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Ko come in all shapes and sizes, and

that’s especially true for the kitchens
on the coming Rockridge Kitchen Tour to
be held on September 24.

Architects, contractors, designers, and
homeowners have found creative and clever
solutions to make very small kitchens work
like large ones, to turn awkward spaces
into supremely functional ones, to enhance
and respect historic houses while bringing
the kitchens into the 21st century, and to
inspire the rest of us by designing with
useful ideas for everyone.

This year, the Rockridge Kitchen Tour
invites guests to take a peek at nine beautiful

Oi On display throughout the tour

will be the latest trends in color, surfaces,
appliances, and use of space; and classic
designs that look as fresh and modern today
as they did when first completed. Tour-goers
will find much to enjoy, including a NARI
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Industry) award-winning kitchen; a full
house tour of the Roll-Up House, fea-
tured on the 2013
American Institute
of Architects East
Bay Chapter tour;
and a tour of the main
rooms and kitchen of
the Guy Hyde Chick
house, an historic
Rockridge home
designed by Ber-
nard Maybeck, dean
of early twentieth
century California
architects.

At the Kitchen
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contractors who worked with the home-
owners, and will receive a copy of the
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September 24, plan to attend the Kitchen
Tour Expo on Saturday, September 23. The

> RCPC Kitchen Tour, page 2

RCPC-NCPC Annual Meeting

by Stuart Flashman, RCPC chair

n the evening of June 29, RCPC and the Greater
Rockridge Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council
(NCPC) co-sponsored what has become an annual joint
Town Hall meeting on public safety and related concerns.
Although the City’s new police chief, Anne Kirkpatrick,

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hose walking, biking, or driving
past the corner of Pleasant Valley
Avenue and Broadway in the last
month or two may have noticed the
lack of change in the half-demolished

@Orrvcn Chase Bank building. More

ecently, it appeared that all work
had stopped on construction of the
Phase II project planned to include

several two- and three-story buildings
housing retail and restaurants as well
as additional structured parking.

Inquiries to TRC Retail (formerly
Terramar Retail Centers) resulted in
this response from Bruce Walton,
TRC’s V.P. for development:

“We have received a number
of inquiries from the community

» Ridge Shops on Hold, page 10

was out of state and unable to attend, the co-sponsoring
groups were pleased to host the City’s new Director of
Public Safety, Ms. Venus Johnson, as well as Deputy Chief
Darren Allison and other command staff.

The meeting opened with a brief presentation by Theresa
Nelson on behalf of the FROG Park Committee, outlining
plans for installing new swings and other play equipment
at the Hardy area Frog Park. (See page 14, “In Addition,”
for more details.) After that, Ms. Johnson discussed the
City’s plans to do more to help former prisoners released
from jail or prison have opportunities to “turn over a new
leaf,” continuing efforts with “Operation Ceasefire,” a

program focused on those > RCPC-NCPC, page 12

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for more information about volunteering.

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Contact the board: chair@rockridge.org
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Introduced at the RCPC-NCPC joint meeting (see page
1), Officer Mac said he has been an officer for two years,
following his initial year’s training. Born and raised in
Oakland, he attended Westlake Middle School and Oakland
Technical High. He is 29 years old. — Don Kinkead

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by Rev. Monte McClain
ome November 4, College Avenue
Presbyterian Church celebrates its
100th year on College Avenue. The Church
community began downtown in 1890, but
purchased new land as Oakland expanded
northward and eastward in the busy year
of 1913. The congregation moved from the
downtown location to the present facility on
September 23, 1917, eventually followed by a
Service of Dedication on November 4, 1917.
CAPC Oakland is celebrating this
building anniversary, recognizing the space
that continues, a century later, to serve the
greater good of Oakland. Duncan MacMillan,
the building contractor who worked with
Julia Morgan, was a church member. Because

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of their relationship, Julia Morgan did the
architectural design of the building, which
Mr. MacMillan then implemented. Things
have changed tremendously in the past 100
years: Rockridge came to be, grew, struggled,

College Avenue Presbyterian
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and has now fully regained its balance, after
the enormous dislocation caused by the
building of BART and Highway 24 in the late
twentieth century. Our Church community

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Wednesday, July 26, 7:30 p.m. at the Rockridge
Branch Library upstairs meeting room. Please check the
rockridge.org website for updates on future meetings
and agendas. Meetings are generally c open to > the public.

Iternatives range from wholesale
pzoning to changes focused on

affordability to leaving Rockridge as-is
by Stuart Flashman, RCPC chair

ile there was not a quorum of

members present, the June RCPC

Land Use Committee meeting nevertheless

served as an opportunity to unveil five

alternative scenarios for meeting Rockridge’s
future housing needs.

The scenarios follow up on RCPC’s
April Town Hall meeting, which focused on
the future of housing in Rockridge. At that
meeting three alternative futures had been
presented and discussed: one for maximum
growth; one with a focus on encouraging

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affordable housing; and one that would leave
the area’s zoning more or less as it is now.

Comments from the meeting audience
expressed a desire to have more options
to consider, and more detailed analysis of
the implications of each option. The five
alternative scenarios presented at the June
Land Use Committee meeting are intended
to expand the range of alternatives. The
meeting also included some discussion of
what should be considered in the analysis
of options.

The five options, like the three presented
in April, range from radical change to leaving
Rockridge’s zoning as it is (the “base case”
scenario). A Power Point presentation of the

Brett Weinstein, Broker

five options, along with photographs showing
examples of the different residential densities
involved, is available for download at http://
tinyurl.com/ydzyjrhx.

Two of the options emphasize a market-
driven approach to housing, with upzonings
intended to encourage higher density
development. One option would upzone
almost all of Rockridge while the other,
in line with the Oakland General Plan’s
overall development policy, would focus
the upzoning in areas around the Rockridge
BART station and AC Transit bus lines.

The other two scenarios involving
change would focus on further encouraging
affordable housing. Both would involve
providing additional incentives for projects
including affordable units. One would apply
those incentives throughout Rockridge,
while the other would create a new affordable
housing zoning overlay district that would
apply to sites identified as “Opportunity
Sites” for new housing in the General Plan

> Rockridge Housing Scenarios, page 13

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get to it. We’ve saved it for the next Gardening

Day, likely to be in September.
Dramatically illustrated by the scope of the work was the need for
more volunteers. If you have a free couple of hours every once in a

while to help keep an important part of your community looking good.
contact Lee Patterson (510/923-1084). We need you.

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Furry Friends at the Library Are So Much More

by Sarah Washburn, Friends of the
Rockridge Library (FORL) board member
f you were lucky enough to visit the
Rockridge Library on the morning of
Saturday, June 24, you likely saw lots of
furry friends in the parking lot and even more
happy young children’s faces. Funded by the
Friends of the Rockridge Library (FORL),
the library organized a popular petting zoo
where some of our littlest neighbors had an
opportunity to get up close and personal
to animals they never see on the streets of
Oakland. Supplied by Barnyard Pals, there
were bunnies, ducks, a mama goat, a baby
goat, chickens, and two baby pigs. At one
point there were more than 40 people in a

line winding around the fenced enclosure.
Children waiting in line were helped to be
patient by Erica, the Children’s Librarian,
who supplied coloring supplies and activities
to fill the time before young hands met fur
and feathers.

Why animals at the library, you ask?
Well, libraries bring the world to our
communities. Sometimes you fill your imag-
ination with new adventures; other times
the library provides those new experiences
for you. One parent shared that this was
the first time her child had ever touched an
animal other than a dog or a cat. Events like
these encourage families to become more
deeply connected to the library. Librar-

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by Linda Zunas

‘ a you to everyone who responded for
our calls to restock our park last month.

We received hundreds of donated poop bags

and are grateful now not to be running out.

Please do continue to drop clean, empty
newspaper bags off at our park. You can drop
them off in the black mailbox at the FROG
Park entrance, or the green shopping bag at
the Hudson entrance.

Thank you also to those who donated old
patio chairs. We now have enough seating for
everyone and we appreciate it. We continue
to need tennis balls. If you have old tennis
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has been busy:
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racks last month;

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encourage you to come by on the first Satur-
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raising push. We are applying for a grant
and some community sponsorships, and
have gotten letters of support from Coun-
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Rec, and the City Administrator. Renova-
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the summer as we launch a personalized
brick campaign. Look for more news in the
coming months.

If you have not done so already, please
join our email list. Simply send a note to
HardyDogPark@yahoo.com

We look forward to seeing you and your
dogs out at the park this summer.

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Oakland and our wives...’

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seen him, at age 97, on his early morning

walks from Piedmont Gardens Senior Living

Community up to the highest fountain in

Mountain View Cemetery.

But for the many years he lived in
Rockridge, he was more widely known as
Judge Winton McKibben of the Alameda
County Superior Court, later a Visiting
Judge, who presided over several historic
trials.

There was the 1980 trial of Eldridge
Cleaver, writer and an early leader of the
Black Panthers, for shootings of Oakland
Police officers in 1968.

There was the 1989 trial of Huey P.
Newton, co-founder of the Black Panthers,
for embezzling state aid funds that had been
designated for the Panther-founded Oakland
Community School in 1982.

And in 1999, as a visiting judge, there
was Kevin “Big Kev” Robinson who pled no
contest to dynamiting the Vallejo Courthouse
in 1997.

Mac, who grew up in Belvedere, Illinois,
made a pact with his high school buddies

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“that we all would become attorneys and
clean up the state of Illinois.” They dispersed
to different colleges; World War I] interfered;
he served as a weather observer on an alr
transport base in Ireland. (They all did
become attorneys but Illinois still has its

problems.) Se

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undergraduate education he had begun at
Northern Teacher’s College (now Northern
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whom he met in college. “My wife was my
most steady pillar. Without her, I don’t know
if | would have been as reliable and steady
as I turned out to be.”

In what he termed “my first retirement,”
he stepped down from the Superior Court
bench in 1989. “We had a cabin at Clear.
Lake. and I wanted to drink martinis and
read poetry with my wife.” And before he
had an opportunity to tell her that he also
wanted to serve a stint in the Peace Corps
in Africa, they found themselves raising
their only grandson, from the age of four
until he graduated high school.

During that time, he became a Visiting
Judge, retiring for a second time in 2008.
That was the same year Margaret took a
fall that left her with a brain injury and
symptoms of dementia. When Mac could
no longer care for her at home, he moved
her to a skilled nursing facility.

Four years ago, so they could once
again be under the same roof, he sold the
art- and music-filled contemporary home
that they had rebuilt after the 1991 Oakland
Hills firestorm. He took an apartment in
the residential living section of Piedmont
Gardens in Oakland and brought Margaret
to its skilled nursing unit where he has
dinner with her most nights.

“Originally, we had a classic Maybeck-
style redwood house, designed by Warren
Perry when he was dean of architecture at
Cal,” Mac told me. Margaret smelled smoke
that morning (Saturday, October 19, 1991,
the day before the fire rekindled) and called

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the fire department, he recalled. “They said,
‘If there is a problem, we'll let you know.’
Well there was a problem and they didn’t.

“I was on a ladder cleaning leaves out
of the rain gutters and a couple drove by
and said, ‘you should get out of here.” We
each took a car. Margaret had the foresight
to take the bank records. I didn’t think to
take anything. I was dressed in cutoffs and
tennis shoes with holes. I was due in court
on Monday so [ had to go out and buy a suit
and shoes.”

Selling the land and buying another
house was not in the picture, he said. “We
wanted to stay where we were. It is such an
ideal spot where we could walk to shopping,
the BART, and the university.” A Cété
and Marica Seafood Restaurant were their
dining favorites.

Both were tennis players, so an added
attraction was the private Chabot Canyon
Racquet Club and the public courts, both just
down the street. Margaret played at the club
(to which they loaned money for contruction)
and he on the public courts.

In rebuilding their home, they worked
with Rockridge architect Bill Dutcher. “We
wanted a place where we could hang art
and a living room that was acceptable for
playing music. We hosted little ensemble
groups.” Margaret, who played piano and
was a member of the Berkeley Community
Chorus, often held rehearsals of her alto
section. One of their two sons, Brian, is a
retired Berkeley music teacher, educator and
administrator.

Mac used to run or play tennis — all well
before 8 a.m. “We were called ‘The Dawn
Patrol’ on the tennis courts,” he said. “No
matter what time the sun came up, we were
there.” He still arises around 5:30 a.m.
“Every morning I argue with myself; ‘Am
I the master of my soul, or just another
deadbeat,” he confided with a smile.

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off to walk either with his weekly walking
buddies, including former Rockridge
neighbors George Krevsky and Foster
Goldstrom, or with his longtime running
partner, Susan Sawyer, retired Alameda
County public defender. “All the public
defenders appreciated that he treated our
clients very well,’ she said.

“We started running in 1982,” Sawyer
told me. “It was five miles, then four, then
three... He would walk and talk and that
would keep me going. And now we walk
and finally I’m faster than he is.”

“Judge Mac is one of the most
unforgettable characters I've met,’ Krevsky
emailed me. “He’s worthy of a Reader’s
Digest special. His passion for the democratic
process and his commitment to social justice
are inspirational. | have been charmed by his
storytelling and reminiscence of his years
on the bench.

“When he first asked us to join him on
his walks five years ago,” Krevsky said, “I
was intimidated by the thought of walking in
the cemetery. Judge Mac wasn’t and before
you know it we were inspired to join him as
we trudged just up the hill past the beautiful
fountains and talked of our love of Oakland
and our wives.”

He continues to attend “the things we
always did” — Berkeley Rep and Aurora
theatre productions and concerts of the
Oakland and Berkeley Symphonies.

Although fully involved in the activities
at Piedmont Gardens, serving as chairman of
both the library and finance committees, “I
still wish I were home in many respects,’ he
said wistfully. “There are a lot of activities

here. But it isn’t home.”

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“SHOPS ON THE RIDGE” DEVELOPMENT
Raises TRAFFIC, PLANNING PROBLEMS
Epiror:

[am a Rockridge resident and have just
become aware of the plans for the Shops
at the Ridge. The following website was
recently posted on Nextdoor Rockridge:
http://www. jrdv.com/work/rockridge/.

While I understand the desire to reduce
leakage of retail from Oakland to adjacent
areas, the project seems out of scale to the
neighborhood. It is like a mini Bay Street, a
retail development built in an old industrial
area, not in the midst of a residential area.

[had not seen anything in The Rockridge
News during the planning phase. There was
quite a bit of coverage during the planning of
the Claremont/College Safeway replacement,
which I recall was downsized based on
community input. Did the RCPC have any
involvement in this project? It may be slightly
out of the area the RCPC usually deals with,
but it will substantially impact Rockridge
residents.

My biggest concern is the traffic. There
are two other large developments on the
corners of Broadway and S5lst/Pleasant
Valley Avenue; a large senior residence and
another big project on the northwest corner
(details unknown to me but apparently

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be edited for clarity and brevity at the
editor’s discretion. Views expressed
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may not necessarily be shared by the
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residential). To add serious insult to injury, I
understand the section of Broadway between
Broadway Terrace and Keith is being reduced
to one lane in each direction. I presume the
decision to allow bicycle lanes was based
on current traffic volume, not predicted
volumes based on the three substantial new
developments which will feed a large volume
of traffic onto Broadway.

Does the City of Oakland Planning
Department’s left hand know what the right
hand is doing? Was there community input
into these decisions, and if so was there full
disclosure on the planned developments
when the “lane diet” decision was made?
Does the RCPC or anyone else have similar

concerns?
— Mark Goldsmith

RCPC Chair Stuart Flashman Replies:
Thank you for your letter. Iam responding
both as chair of the RCPC board of directors
and chair of RCPC’s Land Use Committee.
RCPC was involved heavily in commenting
on the planning of all the projects you
mentioned, with RCPC participating (and
notifying the community through The
Rockridge News and our e-newsletter) in
numerous community meetings, along with
representatives of Piedmont Avenue and
Temescal community organizations.

July 8, 2017

We commented heavily, specifically on
the traffic impacts of all these projects, and
the City did a major traffic study for the
Rockridge Shopping Center redevelopment
project, as well as further studies for the
senior housing project (Merrill Gardens),
the Temescal Apartment projects, and the
Broadway “lane diet.”

While the Broadway/Pleasant Valley/51 st
Street intersection will definitely be impacted
by the first three, Safeway has paid for
improvements, including added turn lanes
and an upgraded traffic signal and controller.
to partially mitigate the impacts. The City
nevertheless was required to acknowledge
significant and unavoidable traffic delay
impacts at that intersection [the Legislature
abolished considering such traffic delay
impacts as environmental impacts two years
ago], and adopted a statement of overriding
considerations finding that revitalizing that
shopping center was important enough to

justify those impacts. As part of the project

approval, Safeway was required to set aside
$500,000 for additional traffic mitigation
measures once the project is completed.

That was insisted upon by all the community

groups.

Because both the Temescal Apartments
and Merrill Gardens are “infill” residential
projects, the Legislature has exempted them
(and all similar projects) from environmental
review.

The traffic study of the Broadway lane
diet found there would be a maximum of five
minutes of additional delay at the peak PM
commute hour in the northbound direction,
but no other significant traffic delays.

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from page 8

OP vcrins that were increased pedestrian and

cyclist safety on Broadway. (That section of
Broadway has experienced a high number
of pedestrians and cyclists being hit by cars
while attempting to cross at crosswalks,
for the most part the result of speeding by
drivers. The lane diet is expected to reduce
traffic speed and thus improve pedestrian
and cyclist safety.)

Visit RCPC’s website at Rockridge.org.,
search for “Rockridge Shopping Center,”
and you will find numerous articles, all of
which originally appeared in The Rockridge
News, beginning in 2007. There are also
articles discussing the Merrill Gardens,
Temescal Apartments, and Broadway lane
diet projects, all of which also originally
appeared in The Rockridge News.

I appreciate both your letter and your
concerns. | am sure there were many others
who also missed the articles in the Rockridge
News, and may have been surprised when
the new project started taking shape on
the ground. Part of the reason for my long
sponse is that the issues involved were
th important and complex. RCPC has only
a limited ability to influence the City, and
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direction. As this issue’s front page article
explains, the community may yet get a
second chance the influence Phase II of this
large project. We encourage you and the
entire Rockridge community to speak up.
— Stuart Flashman

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EpIToR:

[ am writing to express my thanks
to Carol Behr for her eloquent and well-
reasoned letter (The Rockridge News, May
6). | share her concern about the direction
Oakland leaders appear to be taking us.
Our neighborhoods and the city at large
have become victims of an irreverent
pursuit of money and a willful denial of
the environmental values so closely linked
to our daily lives. Wherever I go, I see the
proliferation of towering condominiums.
There is no green space between outer walls
and sidewalk; and there is no parking for
future tenants even though there is no public
transportation immediate to these structures.
Wherever I go, I also see bumper-to-bumper
traffic. The air is thick with carbon pollution,
and I look in vain for the trees that would
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just Oakland, have made it a desirable place
to live. I urge RCPC and Mayor Schaaf to
examine the values pushing us into ever more
density and despair. I, along with Carol Behr,
urge support of our current, community-
oriented zoning regulations.

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TRASH AND TRANSIENTS IN FROG Park

EpiTor:

I have noticed that an unusually large
quantity of trash is piling up in Frog Park
between Clifton and Cavour and around
the DMV parking lot in the area. There is
also a green tent pitched there nearly every
day. Some of the benches have also been
commandeered by sleeping bodies. Cooking
is also going on using hibachi which could
create a fire hazard. | have seen someone
defecating or doing similar activity near
where animal models are displayed.

This could be the new normal for
urban life but why should children have to
experience it so early in their lives? Can
something be done, such as, asking people
to camp away from areas which children

frequent.
— Name withheld by request

Reply: FROG Stewardship
First: Continue using Frog Park. People
who are homeless have as much right as the
rest of us to enjoy the greenbelt and Frog
Park during the daytime, as long as posted
rules are observed. This means no alcohol, no
open flames, no dumping, no loud music, no
vandalism, no disorderly conduct. Outside of
City-established park hours — dawn to dusk —
they do not have the right to camp, cook, or
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It’s Summer! Allergy-Free Ice Cream Tours

local food tour company is expanding

its weekend tours of Rockridge ice
cream and gelato shops to accommodate
those with food allergies.

“It’s always pained me to hear parents say
that they or their child felt like they couldn’t
come and enjoy our Ice Cream & Gelato
Tour because of an allergy,” Lauren McCabe
Herpich, owner of Local Food Adventures,
says. “All kids should feel included and be

able to enjoy this sweet treat with family
and friends.”

The one-hour tour, which takes guests
to three sweet spots along College Avenue,
features sorbets, ice cream flavors free of
nuts, and soy-based ice creams, as well as a
scoop of ice cream history.

The allergy-free tours will be held
Sunday, July 16; Saturday, August 19; and
Sunday, September 10.

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Ridge Shops
on Hold

from page |

regarding the status of the Phase IT development
of the Ridge. While we understand the
neighborhood’s desire to see a completed
project, the rapidly changing retail environment
has caused us to reevaluate our leasing strategy
and the site layout. Add to that the spiraling
cost of construction in the Bay Area, TRC is
having to revisit the economics of our Phase II
Plan. Finally, recently discovered (undisclosed)
environmental issues (asbestos embedded in
concrete) have caused us to stop the demolition
of the bank building as we explore options for
the safe removal of the hazardous material.
Councilmember Kalb’s office continues to
monitor the situation, and updates will follow
as new information becomes available.”

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is on hold for an indefinite period while TRC

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shortage in the Bay Area, RCPC is hopeful
that the re-evaluation will include asking the
parcel’s owner (a San Francisco-based family
corporation) to reconsider its opposition to
including housing as part of the project. Any
major change in the project would likely
require reopening the project’s environmental
review, especially in terms of traffic impact.

Poison Hemlock Growing Locally

his is the time of year when volunteer
plants grow in areas where small children
play in the park in my neighborhood. I’m
happy to see native plants thrive, but Poison
Hemlock (the plant that killed Socrates) is
spreading in the hills and several have started
growing along the walkway between Frog
Park and the DMV. It looks very similar to
Queen Anne’s Lace. Learn to differentiate
between the two plants: www.ravensroots.
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for service. “It can be 2 to 3 minutes, but
that is not good enough.” He added that the
department has made it a priority to hire more

from page 9

use the park for sleeping or toilet activities.
These activities have negative impacts on the
park for all users, and are not allowed in any
city of Oakland park.

Second, homelessness is a problem that,
as a neighborhood, we cannot solve by
ourselves. There are things we can do in the
near term, however:

m@ Evenings and weekends, use SeeClick-
Fix to report encampments. (Find the
problem reporting app at: https://en.se-
eclickfix.com/oakland. There is no need to
risk a photo if the phone’s location service
function is turned on.) You will get notifi-
cations of reported issues and can add your
vote to fix items others have sent in.

@ Call the Oakland Public Works call
center (510/615-5566) weekdays between 8
a.m. and 5 p.m. They will dispatch Operation
Dignity to offer services.

m@ If a camper is cooking over an open
flame, immediately call the fire department
(911).

@ Join a park cleanup (often a couple of
homeless neighbors do, too).

@ Quite a bit of the trash near the DMV
is actually Farmer’s Market and DMV
customer-related. The FROG committee
is working with Oakland Public Works to
add more receptacles.

@ Above all, keep visiting the park with
children. With a bit of watchfulness by par-
ents and caregivers, it’s still a good place to
run around, walk a dog, ride a scooter or
bike along the greenbelt path, and have fun.

from page |

most heavily involved in criminal activity,
which offers them support services if they
want to change direction, but promises a high
likelihood of jail or prison time if they don't.
Also, she said, the City is continuing to train
additional officers to replace those lost to
attrition. (Those plans may have received a
setback by the Council’s last-minute removal
of one Police Academy from this year’s
budget.) She also noted that the City is closing
in on completing the goals it agreed to in the
consent decree to improve how the police
interact with Oakland citizens.

Deputy Chief Allison then provided
more detailed information on current police

activities and priorities.

“Our theme,” he said, “is to hire the best
and be the best at what we do.” To that end,
the department has seven top priorities:

1. Reduce homicides and shootings by
10 percent.

2. Reduce street robberies by 10 percent,
and in Rockridge particularly at BART and
along College Avenue.

3. Address human trafficking with a goal
of stamping it out.

4. Address “side shows,” where drivers
show off their cars and skills by spinning
doughnuts and driving dangerously. They
are increasing in rates of violence.

5. Deal with issues of homelessness. “We
do not intend to and will not criminalize
homelessness, but we will address criminal
activity at homeless encampments.”

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tasks. ““We are close on past compliance,
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stop data, and personnel assessment database

process.”

The police are focusing on “precision
policing,” he said, meaning developing
detailed data that can be used to prevent and
solve crimes. Many categories of crimes are
trending downward, although murders and
shootings are still up in parts of Oakland
(but not in Rockridge).

The majority of subsequent audience
questions concerned homelessness and
homeless encampments. The deputy chief
emphasized that Oakland’s homeless are
still Oakland citizens, and many grew up
in Oakland neighborhoods. He noted that
homelessness is not a crime, and that the
police prefer to work with social service
agencies to find permanent housing and
social services, rather than simply arresting
people. He said Oakland has recently
initiated a mobile medical unit to '®
and treat the homeless, and acknowledg
that many homeless need mental health
treatment that has not kept up with the need.

Turning to local crime statistics,
Rockridge’s new Community Resources
Officer (CRO), David Mac (see photo and
notes, page 2), pointed out that while crime
had decreased in Rockridge, vigilance
remains a watchword. He encouraged people
to be aware of their surrounding, and not
to bury their faces and their attention in a
cell phone.

Area 2 Commander Capt. Jake Bassett,
also at the meeting, stressed that surveillance
cameras can benefit not only the households
that set them up, but the larger community

as well, by furnishing evidence to support
ongoing criminal investigations.

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is looking to celebrate this anniversary, and
the continuing use of the space as a church,
throughout the Fall. Celebrations will include
building tours, guest speakers, photographic
displays and a celebration service on Sunday,
November 5, at 10:30 a.m.

You can get involved in the celebrations
in many ways: sharing photos or memories,
helping us with historical information and
tours, and collaborating with us for special
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Rockridge Housing
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from page 3

Housing Element.
Those present at the June committee

meeting felt that the wider range of options
would help the community better understand
what was possible. The next few months
will involve fine-tuning these options with
the help of housing experts and fleshing out
an analysis of the impacts, both positive
and negative, that each option would have
on Rockridge. The hope is to have a more
complete package of options ready to present
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Furry Friends at
the Library

from page 4

Starting with our youngest neighbors.

The summer reading program at the
library is a prime example of this engage-
ment. If you’ve ever heard of the summer
slide — the time during summer break
when kids’ learning is at risk of slowing
down and losing some of the achievements
gained during the school year — you should
know that the library is a critical asset for
bolstering learning during this time. A fun
and engaging petting zoo may introduce
a child to the library, a somewhat minor
exchange with a significant impact.

This is why we do what we do: the
Friends of the Rockridge Library helps

the library extend its reach and provide
programming and services that encourage
our entire community to become engaged
learners for a lifetime.

Adults had a fun surprise at this gather-
ing, too. Members of the FORL board were
at the event, sharing what we fund and why
we do it. We brought a bit of excitement to
the adults with a prize drawing of gift cards
from Cole Hardware and Cactus Taqueria,
and a gorgeous gift basket generously
donated by Nathan and Co. Winners were
thrilled, one sharing that this was the first
time she had ever won anything.

The library’s summer schedule is full
of fun. Check out the list of activities on
the Oakland Public Library website (www.
oaklandlibrary.org), and consider supporting
your library with a tax-deductible donation
to the Friends of the Rockridge Library.
Visit us at www.RockridgeFriends.org.

There are many
ways to engage
children (and adults)
with libraries.
Pictured at left is
part of a children’s
petting zoo recently
hosted by Friends
of the Rockridge
Library (FORL).
For adults, FORL
had prize drawings
for gift cards and a
gift basket donated
by College Avenue
merchants.

/SARAH WASHBURN,
FORL BOARD MEMBER

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Handyman Services,

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In Addition...

More on FROG Park Plans as
Discussed at the Joint Town Hall

dt ei steps to keep the park as relevant
as possible for users, the FROG
committee surveyed the community for its
wishes for park equipment, learning that
more swings and more public art were high
on the list of desired improvements, Theresa
Nelson reported.

Steps are underway to add more
traditional swings as well as toddler swings
for younger children and bucket swings with
extra support for special needs children.
Later, an Apollo spinner, described by
company literature as the 21st Century
merry-go-round with a central pole and
rope structure designed for climbing, will be
added. The goal is to serve everyone in the
community: adults with or without children
and kids of all ages and physical abilities.

Also, the committee hired Caroline
Stern of Deco Art on Claremont Avenue
who painted a cheerful mural featuring
Frog Park. You can find this mural ot. Se®
plans for other park improvements: www.
frogpark.org.

Pr

pistrict 1 Councilman Dan Kalb

prop-in Community Office Hours: Temescal!
Farmers Market, 5300 Claremont Ave. (off
Teleg.) at DMV parking lot. 3rd Sunday each
month,10:30am-12:30pm. Times/locations
of other office hrs. or more info: mmharris@
oakland.net or www.dankalb.net/contactdan.

rockridge Branch Library
5366 College Avenue, 597-5017
FOR CHILDREN

Summer Volunteers wanted, ages 11 to 16
to help with the Summer Reading Program
and general library tasks. Contact Erica
(Children’s Librarian) to reserve a spot: 597-
5017 or esiskind@oaklandlibrary.org.

« Family Story Time: Stories/songs/rhymes
(for all ages); Saturdays, 10:30am.

* Toddler Story Time: Songs, active rhymes
and stories (for 9 months to 2 years),
Thursdays, 10:30am, upstairs.

¢ Pre-School Story Time: Read-alouds,
songs, and rhymes (ages 2 to 5); Thursdays,
10:30am.

All story times followed by Play Time;
parents and caregivers invited.

Special Events:

« Summer Reading Program: continues

through August 5. Everyone to age 13 invited
o listen to others read aloud or to read
ndependently to win prizes. Record the days
you've read to get prizes & be in the raffle.

¢ Tues. evening events at 7pm with live
performers (for all ages):

¢7/11: East Bay Symphony Instrument
“petting zoo.”
¢ 7/18: Puppet Company (Magic Teakettle).
¢ 7/25: Germar Magic.
¢ 8/1: Kamishibai Stories.
¢ 8/8: 90-Second Newbery Films.
¢ Wed. Workshops: craft, science, &

construction sessions at 3:30pm. Stop by
for a schedule of activities.

¢ 90-Second Newbery Film Makers
Workshop: to make a minute-&-a-half-
long group film that retells the story of a
Newbery-Award-winning book. Sign up now
for 8-session workshop; meets Tuesday-
Friday, 3:30-5pm, 8/2-8/16. Stop by, call,
or email Erica at esiskindOPL@gmail.com
or 510/597-5017 to reserve a spot. Best for
ages 8 to 12.

FOR TEENS

* Teen Summer Passport Program: now
thru 8/5. Explore Bay Area Hot Spots;
connect with players online by submitting
reviews and creating book lists; and receive
prizes thru the summer. Sign up at 597-5017
or www.oaklandlibrary.org/summer.

Teen Advisory Board (ages 14-18): Help
@ sv. the library how to better serve teens;

get community service credit for school.
2nd Sat. each month, 1 to 2pm.

* Teen ‘Scape Program: Play video & board

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FOR ADULTS

Summer Reading Program: now thru
8/5: Write a mini review or complete three
activities to enter a raffle for great gift cards
to local businesses, Grand prize raffle is
for an iPad Mini. Stop by the library or play
online: https://playadult2017.0aklandlibrary.
org/
Help downloading eBooks: Work one-
On-one with a librarian to get started with
our amazing collection of digital resources.
Fridays, 2 -3:30pm. Make apt. online or
Call 597-5017
° Writers Support/Critique Group: Bring 15
copies of up to 5 pgs. (double-spaced, MS
margins) of any prose for on-site reading/

discussion (or come empty-handed). Third
Sat. each month, 1 to opm; wheelchair-
accessible. Info: 420-8775 or Writefox@
aol.com. Call to confirm.

* Lawyers in the Library: Free legal info
and referral. 1st Tues each month; 6pm-

8pm. Sign-up for lottery starting 5pm; lottery
at5:45 pm. Call day of program to confirm.

Gallery Exhibits

July: Oakland Art Association; Photographers
Lobby Display Case.
July: Summer Travel.

LIBRARY HOURS
Tues, 12:30 to 8pm.
Wed, Thurs & Sat: 10am to 5:30pm.
Fri, 12 to 5:30pm.

Closed: Sun and Mon: also Tues, 9/5 and
Sat, 9/9.

Diesel Book/Poetry and Events

FREE and open to the public.

¢ The Month of July- Where’s Waldo
Scavenger Hunt Contest until Mon, July
31, at 5pm. Get a Find Waldo passport
at DIESEL and get it stamped or signed in
each neighborhood store when you spot
Waldo. Then, exchange the passport for a
small prize and get entered into the drawing
for the Grand Prize to win Waldo books.

¢ Sun, 7/9, 3pm. Poetry Flash with Don
Bogen: An Algebra and Joseph Di Prisco:
Sight Lines from the Cheap Seats.

e Tues, 7/11, 7pm. Publication Party for
local author Shani Raviv: Being Ana: A
Memoir of Anorexia Nervosa.

e Tues, 7/18, 7pm. Local author Richard
Rothstein: The Color of Law: A Forgotten
History of How Our Government Segregated

America.

and Fri 3:30 to 5

e Fri, 7/28, 6pm. Pajama Party Story Time
for Kids. Come in PJs; bring teddy bear;
have milk and cookies. Local author/artist
Lily Williams reads bedtime stories from
lf Sharks Disappeared.

¢ Sun, 7/30, 3pm. Poetry Flash with guest
poets Christopher Howell, Joseph Millar
and Dorianne Laux.

e Thurs, 8/3, 7pm. Paul Kingsnorth:
Confessions of a Recovering
Environmentalist and Other Essays, and
Beast (anovel), in conversation with DIESEL
bookseller Brad Johnson.

e Sun,8/6, 3pm. Poetry Flash with guest
poets Cassandra Dallett and Bruce
Isaacson.

e Thurs, 8/10, 7pm. Local author Yalie
Kamara: When the Living Sing.

e Sun, 8/13, 3pm. Publication party for
Christine Evelyn Volker: Venetian Blood.

¢ Tues, 8/15, 7pm. Publication party for
Margaret Wilkerson Sexton: A Kind of
Freedom.

e Fri, 8/25, 6pm. Special Musical Pajama
Party Story Time for Kids. Come in PJs;
bring teddy bear; have milk and cookies.
Bay area author/musician Mike Mirabella
and illustrator Amy O’Hanlon read bedtime
stories from On the Luck of an Irish Sailor.

e Sun, 8/27, 3pm. Poetry Flash; discussion
of Heaven Was Detroit: From Jazz to Hip-
Hop and Beyond with editor M.L. Liebler
and contributors Greil Marcus, Al Young,
Melba Joyce Boyd, Brian Jabas Smith,
George “Moseley the Punk” Moseman,
Joel Martin, and Pat Thomas.

DIESEL, A Bookstore, 5433 College Ave. More
info abt the authors, books and other events:
653-9965 or events @dieselbookstore.com.

jazz at the Chimes

Featuring Le Jazz Hot, the Quartet of the Hot
Club of San Francisco, celebrating the music
of Django Reinhardt’s pioneering Hot Club de
France. More info at http://www.lejazzhot.biz/.
Sun., July 16, 2pm. Advance tickets: http://
lejazzhot.brownpapertickets.com/ or at the
door (cash only) beginning 12:30pm (doors
open 1:30): $15. Refreshments and reception
follow. Honoring the 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. ist 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.

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.

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