now limits
herself to one or two a month and employs
three free-lance guides. “It’s a side job for
them.” The Sunday ice cream tour “is sold
out every week,” she told me over lunch at
child-friendly High Peaks Kitchen. “It’s
a big hit with families. People try to find
things to do in summer.”
That was definitely the case for Pierre
Bull, Ariana Rickard and their nearly two-
year-old son Dimitri, who live in Pleasant
Hill. To escape the heat, “We are always
looking for things to do on this side of the
hills in summer,” Bull told me.
And it was an eighth birthday
celebration for Vishwa Krishnaswamy of
San Francisco whose parents, Thilee and
Ranjani, also invited his seven-year-old
cousin Vijay, who lives in Moutain View,
to join them.
Tour guide Kay, who has a degree in
food communication and has led food tours
in Europe and in Virginia, began in the
shadows of Dreyer’s by asking everyone
to name their favorite ice creams. We got
a pistachio, salted caramel, mango and
praline from adults and a mint and “I have
five, starting with chocolate chip,” from
the cousins.
“I hope you’ll be open to trying new
flavors,” Kay said, as they moved inside
and sat down to sample Rocky Road, which
Dreyer’s lays claim to having invented.
Founder William Dreyer, she said, opened
this first and only ice cream parlor in 1928.
Rocky Road, a combination of chocolate
and marshmallow, was named, not for the
area, but because of how rocky things were
as the Great Depression took hold. “His
➧➧A Cool Tour, page 7
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Krishnaswamys were excited
by the many dining options
they saw as they walked.
Herpich has tweaked the
tour since last year, giving
out smaller ice cream samples
– half scoops and mini-
sandwiches. “We started out
offering too much. I don’t
want it to be a sugar tour,”
she said. And she requires at
least one adult for every four
youngsters because “We’re
not a babysitter.”
I was surprised that
Smitten Ice Cream wasn’t
A Cool Tour
from page 6
from the original Willy Wonka and the
Chocolate Factory film, which apparently
plays non-stop.
“We absolutely love” being part of the
ice cream tour,” Shahrazad Junblat, Powell’s
owner, told me. “It’s an opportunity for a
food tour for children. We get to introduce
people to gelato and we get to talk about
our history. Powell’s is about memories,”
she said. “What you ate as a child; what
your parents ate as children.”
 Although the food tour often includes
new residents of Rockridge, nearly all
sign-ups for the ice cream tour are from
elsewhere, Herpich said. But both couples
on this tour said they would be back.
“This was good. We don’t really know
this neighborhood,” Rickard said. And the
Photo right, upper: Cousins Vijay, 7,
and Vishwa Krishnaswamy, 8, make
themselves comfortable as they enjoy
ice cream sandwiches at Cream, one of
three stops on the summer-time ice
cream tour.
Right: Dimitri Bull, even at 22 months,
has got the “pin wheel” motion of
eating an ice cream sandwich down
pat. A clean face is not required.
Photos: Judith Donar Berne

part of the experience, but according to
Herpich, their individually made-to- order
ice creams, as novel as they are, would take
too long to concoct. And, she said: “I think
three stops is just perfect for kids.”
For more information, go to
rockridgefoodtour.com. One dollar
from each ticket purchased goes to the
Alameda County Community Food Bank.
  To comment on this column or to
suggest topics for future stories on your
Rockridge neighbors or neighborhood,
email judyberne@att.net.


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8.

Fire Destroys Cole Hardware Mission Street Location
On Saturday, June 18, a raging fire gutted
our Mission neighborhood store at 3312
Mission Street. Opened in 1984, this was the
second of our five locations. We are grateful no
one was injured and we were able to relocate
all of our staff members into our other stores.
Unfortunately, nearly 60 residents of the
surrounding apartments were displaced by
the fire. To help these neighbors, all our stores
are collecting funds through our Coins for the
Community program. We’re working with
the Mission Economic Development Agency
to ensure that 100 percent of money collected
will go directly to the fire victims. Cash can
be donated in our “spare change” jars at each
register or through a credit or debit card during
checkout.
The outpouring of support we have received
from the community has been overwhelming
and greatly appreciated. We are very happy to
be a part of the vibrant Rockridge district and
hope to be a part of the Mission neighborhood
again soon.       ~The Cole Hardware Crew

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move that process forward. I have asked the
Director of Public Works to look into this
and get back to me post haste.
While the costs to the city to administer
the RPP program have steadily risen over the
past 30 years, there have been only two fee
increases approved during that time frame.
Consequently, the Council did approve the
Administration’s request to bring the fee for
the new permits up to the amount needed
for full cost-recovery of the permit issuance
program. However, because that jump in
the fee was large all at once, I pushed back
on the 2015 proposed RPP fee increases.
Because of my actions, the RPP renewal
fee is $59 instead of the $82 that had been
proposed. I was also successful in knocking
down the daily guest parking pass fee from
the proposed $9 to $5 per day.
When someone violates the RPP parking
restrictions, they should receive a parking
ticket (a fine) for parking illegally—no
different from parking in a red zone or at
an expired meter. Tickets for residential
parking violations are issued by the same
parking enforcement staff as the rest of
the parking enforcement within the city.
The enforcement costs of RPP parking are
combined with all other parking enforcement
expenses and apply to any and all types of
parking infractions. The fines for all parking
enforcement are based in large part on
deterring illegal behavior and are separate
from any RPP administrative program
equation. Fees and fines are not commingled
when determining costs of a given program.
My staff and I will continue to monitor
the enforcement situation to ensure that
residents in RPP zones who have a permit are
able to park on their own street, while those
without permits are limited to the posted
number of hours.
— Dan Kalb, Oakland City
Councilmember, District One
Letters to the Editor
The Rockridge News welcomes
posted letters and emails to the
editor. Your name, address, phone
number, email address and city/neigh-
borhood must be included in either
for verification. Only your name will
appear with your letter. Letters may
be edited for clarity and brevity at the
editor’s discretion. Views expressed in
any letter are the writer’s own, and may
not necessarily be shared by the editor,
or by RCPC.
some streets in RPP zones in Rockridge. It
is my belief that this is due to the significant
increase over the past year-and-a-half in the
number of streets that are now under the RPP
program, and the lack of additional staff to
do the ongoing enforcement.
A couple months back, I proposed that the
Administration
analyze the
s t a f f i n g
a n d  r o u t e
assignments
for the RPP
enforcement
s t a f f
t o
d e t e r m i n e
what might be
causing this
inconsistent
enforcement problem and how better to use
the parking enforcement staff to ensure fair
and adequate enforcement in all RPP zones.
While their analysis is still in progress, their
preliminary assessment appears to support
my call for additional parking enforcement
staff. That is why I proposed, successfully,
to add one additional parking enforcement
officer in the mid-cycle budget that we’ve just
adopted. After the Administration completes
the analysis, we may need to add a second
new parking control officer.
Other residents want their street added
into the RPP program and have submitted
the requisite number of petition signatures.
However, due in large part to the staff
shortages, the city has not yet been able to
Editor’s Note:
In the June issue of The Rockridge News,
a letter from J. Lawrence was published
in which the writer called for a reply to an
earlier letter sent in December, 2015, which
asserted that revenues from Residential
Permit Parking (RPP) sales would be
sufficient to meet program costs – even at
the permit rates in effect in fiscal year 2010-
2011  –  if the city efficiently and consistently
enforced the RPP area time limitations.
Informed of the December letter, Dan
Kalb replied that he had put in a request for
additional cost information. J. Lawrence’s
June letter confirmed problems with
inconsistent or non-existent enforcement,
similar to those pointed out in the 2015 letter.
The letter came too close to press time for
Kalb to reply, and he was promised space in
the July issue. His letter follows.
Analysis is still in process, but
indications are of a need for
more staff.
Editor:
Here is some updated information on the
residential parking permit (RPP) challenges
facing many Rockridge residents.
I’ve received a number of inquiries and
complaints over the past few months about
the apparent lack of parking enforcement on
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Land Use Update

NCPC Meeting: August 11, Rockridge Library, 7:30

from page 3
Our August meeting will have a presentation from Restorative
Justice for Oakland Youth (RJOY) on “Building
Alternatives to Youth Incarceration.”
RJOY has had programs at three school sites: West Oakland
Middle School; Ralph Bunche Continuation School; and a
three-year demonstration program at East Oakland’s Castlemont
Community of Small Schools funded by a grant from The
California Endowment’s Building Healthy Communities
Initiative. Goals of the demonstration program were to reduce
violence, arrests, and suspensions (particularly of youth of color)
while decreasing associated costs and promoting parent and
community engagement. / From the Restorative Justice website:
http://rjoyoakland.org/about/

especially the elderly or disabled, who are
dependent upon on-street parking. (The
project sponsor was not opposed to such a
restriction.) The Commission also refused
to direct that City-held fines from past code
violations at the site be set aside to mitigate
unexpected future project impacts. Again, the
project sponsor did not object to this provision.
After the project was approved, RCPC
met with the applicant and reached a separate
agreement – not involving the City – to address
the concerns just mentioned. That agreement
is currently being finalized, after which it will
be recorded against the property to secure the
permanent protections for the neighborhood
that the Commission was unwilling to provide.
RCPC appreciates the project sponsor’s
willingness to step up to the plate to ensure
that its project doesn’t happen at the expense
of the well-being of the project’s neighbors.
Find more NCPC
information: http://www.
rockridgencpc.com/
City planner Devan Reiff then updated
the audience on the city’s new Local Hazard
Mitigation Plan, and CORE program
coordinator Dena Gunning told attendees of
the availability and value of free CORE training
through the Fire Department that teaches block
groups to serve as their own first responders.
CORE information://www2.oaklandnet.com/
government/o/OFD/s/CORE/index.htm.
Joint Meeting
from page 1
Corps Attorney, who invited residents
with problems to contact her (fhussein@
oaklandcityattorney.org); and Claudia
Romero described A Safe Place, a domestic
violence protection/prevention program that
provides battered victims and their children
with safe shelter and resources (http://www.
asafeplacedvs.org/).
Next, the RCPC board screened a
demonstration of the Temblor.net website,
created by two USGS alums, which enables
individuals to estimate their property’s risk
of damage from earthquakes, liquefaction,
or landslides. (The RCPC board is interested
in learning neighbors’ questions and or
comments about Temblor. Visit the website,
then email info@rockridge.org with your
comments.)
■
■Construction Impacts Around
the Broadway/51st Street/
Pleasant Valley Intersection
With three major construction
projects happening around this busy
intersection, a certain amount of construction-
related impacts is predictable. Recognizing
this, the City required that each of the three
projects have a construction management
plan to prevent or mitigate these kinds of
impacts. Despite these plans, however, RCPC
is receiving complaints of parking and traffic
problems for the nearby residential streets,
including construction worker parking
overburdening on-street resident parking;
construction traffic; and cut-through traffic
on residential streets as cars try to bypass
congestion at the major intersections. It
appears that the projects’ construction
management plans either weren’t sufficiently
thought through, or are not being adequately
enforced. In either case, local residents are
paying the price. RCPC will be working with
neighbors and other local community groups
to try to get the City to take action to reduce
construction-related impacts, something
that was supposed to be guaranteed by the
conditions placed on the project approvals.
Norman H. Burg, DDS
General Dentistry
(510) 652-1517
5700 Broadway, Oakland
A Prevention Oriented Practice
Competition Continues To Drive Rockridge Prices in June

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

6/1/2016

3
1
5359 BELGRAVE PL
$975,000
$1,000,000
53
$1,000,000

6/3/2016
  4
3
427 Cavour
$1,595,000
$1,595,000
14
$2,025,000

6/13/2016

4     3     370 60TH ST
$1,395,000
$1,395,000
13
$1,740,000

6/14/2016
  3
1.5   6410 Regent Street
$1,200,000
$1,200,000
11
$1,785,000

6/14/2016
  2     1     5398 BRYANT AVE
$849,000
$849,000
13
$1,050,930

6/17/2016
  3
1
6225 Auburn
$985,000
$985,000
14
$1,330,000

6/17/2016

3     3     6011 ROCKRIDGE BLVD
$1,595,000
$1,595,000
15
$2,096,930

6/21/2016
  4     3     5244 LAWTON AVE
$1,495,000
$1,495,000
15
$1,700,000

Homes sold in June closed 26% over the asking price on average.


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July 2, 2016

A Thousand Words...
Claremont and
College Weeds:
Begone
The long-neglected weed
patch at the empty corner
of College and Claremont –
pictured far left – has been
mowed. At last. For some
reason, the area under the
redwood trees was left
uncut, with some piles of
weed clippings left behind.
Rockridge
Street Trees
Surveyed for
Ash Borer
Infestation
trimming their branches away from power lines, sometimes to the
detriment of the tree’s appearance.
A new threat to the trees has emerged: the ash borer. Likely
brought into the country in an unspecified load of wood, the borer
has put ash trees across the country at risk. To measure infestation,
Department of Agriculture contractors put traps (photo at left) in
various locations throughout Rockridge and other areas of Oakland,
posting notices on these selected “survey trees,” as pictured above.
According to a person reached at the contractor’s office,
occurrences of ash borers caught in a survey tree trap will be
reported to the agriculture department. The person did not know
what might happen after that.
Learn about the ash borer and other bothersome species at: http://
www.hungrypests.com/. Thank you to the alert neighbor who spotted
the notice and the trap and notified The Rockridge News.   — Editor
Ma n y  y e a r s  a g o ,
O a k l a n d ’ s
t r e e
s e r v i c e s  d e p a r t m e n t
listed the evergreen ash
as an approved street
tree. Residents of several
Rockridge streets found
the trees attractive and
arranged to have them
planted in front of their
homes.
The trees flourished and now
many of them keep PG&E busy
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Woodminster Opens Summer Musicals 50th Season
Woodminster Summer Musicals
are performed under the stars at
Woodminster Amphitheater, the open-air
performance facility in Joaquin Miller Park
at 3300 Joaquin Miller Road, high in the
Oakland hills. The park’s spectacular views
and serene woodsy environment made it
the perfect setting for the amphitheater,
cascades, reflecting pool, and paths origi-
nally built as a WPA project in 1939-40. For
many local families, it is a long-standing
summer tradition to enjoy a picnic in the
park and then see a musical at Woodminster.
Over the last 50 years, Producers
Associates has presented 157 productions,
entertaining about a million Woodminster
Summer Musicals audiences. The shows
have been performed by more than 5,000
actors, over 20 percent of them members
of Actors Equity Association, making the
organization one of the Bay Area’s most
reliable employers of professional actors.
The musicals have always been performed

with live professional orchestras, which
have included 23 different conductors and
over 1800 members of Musicians Local #6.
In addition, the organization has employed
25 professional set designers, 17 lighting
designers, 24 costume designers, 6 sound
technicians, 18 choreographers, 6 directors,
and over 1,500 young backstage interns.
The 2016 Season
The three musicals scheduled for the 2016
season are: Shrek The Musical; Chicago;
and La Cage aux Folles. All performances
start at 8 p.m.
The opening show of the 50th anniversary
season is Shrek The Musical, performed
July 8-17. The production will be directed
by Joel Schlader, with music direction by
Daniel Thomas and choreography by Jody
Jaron. The final dress rehearsal of Shrek The
Musical on July 7 will be open to the public.
Performance starts at 8pm; all tickets are $20
at the door; and seating is open, first-come,
first-choice. No group rates, Kids Come Free,
or other further discounts apply for the final
dress rehearsal. Gates open at 7 pm that night,
and audience members are welcome to bring
picnics and use any open tables.
Chicago will be presented from August
5-14: Directed by Joel Schlader, with
music direction by Daniel Thomas and
choreography by Lainie Sakakura
The third show, La Cage aux Folles, from
September 2-11: Directed by Joel Schlader,
with music direction by Michael Horsley and
choreography by Jody Jaron.
Tickets
Tickets for summer musicals at
Woodminster Amphitheater range from
$30 to $64 with a $2 discount for children
and seniors. Season tickets provide about a 15
percent discount over the single ticket prices.
Groups of 25 and more can purchase blocks
of seats for about half price, providing an
affordable outing or fundraiser for a service
group, or neighborhood association.
➧➧Woodminster Musicals, page 14
garden.”
Piper served on Oakland’s Keep Oakland
Beautiful Board (KOB) in 2006, when
Caltrans approached KOB about helping
to develop the Broadway Garden as a
distinctive public garden. Piper had developed
the Firestorm Memorial Garden in Hiller
Highlands on another Caltrans site, and
offered to work with area residents on the
development of the Broadway Pollinator
Garden.
“I hope a Rockridge resident or
organization will continue the work on this
exciting garden,” Piper noted. “I have enjoyed
helping to add many plants and new habitat
for wildlife in our community. I can provide
advice to the new sponsor on resources that
might help in developing or maintaining the
garden.”
For more information or to explore
serving as the new Adopt-A-Highway partner
for the Pollinator Garden, contact Oakland
Landscape Committee Chair Gordon Piper,
at 910-2969 or rgpiper33@gmail.com.
Pollinator
Garden
from page 2
students from the Alameda County Probation
Department Weekend Training Academy
program in periodic workdays in the Garden.
Piper pointed out that Caltrans has
provided him the paperwork necessary
to assist a new organization, business or
individual(s) that would assume the Adopt-
A-Highway sponsorship role in the Broadway
Pollinator Garden. “This could be a great way
for someone to help in supporting Rockridge
and pollinators such as bees, butterflies and
birds that enjoy the flowers in this public
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July 2, 2016

New Rockridge
News Routes
Open Along
Claremont Avenue
Summer has brought a number of
resignations from our volunteer delivery
corps. Two of the routes that we announced
in the June issue were grabbed up but we
have a couple more this month, both on
Claremont Avenue. Thanks to Alicia Rozum
who delivered to those routes; she hopes
someone will step forward to replace her.
Dropped it? Fix it: Phone Repair Hut
Axel Olson, left, and Oliver Lorenz are
20-somethings who have just opened
the Phone Repair Hut in the brightly hued
kiosk that once was a flower shop at 5319
College. The two, who became friends at
Berkeley City College, specifically targeted
Rockridge for their enterprise. “This is a
quaint place,” Olson told me. “We have a
boutique aesthetic.” They offer pick-up and
delivery and courtesy phones for customers
getting theirs repaired. Although open
only a couple of weeks, “We’ve been more
successful than we expected,” Olson said.
— Judith Doner Berne
Block Captain/
Route 21G
Odd numbers along
the 6000 block of
Claremont Avenue
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Both sides of 5200
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Block captains deliver door to door. It
takes about 15-20 minutes of your time the
first weekend of each month except August,
when the newsletter is not published. It’s a
great way to get some exercise and meet your
neighbors. Call 510/547-3855 or email Susan
at smontauk@gmail.com to sign up.
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Need Help Navigating the
Loan Process?
Home Loans-Refinance-PreApproval, David
Herrenbruck – Rockridge Resident. Call
510/981-9799, david@fishmanfinancial.net
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Looking for Writers
Six experienced writers of short stories and
memoir are looking for a seventh to join
us. We meet every other Tuesday evening
in lower Rockridge. Adele: 510/594-9686,
abmendels@gmail.com.
Ants, Rats, and Bed Bugs, Too
Bayside Pest Elimination, your green pest
control company, locally owned and operated.
Licensed, bonded, Insured. Lic. # PR6778.
www.baysidepestcontrol.com 510/717-3506.
Numerology Coaching
With Kathleen Lamoureux
Discover yourself through the power of your
numbers. Find out what’s going on in your life
and for you this year. Career. Relationships.
Finances. Relocation. Call 510.439.8594 or
go towww.numerologycoachkathleen.com
Wake Up and Feel the Qi!
Get more energy and feel great with safe,
revitalizing Qigong classes. Lake Temescal.
All levels experience/fitness. Friday morn-
ings. 7:30-8:15 AM. 1st class free. Broadway
Terrace Entrance. More information: Vicki@
wayofjoy.com 510/325-0993.
Your Personal Driver In
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Shopping, doctor appointments, airport. I’ll
take you where you need to go. Courteous,
reliable service. Extra care for the elderly.
510/841-2891 or c. 510/982-9757.
Singers Wanted!
The Rockridge Chorale Founded in 2003
performing in the Bay Area August 13 and
14 and at CARNEGIE HALL, JANUARY 16,
2017. Fun & Challenging Music Repertoire.
Rehearsals underway. Send inquiries to
Devi_jameson@rockridgechorale.org Web-
site: www.rockridgechorale.org
Local Professional
Dog Walking
Need your dog exercised during busy times?
We help you manage your pet care duties by
providing dog walking and pet visits to your
home. See our Yelp page. Oaklandpetcare.com
Delia 510/575-3280.
Deco Art Course Schedule,
5495 Claremont Ave
Collage and Doodling, July 23, 10-2 pm, $35.
August 5, First Friday drop-in, Collage and
Doodle, Women’s Creative Circle, 6-9 pm,
Sliding scale $5-25. RSVP 593-4574 or Car-
olinestern@sbc.global.net.
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.
September issue deadline is August 18. (The
paper does not publish in August.)
For information: smontauk@gmail.com
Summer Special!
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Come visit my salon in a serene garden set-
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House Repairs & Rehabs,
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Kitchen & bath remodel, tile, decks, dry rot,
drainage, walls, termite damage, doors, win-
dows. Professional work for affordable prices.
Local References Available. Lic#458473. Don
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Musicals
from page 12
Woodminster continues its popular Kids
Come Free program, where children and
teens 16 or younger attending with paying
adults can get free tickets on performance
nights. In its 25-year history, the Kids Come
Free program has provided over 43,000 free
tickets to young theater-goers.
Tickets are available by phone, 510/531-
9597, online at www.woodminster.com, or
in person at the amphitheater 11-4 daily or
at the box office before any performance.
For more information about tickets, other
discount programs, or about the plays or cast
and crews, call 510/531-9597 or go to www.
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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

events@dieselbookstore.com.
Jazz at the Chimes
“I Could Write a Book,” featuring Wesla Whitfield
and Mike Greensill with bassist John Wiitala per-
forming the story-telling songs of the Great American
Songbook - from Gershwin, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin to
Cy Coleman. Sun., 7/17, 2pm. Advance tickets at www.
brownpapertickets.com/event/2554823 or 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.weslawhitfield.com; www.mikegreensill.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.
Square Dance in North Oakland
Music by The Squirrelly String Band. Calling by
Jordan Ruyle. 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: squirrel-
lystringband.com.
North Oakland Senior Center
Programs include: Arts/crafts; health counseling;
dancing and exercise; trips, tours and theater outings;
Alzheimer’s caregivers support groups, computer
classes/more.

Community Calendar

Greater Rockridge N’hood Crime
Prevention Council (NCPC)
Discuss crime and public safety with reps of OPD.
Meets on the 2nd Thurs, in even-numbered months,
7:30pm: Next mtg. August 11. Rockridge Library,
5366 College (at Manila). Confirm mtg. at: www.
rockridgencpc.com or chair@rockridgencpc.com.
See details, page 10.
District 1 Councilman Dan Kalb
Drop-in Community Office Hours at the Temescal
Farmers Market, 5300 Claremont Ave. (off Tele-
graph) at DMV parking lot on the 3rd Sunday each
month,10:30am-12:30pm. For times and locations of
other office hours and more information from Dan
Kalb: www.dankalb.net/contactdan.
Rockridge Branch Library
5366 College Avenue, 597-5017
Closed for Renovations:
Scheduled to Reopen Wed., July 6.
FOR CHILDREN
Starting July 9: Story times: for babies, toddlers,
preschoolers, & children every Saturday at 10:30am
(except when live animals come to visit) and every
Thursday at 10:30am. All story times followed by Play
Time; parents and caregivers invited.
Sign up for the Summer Reading Program, or come
in & pick up your prizes all day any day we are open.
Special Events in July & August; for all ages,
(unless otherwise specified):
confirm: 597-5017.
y
y Writers Support/Critique Group: All writers
welcome. Bring 15 copies of up to 5 pgs. (dou-
ble-spaced, MS margins) of any prose for on-site
reading/discussion (also welcome to come emp-
ty-handed). Third Sat. each month, 1 to 5pm;
wheelchair-accessible. Sponsored by the Calif.
Writers Club of Berkeley. Info: 420-8775 or Write-
fox@aol.com. Call to confirm.
y
y National Night Out with the Bike Library: Tues,
Aug. 2, 5-7pm.The OPL Bike Library will be out and
about in the Rockridge neighborhood for National
Night Out. The Bike Library will liven up your block
party with free books, Wi-Fi, and a special craft.
Call Emily at 597-5017 if you want to ride with us or
to make sure we stop by your party. For all ages.
y
y Photo Walk with a photographer from the
Oakland Art Assoc.: Learn what makes truly
stunning photographs. Bring a digital camera or
smart phone so you can take your own photos.
Sat., Aug. 6, 11am. For all ages.
y
y Writers and Their Libraries: Join the Mystery
Writers of America and librarian Emily Weak to
learn how writers (aspiring as well as published) and
libraries can work together. Sat., Aug. 13, 11:30am
y
y Complete your own Advance Health Care
Directive: Free Comfort Homesake Workshop
shows ways of expressing your health care wishes
with your family (more info at 496-4574). Tues., July
19, 10am to noon. Pre-register at reception desk
or call 597-5085.
Annual $12 membership 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 sched-
ule 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. Live music. Bring
reusable bags. 5300 Claremont Ave. (off Telegraph)
at DMV parking lot.
*Note the second entry of the Calendar: District
1 Councilman Dan Kalb holds Drop-in Community
Office Hours at the Temescal Farmers Market. Bring
your questions and concerns.
y
y Designing your Bay-Friendly Garden with ReS-
cape: A free workshop on water-wise gardening,
with local experts from EBMUD. Coffee, tea, and
snacks provided. Sat, Aug.20, 11am.
LIBRARY HOURS
Tues, 12:30 to 8pm. Wed, Thurs & Sat: 10am to
5:30pm.
Fri, 12 to 5:30pm.
Closed: Sun and Mon; call 597-5017 for info on
other closed days.
Diesel Book/Poetry Readings
and Events
FREE and open to the public.
y
y Tues, 7/12, 7pm: Reading Buddies Pajama Party
(older kids read aloud to younger ones - in pajamas).
y
y Tues, 7/19, 7pm: Taiko Drums.
y
y Tues, 7/26, 7pm: Magical Nathaniel.
y
y Sat,7/30 10:30am: Montclair 4H - live animals.
y
y Tues, 8/2, 7pm: Circus of Smiles; clowning & tricks.
y
y Sat, 8/6,10:30am: Little Explorers Petting Zoo
- live animals.
y
y Thurs, 8/11,10:30am: Little Kid Olympics.
FOR TEENS
y
y Every Sat., 10:30am. Children’s Story Time: Join
booksellers Katherine and Brad for great stories,
fun songs, and silly rhymes. Ages 5 and under
(and parents).
y
y Teen Summer Passport Program: Sign up at www.
oaklandlibrary.org/summer to explore Bay Area
hot spots or review books, movies to win prizes.
y
y Thurs, 7/7, 6:30pm. The Young Writers’ Camp
read selections of their work.
y
y Rockridge Teen Advisory Board: Help advise
the library how to better serve teens -- and get
community service credit for school. 1 - 2pm, first
Sat. each month.
y
y Sun, 6/12, 3pm. Poetry Flash with Brynn Saito:
Power Made Us Swoon; and Jacqueline Tchakalian:
The Size of Our Bed.
y
y Teen ‘Scape: Play video & board games; make
crafts; do homework. Snacks provided. Every
Wed., 2 - 3:30pm
y
y Thurs, 7/14, 7pm. Memoir by musician Hassan
El-Tayyab: Composing Temple Sunrise.
y
y Fri, 7/15, 7pm. FRESH AND BEST poetry reading
series. Solmaz Sharif: Look: Poems. An evening
of poetry, community, and beverages.
y
y Henna Program: Get a temporarily tattoo of your
favorite design: July 20 from 2 to 3:30pm.
y
y Wear Your Poetry: Design your wearable words.
Workshop presented by Angie from The Oakland
Handmade, Aug 10 from 2 to 3:30pm.
FOR ADULTS
y
y Tues, 7/19,7pm. Joy Williams: Ninety-Nine Stories
of God.
y
y Fri, 6/24, 6pm. Pajama Party Story Time for
Kids. Come in PJs, bring teddy bear, have milk and
cookies. Hear bedtime story by author/illustrator
Arree Chung: Ninja! Attack of the Clan.
y
y eBook Help: Tuesdays by appointment, 6 - 7:30pm.
Get help downloading eBooks to your Kindle, Nook,
smartphone, or laptop. Make an appointment
online at www.oaklandlibrary.org or in person at
any library location.
Serving Rockridge
since 1992
y
y Sun, 8/7, 3pm. Poetry Flash with Judy Halebsky:
Tree Line; and Nina Lindsay: Because.
5400 College Avenue at Manila
y
y Wed, 8/17, 7 pm. Publication Party for local author
Erica Reischer, Ph.D.: What Great Parents Do:
75 Simple Strategies for Raising Kids Who Thrive.
DIESEL, A Bookstore, 5433 College Ave. More info
(other events and discussion groups): 653-9965 or

y
y Lawyers in the Library: 1st Tues each month,
6pm-8pm. Free legal information and referral.
A lottery system determines who may see the
lawyer. Sign-up opens at 5pm; must be present
for lottery drawing at 5:45. Call day of program to
Hoping? Find it in Rockridge!


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