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Recent Business Closures Compound Empty Storefront Count

hortly after Christmas, Pasta Pomodoro

unexpectedly announced that it had closed its
chain of restaurants, including its outlet at Lawton
and College Avenues.

Headquartered in San Francisco, the chain,
according to Wikipedia, began as a single restaurant
in San Francisco’s Marina District, growing to over
25 restaurants in the Bay Area, Los Angeles and
Orange County.

To some in Rockridge, the closing might be seen as
one among many other business closures on College
Avenue potentially threatening the area’s character.
Others could see it as a natural process of the wax

and wane of the business world.

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i] Whither College Avenue!?, page 5

seven vacant College Avenue storefronts.
Beginning on page 4, this issue reports the
status today of those stores. But (spoiler alert),

as noted in that story, “... the neighborhood
character that has come to define Rockridge
is dynamic. As businesses come and go, the
mix of shops and services evolves. Moreover,
business cycles, the economy, consumer
tastes, planning changes, and property
management can influence change.”

As the French might say: The more things
change, the more they stay the same.

Is College Avenue dying? Nope. Just
recycling.

rumor, giving rise to easy fears.

Then there are the storefronts empty for
years, sometimes turned into temporary
“pop-up” stores selling socks, sloganed
T-shirts and other merchandise to generate
some shopper traffic. What’s up with that?
How can owners let these potential cash cows
languish while the rest of College Avenue
hums with commerce? Somebody knows.
Again, rumor: One storefront is empty
pending extensive repairs to the building;
another is empty because a protracted divorce

remains up in the air. But, who really knows?
In May 2014, The Rockridge News noted

ls College Avenue Dying?

by Don Kinkead
| ee to The Rockridge News, plaintive
street-corner conversations and the
spectre of empty and darkened College
Avenue storefronts can lead one to wonder if
the Rockridge business district is shriveling.
The evidence seems solid: The venerable
Pasta Pomodoro and timeless Ag Photo are
suddenly gone, victims of — what? It’s hard for
the passerby to know. Reasons for a business’s
closing are usually opaque to the community,
thus likely to be swelled to catastrophe by

RockridgeKitchens Food Trends Can Fuel Kitchen Changes

City Offers

by Leonora Sea, Tour co-chair
ockridge is known for its many

shops, and residential architecture.
Among the many businesses, specialty

food and beverage stores occupy a

special place in residents’ and visitors’
hearts (and stomachs).

Having such shops close at hand, and
having many Rockridge residents who
come from diverse food traditions, have

attractions including restaurants,

inspired wide variety in cooking styles
in our neighborhood.

To do the best job they can, many
residents have improved their kitchens
with updated layouts, new appliances,
and new ideas. The finished kitchens
tend to reflect fresh ways of thinking
about food and its preparation.

To celebrate these changes and to
share design and equipment solutions for

» Kitchens: Fueling ideas, page 12

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he Oakland Fire Department's Office of

Emergency Services (OES) established
the CORE (Communities of Oakland
Respond to Emergencies) program in
April of 1990 following the 1989 Loma
Prieta earthquake. CORE teaches self-
reliance skills and helps communities
establish response teams to take care of
their neighborhoods and each other until
professional emergency personnel arrive.
A major disaster can overwhelm first
responders, leaving many community
members on their own for the first 72
hours or longer. Since its inception in 1990,
the CORE program has provided free,
community-based training to more than
25,000 residents.

CORE holds a sequence of training
Classes at different venues in the city. In
January, CORE I and CORE II will be
held at the Rockridge Branch Library, 5366
College Avenue. It’s open to all: those who
have never been CORE trained and those
who want to refresh their skills.

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hazard reduction/utilities, search and rescue,
disaster first aid, shelter and special needs).

Ata later date, you can attend CORE Hl ~
Emergency Response Hands-On Training
held downtown at the Fire Department
training facility. There, you will learn basic
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and hands-on training in fire suppression
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he January Land Use Committee meeting i is s Wednesday, January 25, 7: 30 p.m., at at the Rockridge

Branch Library, 2nd floor meeting room. Agenda topics will likely include discussion of whether
RCPC should adopt a policy position on providing additional housing (particularly affordable
housing) in Rockridge. There will also be an update on the pending change in use permit policy for
CN-I areas. Check the RCPC website, www.rockridge.org, the week before for the agenda and
to confirm the meeting. (December meeting | was s canceled. No « committee e report this month.)

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inter is officially here, and so is the
annual January cleanup along the
creek in the Rockridge Temescal Greenbelt.

2016 was a good year in the park, with
wonderful turnouts for Earth Day, the June
cleanup, Creek-to-Bay Day, and the CPS
Fall Work Day. College Avenue Presbyterian
Church’s summer Bible School campers
did a sterling job on the path and pond in
August. Dedicated volunteers have devoted
many hours on their own to keeping up the
greenbelt and creek.

Since the end of October, more normal
rainfall has helped the weeds to thrive, and
they’re now ready for a good whacking. Many
of the shrubs need to be pruned to get ready
for spring. Heavy foot traffic through the
creek channel over the summer has created
some erosion to be repaired.

So: Put on your old shoes and a warm
jacket, get out of the house, join your
neighbors, and volunteer for a couple
of hours with the DMV Neighbors
Association on Saturday, January 21.
Tools, gloves, and debris bags will be
@ along with snacks and hot coffee.

eet at the picnic table near the DMV
parking lot. Cleanup will start at 9 a.m.

and wind up around 11. Rain cancels.
For more information, contact
leonorasea@yahoo.com

per Broadway residents were recently
advised by city consultant Victoria
Eisen that the Broadway/Keith-Brookside
project construction Is running on schedule.
However, she wrote, “due to a delay in
PG&E’s ability to deliver a permanent
power source to the new traffic signal,
the Patton Street closure and the detour
currently in effect will continue until late
January. By that time, the project will
be near completion, the roadway will be

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repaved, the new traffic signal will be
fully powered and operational, and the
traffic detour ended. The projected date is
subject to change pending weather delays
to the work.”

Questions or concerns:

Victoria Eisen, EisenlLetunic
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Planning

Office: 510/525-0220

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diversity... could be at risk.” However, of
the seven, five now house robust businesses.
Several spaces were rented shortly after
the article; most of those have been in

College Avenue Vacancies

he seven storefronts pictured at left
and below were vacant when RCPC’s

‘informal survey and report in May 2014,
noted “...many Rockridge residents are

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business since that time. Nevertheless,
storefront vacancies can unnerve residents
and shoppers alike. Watch for the continuing
discussion of commercial stability in the
February issue of The Rockridge News.

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Interest in College Avenue’s
stability is understandable, given
the role played by the avenue’s
shops, offices and restaurants in
the lives of Rockridge residents
and visiting shoppers alike.

How much should one be
concerned? Can the cycles of
change be controlled or buffered?

It’s complicated. This issue of
The Rockridge News looks at
seven shops vacant in 2014 to
consider their present situations.
The discussion will continue
in next month’s issue as the
Rockridge District Association
(RDA) and other involved
sources join the conversation.

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Driving Hard
for Walkable
Communities

by Judith Doner Berne
hoosing to live in Rockridge allows
Nicole (Nikki) Foletta to literally walk
the walk.

Foletta, a principal planner with Bay
Area Rapid Transit (BART) in Oakland,
lives the precepts she writes about in
Low Car(bon) Communities, the book
She co-authored with Jason Henderson, a
geography professor at San Francisco State
University.

Their book focuses on the successful
practices of seven communities that have
responded to the threat of global warming
by reducing carbon emissions while
recognizing the social benefits of car-free
and car-lite living.

51x are in Europe: small neighborhoods
within Amsterdam and Houten in The
Netherlands; Freiburg,Germany; Stockholm
and Malm6 in Sweden; and London. The
seventh is based on Henderson’s study of
the Market and Octavia Plan in the Hayes
Valley section of San Francisco.

Their book is aimed at city planners,
sustainable transportation advocates and
students in planning, geography and
environmental studies. And, Foletta adds
with a smile, “as a coffee table book for
transportation enthusiasts.” The hope is
that the data can be used to inspire car-free
and car-lite communities across the country
and globe.

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no public transportation. As an industrial
engineering and operations research major
at UC Berkeley, she had her first exposure
to the multiple transit systems that knit

together the Bay Area.
That influenced her to go on for a

dual master’s degree in transportation
engineering and city planning, also at
Berkeley, with the aim of “improving the

system.”

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daily routine and needs. I can walk to Cole

Hardware and to the grocery store and to
get my hair done, to cafes, restaurant. and

shops. I can even walk to my optometrist and
vet. On the weekends, we often walk around

or go out to dinner in the neighborhoog _ A
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“Nikki and I live
without a car,” Cooper
says. “I have owned one
in the past but sold it when
| moved to Oakland three
years ago. Both of us take
BART from Rockridge

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planning across the world, she was a
Fulbright Scholar at a transportation research
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Foletta has lived in two different houses.
and which she notes ts a designated bicycle
route. “Yes, we have bikes and we bike for
errands sometimes, Drew likes to go on long
recreational bike rides.”

They also hike, but “it can be a little bit
more challenging to go hiking without a
car,” Foletta acknowledges. They belong to
a car-sharing organization that has vehicles
parked at the Rockridge BART station, “so
sometimes we will reserve one of those
cars and drive to the Oakland Hills or Muir
Woods and go hiking.”

They also use Uber/Lyft and taxis
occasionally, sometimes for their last
mile connection from a BART station to
a destination, and sometimes late at night
when BART or AC Transit aren’t running
or have limited service. “I think it helps us

to be car-free by assuring us that we have an
Qivcrscive option when we need it,” Foletta
says. “However, I do think that Uber and
Lyft need to be regulated more to ensure
that they don’t compromise good provision
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If they go ona longer trip, such as visiting
her parents in Pacific Grove, they may take
Amtrak to San Jose and then a bus — or rent
a car for the weekend.

“Nikki cares deeply about sustainability,
both in how we design communities and
how we live our own lives,’ Cooper says.
“Affordability, though, is a huge challenge
since places like Rockridge are out of reach
fora lot of people and we'd like to see people
of all incomes having amenities supportive
of low-impact lifestyles. Part of Nikki’s goal
is to find ways to provide or promote that
kind of access.”

“We have quite a community of
transportation advocates in the Bay Area,”
Foletta proudly states. Many have banded
together to form Transport Oakland, a
Political Action Committee dedicated
to endorsing and supporting Oakland-
elected officials who advocate for great
transportation in Oakland.

“Nikki was involved in Transport
Oakland’s founding in the spring of 2014,”
says Liz Brisom, co-founder and board
president. “Our vision is for transportation
infrastructure and policy that brings
livability, vitality, sustainability and equity
to Oakland.

“The book’s case studies show how
we can make neighborhoods more like
Rockridge,” Foletta says. Using those
standards, in addition to its walkability,
Rockridge is safe for biking with good
bicycle infrastructure such as specified bike
lanes and sharrows, or shared-lane markings
indicating that simultaneous bicycle and
auto use are permitted.

At the same time, “the residential
density is a little lower than many of the
neighborhoods in the book,” she says, since
“most of Rockridge was built before BART
and was single-family homes.

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book is to put higher-density housing near
transit stations.” Foletta says. “BART is
adding high-density housing on its parking
lots at some stations, like MacArthur and
Walnut Creek, but not at Rockridge. However,
the city has passed some regulations that
allow people to build in-law units on their
property; that is a way to add some housing
density.”

An important corollary of Rockridge’s
walkability, she says, is “I get to know my
neighbors better.” That has led to a steady
supply of lemons from a neighbor's tree and
the ability to find another apartment on the
same street, thanks to another neighbor.

Nikki and Drew moved into the
neighborhood because of what it has to
offer, says Paola Coda, a neighbor who was
the subject of one of my earliest columns
and who emailed me to suggest a story on
Foletta. “But they are also contributing
to making the neighborhood attractive to
others.” Other renters on the block “are not
as engaged. Nikki attended our block party
the very first year she moved in.”

“Being in such a walkable neighborhood
means we don’t just get into our cars in the
morning to drive to work and then get into
our cars at night to come home straight to
our garages,” Coda says. “We walk around
and do things right here in the neighborhood
and see our neighbors often enough that
they become friends. It’s not just good for
the environment, it’s good for the soul, for
the social life of a community.”

To comment on this column or to suggest a future
story about you, your neighbor or your Rockridge
neighborhood, email judyberne@att.net.

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ho pai HATS were the order of the
day when Rockridge District Association
(RDA) members got together late in December
to celebrate the organization’s accomplishments

in 2016 and plan the tasks for 2017.

Pictured are Oliveto owner Maggie Klein, left,
RDA Chair Susan Strahan of Strahan Insurance,
Vero For Hair owner Veronica Bhonsle, and RDA

Operations Manager Chris Jackson

by North Oakland Village staff
f you have been to the new part of the
shopping center at Broadway and Slst
where the new Safeway store dominates
the terrain, you may be wondering where
North Oakland Village is now located.

Two years ago, when the demolition
began, North Oakland Village (NOV)
moved from the Rockridge Shopping
Center to its new space in the nonprofit
center located at the rear of the First
Congregational Church of Oakland at
27th Street and Harrison.

There is a handy parking lot around
back shared with Westlake Middle
School.

Our office provides a gathering
place for meetings, working groups, and
presentations. We offer an ever-evolving
menu of activities, seminars, classes and
events tailored to the many interests of
our members. A sample of activities

North Oakland Village Relocates

includes a nonfiction book group that
meets monthly; an ongoing weekly
Handability knitting group; Wednesday
Walkers; as well as a monthly bridge
game and the popular monthly pot-luck
supper gathering the last Sunday of the
month from 5 to 7 p.m. to which all are

welcome. .

Come join us. Visit us at the office
for “Time to Talk About North Oakland
Village” offered the third Friday of the
month from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. This Is an
opportunity to learn and to ask questions
about North Oakland Village for those
curious about exploring membership and/
or volunteering.

Also see our popular monthly
newsletters prepared by a faithful team
of volunteers posted on the website at
http://northoaklandvillage.org.

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Chamber, Oakland City Hall, | Fran,
H. Ogawa Plaza: Public Workshop;
Short-Term Residential Rentals
Regulations

akland is looking at making changes
Or: its Municipal and Planning Codes
to allow for Short-Term Residential Rentals,
according to arecent announcement from the
planning department:

“Currently, neither the Oakland
Municipal Code nor Oakland Planning Code
specifically address Short-Term Residentia|
Rentals (STRRs) through platforms such as
Airbnb, FlipKey and VRBO for homeowners
to rent spaces in their homes on a short-term
basis. In cities with high housing demand,
such as Oakland, a primary concern js
the potential impact of STRRs on housing
availability, affordability and the impact @
our neighborhoods.

“In July 2016, the City Council directed
Planning and Building Department staff to
obtain stakeholder input and bring forward
policy options to regulate short-term rentals
through these platforms.

“The initial workshop to start this process
will be held on Thursday, January 12, 2017,
However, until such changes to City Codes
are actually adopted, existing regulations
will continue to apply.”

“To learn more about the objectives of
this project, visit www.oaklandnet.com/
strr.”

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of the Oakland Police
Department, explaining
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Program. Many residents and businesses
now have cameras recording 24/7. People
often want to share video footage with OPD
when a crime has occurred nearby. Equally,
officers and investigators rely on such

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Video footage to help solve crimes. OPD
has created a website where residents and
businesses can easily register the location
of surveillance cameras. This “camera
registry” was built so that the public can
more easily share their camera locations.
Camera-type information, and contact
information. OPD will have access to amap
of the camera locations, and OPD personnel
wil more easily be able to make contact
with the public to ask for permission to
access the video footage. The program is
voluntary, and anyone who participates can
ask for their information to be removed.
Information given to the program is
available only to law enforcement.

9.

veillance Camera Registry

Join us to discuss local crime and public
safety, and hear about the camera registry
program, on Thursday, February 9, 7:30
p.m. in the Rockridge Branch Library,
College and Manila Avenues.

About NCPC

The NCPC is your platform to work
with community policing. We share crime
and public safety information with our
Community Resource Officer (CRO) on
crime prevention priorities. City employees
and others involved in crime prevention
are invited as speakers. We meet the
second Thursday, every other month, at
the Rockridge Library, 7:30 p.m. Confirm
meetings: www.rockridgencpc.com,

December Meeting Notes: Marc Pilotin,
Oakland Public Ethics Commissioner, spoke
at our December meeting. He explained
that Oakland Measure CC, passed in 2014,
granted the ethics commission more powers
and more money. The purpose is to make sure
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Epitror:

I am writing in response to the letter to
the editor and Mr. Flashman’s response in
the December issue of The Rockridge News
about the possible mix of the types of shops
on College Avenue.

As a Rockridge homeowner, I would
like the RCPC to know that there are other
issues I believe we should be concerned
about regarding what kind of stores to have
on College. A bigger problem is the number
of vacancies up and down the street, which
makes the neighborhood look like it is on a
downward trajectory.

Obviously the landlords have raised the
rents so much that small local shops cannot
afford to come in or to stay in. Maybe the
Owners get more of a tax break by keeping
stores vacant and showing a loss, than in
renting them out? Has the RCPC done
anything to encourage the landlords to rent
out the stores?

Another issue is the large number of
hair and nail salons that keep coming in.
Maybe they are the only ones who can
afford the rents, but it is really overkill, and
not necessary to have so many on College
Avenue.

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Letters to the Editor

he 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

‘s little RCPC can do to convince property
owners that it hurts the neighborhood’s
long-term interest to leave spaces vaca
for extended periods of time. As you note;

it appears that the incentives to keep space
rented, even if it requires a drop in the rent,
are less compelling than incentives to keep
the rents high.

Obviously, neither RCPC nor the City
can require a property owner to rent out their
property rather than leave it vacant. Perhaps,
however, the City could propose a fee on
storefronts that stay empty for more than
six months to cover the need for extra police
services and periodic fire and building safety
inspections to maintain a safe community in
spite of these vacancies.

As for the number of personal care salons
that have sprung up along College Avenue,
unfortunately, this proliferation wasn’t a
problem when the zoning regulations were
first written more than 30 years ago. It might
make sense to limit the number of personal
care shops on College Avenue, perhaps by
requiring a use permit for that use. However,
it’s far from easy to make changes to zoning
regulations. It is, though, an issue discussed

not only within Rockridge but in "@

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.

Maybe we need to realize that small Mom
and Pop shops, though very sweet, simply
cannot afford to be in our neighborhood
anymore. I understand the RCPC idea
that local small businesses will be more
personally invested and show more care for
their customers, but I believe this is just an
idea. I have lived in this neighborhood for
many years, and have not really noticed this
happening in reality.

Personally, I wouldn’t mind a nice store
like Sur La Table (even if it is a chain). I
find myself going down to 4th Street or
to San Francisco to shop much more than
I do on College Avenue. Even the holiday
decorations up and down the street are sad-
looking compared to the beautiful lights on
Shattuck in Berkeley, on 4th Street, and even
on Park Street in Alameda.

I know some people will disagree with
me, but possibly we need to update the
College Avenue image to keep up with the
times. Just a thought.

— Sherry Karver

neighborhood commercial areas.

Finally, speaking as a twenty-four year
resident of Rockridge, my experience,
perhaps unlike yours, is that locally owned
shops do tend to pay more attention to regular
local customers and provide better service.
By comparison, mall-like shopping areas
like Emeryville’s tend to treat customers
less personally.

Whether converting College Avenue

RCPC Cnair Stuart FLASHMAN
REPLIES:
Dear Ms. Karver,

Thank you for your letter. RCPC shares
your concern about vacant storefronts and
the impression they give. However, there

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commercial area would make it more or less
successful 18 a difficult question to answer.
The two areas are different in so many ways
that predictions are impossible.

As noted on page 5, this discussion on the
present and future retail health of College
Avenue and Rockridge will continue in the
February issue of The Rockridge News.

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Publishing on Medium’s platform,
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his thoughts about RCPC’s December

Town Hall on Homelessness.

In Which
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newspaper. There’s a headline about the
Town Hall. One of the topics of discussion

was regarding the increasing number of
homeless people in our neighborhood,
sleeping in doorways of local businesses or
in clusters of tents underneath the freeway.
The paper described our neighbors and
fellow citizens who came to the town hall to
“find out how we can help serve their needs.”
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have read “How do we solve this problem?,”
Which could be interpreted in any number of
Ways, such as, “How do we get rid of them?,”
and, “How can we hide them in a corner so
We don’t have to see them?”

Instead, my neighborhood asked, “How
can we help serve the homeless?”

In San Francisco and Atlanta and
Chicago and in cities around the country,
We often look the other Way or are outright
antagonistic toward vagrancy. We pass
laws against sleeping on the sidewalks. We
call the police and have them relocate the
offending people. We pull our coats tighter,
hold our purses Closer, and move our legs
faster when we pass them.

This paper was a welcome reminder
that true change starts at home. It’s easy to
think of the homeless as people who live
somewhere else, and who don’t belong here,
but the truth of the matter is that they LIVE
here. They LIVE in your neighborhoods...
they just live in their cars or under trees or
in alleyways.

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will get them on their feet. We will help
them find their way when they are lost, give
them shelter when they are vulnerable, and
clothing when they are cold.”

It’s heartwarming to see.

[ urge you to take a look around you. What
are some problems in your community?
Maybe you don’t have any homeless in your
neighborhood, but what about single mothers
working multiple jobs just to pay the rent?
Could you and your neighbors organize and
together find a way to convince the bank to
lower the mortgage, or set up weekly pot-luck
dinners to ease the load on those parents?
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those who are planning their own changes
— or who are simply interested observers —
RCPC initiated its now regionally renowned
Rockridge Kitchen Tour. Showcasing local
architects, innovative and classic appliances,
and a variety of new kitchen styles, the tour
draws visitors from throughout the Bay Area.

This September 24 marks the twelfth
biennial kitchen tour since the first was held
in 1995. Once again, the tour will proudly
feature nine classic or newly renovated
Rockridge home kitchens. Past tours
have showcased exquisite kitchens of all
sizes and budgets, from bungalow style to

contemporary. In 2015, the tour featured the

iconic Morse House and eight other gorgeous &

and functional kitchens. |
The 2015 Kitchen Tour raised the most

money in the history of the tour for RCPC and
our projects, including the new Community
Grants program, Our bimonthly Town Halls,
and our work on land use, parking, and other
issues affecting Rockridge. We couldn't
have done it without you, the community.
You shared your homes, told your friends
and attended in the highest numbers since
we've kept statistics.

Planning starts early for such large
projects. If you have or can recommend
a new or classic kitchen, we invite you
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What about children skipping school?
Can you and your neighbors form a
team that helps teachers provide exciting
opportunities in the classroom, so exciting
that the students would rather be there
than walking the streets? Or form an
encouragement committee to help parents
with encouraging their kids to study hard?

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Instead of solving the problem for good,
we make it someone else’s problem.

This one, simple article, written by
good Samaritans (Rockridgers?) in m
neighborhood, has helped inspire me to stay
vigilant for ways to improve my community.
Not just by eliminating the bad things, but
by finding ways to improve the bad things,
so that they might one day have the hope

of being good.
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R ockridee resident Greil Marcus
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Marcus sent the photo at left and the
following report to The Rockridge News:

Today, December 30, 2016, at
approximately 9 a.m., a delivery truck
destroyed the east Fairview Park stone
pillar that had stood at Benvenue and
Alcatraz for more than 100 years.

| witnessed the event and took
information from the driver; the Oakland
police took a report. As other pillars
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salvageable sections of the pillar can
be retained and the pillar restored.
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neighborhood emergency communications.
Training includes a functional exercise
(simulated earthquake).

If you can’t attend training at the library,
CORE will send an instructor to your
neighborhood to teach a CORE I or II
class at your convenience, if you guarantee
at least 15 residents in attendance and secure
a facility (a living room is fine).

Each year, there is a Citywide Emergency
Response Exercise. Get your neighborhood
organized and CORE-trained so you can
participate and practice your emergency
preparedness and response skills.

To register for CORE classes, or to
request training in your neighborhood, call
the CORE office Monday — Friday, 9 a.m.
—5 p.m., at 510/238-6351, or email CORE@
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week or just drop-in. tase realign who may see the lawyer, Sign-up Ave. Wheelchair accessible. Free parking. More
ge eBook Help: Tuesdays by appointment, 6 - 7:30pm. a px , is obaei be irs ra lottery drawing at info: www.jazzatthechimes.com, chimesjazz@gmail.
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oaklandlibrary.org or in person at any library. the my Stery Writers of America, NorCal chapter Wisteria Ways var
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when it comes to being an auth ial Rebecca Kleinmann (flutist/ vocalist). Brazilian rhythms
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g TO | ob conke . : = es an refreshments. Sat, 2/11. 1am. Jan 28, 8pm; house opens 7:30 (inside venue, not
Tesi apulaks years), Thursdays, ART EXHIBITS wheelchair accessible). Please rips eecann
' ’ . cash only at the door).
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rhymes (ages 3 to 5); Thursdays, 10:30am. LIBRARY HOURS RSVP to info@WisteriaWays.org or 655-2771.
a All story meet orden by Play Time; parents and Tues, 12:30 To 8p.m. FREE Classes at REI
ivers invited. ;
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w Play Winter Bingo until Jan 14. Come in any time to Closed: Sun and Mon; also Tues, 1/17 — ne carimemeted Henle and ee
complete your Bingo cards with activities for children Diesel] Book/Readings and Events ET i

bicycle maintenance. Open to non-members. REI,1338
San Pablo Ave, Berkeley, 527-4140. Get more info or
register at https://www.rei.com/stores/berkeley.html.

in kindergarten to Sth grade and for pre-readers with
help from a reader (ask at desk). Do 5 activities in a
row and choose your book prize.

FREE and open to the public.

@ Fri, 1/13, 7pm. FRESH AND BEST! poetry reading
Series with Tongo Elsen-Martin (Someone's Dead

m TWIG-Rockridge Tween Interests Group: For ages Already) and Wendy Trevino. Square Dance in North Oakland
8 to 13. Creative work, friendship, and snacks. Writers, w Fri, 1/20, 9pm (doors open 8:30). Music Performance Music by The Squirrelly String Band. Calling by Jordan
illustrators, craftspeople, sculptors, film-makers, actors, with bluegrass banjo and guitar impresario Avram Ruyle. ist Fridays each month, 8 - 10pm. All levels
and/or avid readers — help us plan projects of your Siegel and resonator guitar player Mike Witcher. welcome; all dances taught on the spot. $5-10 sliding
choice. Bring ideas of what you & your friends would Note: $10 cover charge; all proceeds go to musicians. scale donation. The Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library, 6501
most like to do each month. Every 2nd & 4th Tues, Come early; seats fill up fast. Telegraph Ave. Info: squirrellystringband.com
6:30-7:45pm (1/10, 1/24). m Sun, 1/22, 3pm. Psychotherapist and professional North Oakland Senior Center

FOR TEENS actor Mark O’Connell: Modern Brides & Modern Programs include: Arts/crafts; health counseling;

la} Emoji Plushies: Wed, 1/18, 2pm. Get creative with Grooms: A Guide to Planning Straight, Gay, and Other dancing and exercise: trips, tours and theater outings;
your Emoji. Nontraditional Twenty-First-Century Weddings. Joined Alzheimer’s caregivers support groups, computer

w Teen Advisory Board (ages 14-18): Meet with other in conversation by author Liza Monroy. Cupcakes classes/more.
teens, plan and organize library activities, and get and wine provided by Sweet Adeline Bake Shop and JOIN NOW during our annual Membership Drive, Jan
community service credit for school. 1st Sat. each Paul Marcus wines. 9-13 to receive a free gift. $12 membership entitles
month, 1 to 2pm. m Thurs, 1/26, 7pm. Release Party for 2YZZYVA: The seniors 55 + to discounts on activities and trips.

m Teen ‘Scape: Play video & board games; make crafts; Winter issue: a night of exemplary prose and verse. w CHAIR YOGA: Fridays, 10:30 to 11:30am, starting
enjoy meals. Tues, Thurs, and Fridays: 3:30 -5pm Contributing readers: Kathleen Alcott, Ella Martinsen Jan 13. Pre-register now at reception desk. $5 per
and Wednesdays: 1:30 — 5pm. Gorham, Matthew Zapruder, and Scott O’Connor. class (paid each class).

= Homework Club: High School Tutors Available: m Fri, 1/27, 6pm. Pajama Party Story Time for Kids. m= CANE DO! Classes: An exercise and self-defense
A quiet place to do homework. Tues and Thursdays, Come in Pus, bring teddy bear, have milk and cookies. class inone. Learn how to use your cane for more than
4 - 5pm; Wednesdays 3 - 4:30pm. Hear bedtime story by local author Dev Petty: / Don't pes rt for : cata: wc Thurs, Jan

-Gi- e. Want to be Big. , 10 to 11am. Pre-registration required.
: eae pier a pen pd sale w Sun, 1/20, 3pm. Poetry Flash, celebrating Far Out: w AARP Smart Driver Class (for Srs. who have not taken
FOR ADULTS | Poems of the ‘60s. Participating ee Sanam re aeraencet ers vy are ir and
. di Li inism, Arcana, Chana Bloch, Lucille Lang Day, Sandra , rom 9:30am to 1:30pm. Call for de ails and fees.

; wee cme 2 ta Sreden V2 ele Gilbert, and Kathleen Winter. | w Oakland Museum: Black Panther Exhibit. Shuttle
2/9, 6 -7:30pm. Jan mtg: 50 ways the new bike culture w Wed, 2/1, 6:30pm. Freud's Bar (monthly talks given A from Center.
can change your life, by Momentum Magazine editor by local Bay Area psychoanalysts, aimed at students ve gar pets a at operat! eidbooes ;
and creator Amy Walker (get a copy at the reference ages 16-25, while enjoying drinks and snacks); Mau- on. —Fri., 9am to . pm. 5714 Martin Lut er King, .
desk or read the eBook free via Hoopla). Hosted in reen Katz, M.D., discusses Holding Life and Death Way. Subscribe to “The North Oakland Senior Times
partnership with Bike East Bay in Mind: How to (or How Might Freud Help Us) Think for full schedule of classes/events, lunch menus, and

@ Writers Support/Critique Group: All writers About Environmental Change. volunteer opportunities. Info: 597- 5085.

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