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ROC HITHEN TOUR: YOUR DREAM HITGIEN AWAITS

by Leonora Sea, tour committee member

ove the house; put up with the kitchen. Is

his you? Then come to the 12th biennial
Rockridge Kitchen Tour Sunday, September
24, and find out how homeowners, with the

help of architects, designers, contractors, and
craftspeople, created kitchens

Hyde Chick house kitchen and the National
Association of Remodelers (NARI) award-
winner successfully retain the aesthetic
of the original houses, but are nonetheless
supremely functional, and in some surprising
ways. (Take the Tour to find out what those

them special.

Other challenges met by the owners of
our tour kitchens were to improve traffic
flow through the kitchen and to the rest of
the house; remove doorways and partitions
in inconvenient locations; and establish

better connections to the

to love.

Nine such not-to-be-
missed kitchens are featured
on the 2017 tour, including
these three: The recent winner
of a national remodelers
award, the Guy Hyde Chick
house by famed California
ay architect Bernard Maybeck;

and the iconic Roll Up House.
Guests are invited to visit the
ground floor of the Maybeck
and to take a full tour of the
Roll Up House. You'll see
much to inspire your own
remodel, and have a chance
to meet with the people who
put together the glorious
assortment of kitchens you'll
find on the tour.
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Among the challenges homeowners
faced: Respecting historic houses while
incorporating modern amenities. The Guy

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with great sensitivity to the footprint of
the original house and kitchen, and have
retained or restored the features that make

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outdoors to more readily
entertain guests and enjoy
family time in the kitchens.
Storage is always important,
and the architects and owners
found ways to add or upgrade
storage systems without
overwhelming the kitchens or
making them feel cluttered.
On the Tour, you’ll note
the latest in design trends in
many of the kitchens: up-to-
date colors; space-saving
appliances; effective yet
beautiful lighting; and new
materials for work surfaces;
as well as clever ways to store
those always-in-use items
like knives and cooking
utensils.
Many homeowners found ways to

economize On some parts of the kitchen

so that they could splurge elsewhere while
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by Samee Roberts, president,

harvest. Stretching out along College from

Rockridge Out & About Street Fair: Sunday, September 1]

Heart of the Town Events
he Rockridge District Association
(RDA) welcomes Rockridge residents
to join visitors from all over the region to
@.:.;,. dine and explore at its 11th Annual
Rockridge Out & About College Avenue
street fair Sunday, September 17, noon to 6
p.m. This annual event returns to College
Avenue to feature a broader range of the fall

Alcatraz to Manila avenues, the festival
offers a leisurely stroll traversing more than
100 street-level shops, galleries, food and
drink establishments, and pop-up services
and amenities.

2017 Festival Highlights:

mw Live music and entertainment clusters
dotting College Avenue, including dance

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Your Thoughts and Ideas Invited
by Annalee Allen

he city of Oakland’s Cultural Affairs
Department staff would like to hear
from Rockridge area residents about what
they want included in a new Cultural Plan.

Staff will hold town hall meetings in
each Council district to get public input on
shaping this new plan. The first meeting
takes place in District | — which includes
Rockridge — Friday, September 15, 6 to 8
p.m., at the Rockridge Branch Library, 5366
College Avenue. Noted poet and cultural
place-maker* Roberto Bedoya will lead
the discussions.

Bedoya heads the Cultural Affairs
Department. “We are in a time of rapid
change,” he says. “Our population is growing
and shifting in character, technology is
remaking our lives and relationships, and
businesses and investors are changing our
neighborhoods and the face of our city.

“Amid all these changes, people want
to feel welcomed and respected, to be free
to express themselves, to be safe to explore
and be curious, and to feel comfortable
and at home. In a word, whether residents
or visitors, people want to feel like they
belong. This is why Oakland needs a

cultural development plan. We need to |

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Staff will distill community insight and
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adoption in February 2018.
Bedoya came to work for Oakland a

year ago after serving for nine years as the
executive director of the Tucson, Arizona,
Pima Arts Council. He will address how
to keep artists and arts organizations from
being priced out of the city, and whether to
restore the Cultural Arts Commission, put
on hiatus in recent years due to staffing cuts.
Bedoya’s department oversees $900,000 in
annual grants to local arts organizations
and a $1 million bond fund for public art.

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a live next Land Use Committee meeting will be
Wednesday, September 27, 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 open to the public. |

RCPC Land Use Committee Update - September

he Land Use Committee did not meet

in August for lack of a quorum and
because analysis of the five alternative
housing scenarios was not yet complete.
The hope is to have that analysis completed
and available for review by the middle of
September, so that part of the September

meeting can be spent on discussion of
that analysis.

The other half of the September
committee meeting will be spent hearing
about current plans for the re-use of the
California College of Arts campus on
Broadway just north of the Shops at the

Ridge development. Representatives of
the developers will be in attendance to
tell us their current plans and get feedback
from the committee and other community
members. Once plans are more complete,
there will be a Town Hall presentation to
the larger community.

The committee also hopes to have
updates on plans for Phase II of Shops at
the Ridge, and an update on the vacant
property at the corner of College &
Claremont (former Shell service station).
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in September. Our next
meeting is October 12.
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Email Karen Ivy, NCPC secretary at:
secretary@rockridgencpc.com

Hardy Dog Park
Improvements

Continue

hile renovation plans move slower than
a turtle with a snail on its back, we are
making improvements to Hardy Dog Park
every month. We have fixed the flooding
issues, built and installed new poop bag

& speak at that meeting. Neighbors for Racial
Justice will have a presentation on racial bias.
BART has not yet responded. We hope they
will be available to discuss traffic around the
Rockridge BART station and general public
safety. Watch for announcements at www.

Other Notes

The minutes of the August 12 NCPC
meeting are available on the NCPC web
site at: http://tinyurl.com/nvgrtme; or at:
http://tinyurl.com/yb46a2nn

dispensers, built and installed leash racks,
and solved the stinky trash problem.

How can you help?

m We need newspaper bags. If you have
bags lying around, drop them off in the
large green shopping bag at the Hudson
entrance, or in the large black mailbox at
the Frog Park entrance.

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chairs you want to get rid of? We'd love to

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by Tamara Spokane, Chabot parent

he Chabot Elementary Fall Carnival
has been a Rockridge tradition for
years. This year’s event is on Sunday,
October 18, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. on the Chabot
campus, 6686 Chabot Road. The event is a
fundraiser for Chabot Elementary School,
and all residents and neighbors are invited
to join in the fun and festivities. As always,
admission is free.

Enjoy a family lunch from one of the
food stations, including our famous Dads’
club pulled pork sandwiches and hot dogs,
the taco truck, or a pizza. Then satisfy that
sweet tooth by grabbing a treat from our
Benefit Bakesale or candy giveaways at the
DJ dancing booth.

To burn off some of those calories, the
Carnival offers a variety of games for kids
of all ages. Plan on winning some prizes,
testing your bravery on the Jumpy Slide,
and decorating pumpkins and sugar skulls.

The Chabot Carnival also offers lots of
fun entertainment. Don’t miss the Hippity
Hop Dance class with Mr. J at 12:30, followed

by great music with live DJs, and costume
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that fall has to offer — games, food, prizes,
music and crafts. There 1s something for

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coordination of numerous after-school
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Party, Saturday September 23

by Lee Patterson, Scenic Streets member
l| Rockridge neighbors are invited

to help Scenic Streets maintain
neighborhood plantings on sidewalks and
the areas adjacent to the Claremont Avenue/
Highway 24 on- and off-ramps. A gardening
party is planned for Saturday, September
23, 9 a.m. to noon. Our main focus will be
spreading mulch on the ramp side areas,
but there will be lots more to do, including
weeding, raking, trash pickup, and pruning.
Please be aware that Caltrans requires
anyone working on the Highway 24 ramps to
be at least 16 years old. Wear long pants and
sturdy shoes or boots, preferably with ankle
support. Work on the sidewalk plantings
is available to all ages. Gloves, hardhats,
goggles, and safety vests (for ramp work)
will be supplied by Caltrans; some tools
will be provided by Scenic Streets. You may

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sure to mark them with your identification.
Wheelbarrows are especially useful. Let us
know if you plan to bring one.

Your work will be much appreciated,
and you'll come away with a sense of
satisfaction for a job well-done.

We will meet on Claremont Avenue at the
south end of the Hardy Dog Park. If you plan
to attend, an RSVP to lee.scenicstreets@

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Update and Coming
Fall Activities

he FROG committee is pleased to
announce that significant progress has
been made over the summer on the “Swings

+ MORE” project regarding permitting and

approvals.

@ The Oakland Parks and Recreation
Advisory Commission (PRAC) voted
unanimously in mid-July to approve our
project without any conditions. (See:
PRAC-July12-2017 Meeting-FROG).

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and approved the permit August 14.

we City of Oakland Planning Depart-
ment approval was granted and issued
August 16.

Three Down, One to Go:

One remaining required permit is the
Caltrans encroachment permit approval.
Now that we have the city’s Planning
Department approval, required by Caltrans,
we are moving forward on the Caltrans
permit application. Our design consultant is
completing construction drawings so we can
submit the application to Caltrans.

These are important achievements, and
prerequisites to city processes to secure bids
and contractors. We look forward to moving
the process along to the next phase.

FROG Notes:

Homelessness: FROG has been working
with Councilmember Dan Kalb, the homeless
services manager in the City Administrator's
office, the Oakland Police and Neighborhood
Services Coordinator, Oakland Public Works
(OPW) dispatch supervisor, among others,
to help us address the issues related to the
presence of the homeless in lower Rockridge
and around Frog Park.

For years, FROG committee members
have called to alert city officials about people
sleeping in basketball courts, by the swings,
and in other parts of the greenbelt. Recently,
these issues have grown to include tents
and makeshift structures, stored personal
possessions, and occasional harassment
of those who use the park for recreation.
All of us on the FROG committee are
working to bring this to a resolution. We
encourage neighbors and park users to

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by Judith Doner Berne
Re" his apartment overlooking College

Avenue in Rockridge, Otis R. Taylor Jr.
turns out three columns a week for the San
Francisco Chronicle covering people, politics
and problems throughout the East Bay.

“I see my job as educating people,”
the 39-year-old Taylor says. For instance,
“If I want to drive the narrative about
homelessness, I can’t just say it. I try to show
how real people are living who are born with
disadvantages. I really want to put empathy
into my stories.”

We meet at one of his favorite Rockridge
hangouts, Old Brooklyn Bagels and Deli on
College Avenue, where he is checking his
computer and eating his go-to sandwich —
a pesto bagel with butter, bacon and egg,
downed with a root beer. “They know my
order,” he tells me with a disarming smile
that isn’t apparent in the photograph that runs
with his column.

He pretty much chooses his own stories,
juggling two lists of prospective subjects —
“those I want to do and those I need to do. I
like to work on Sundays when it’s quiet, so
I have three to four columns in the air every
Monday when [ start.”

In a favorite (August 2), he chronicles
the life of Richmond resident Leedell Omar
Thomas, 25. Thomas was homeless for two
years while, ironically, his part-time job was
to provide safety at an apartment complex.
Now that he works full-time as a security
guard for Safeway, he can rent an apartment
of his own with help from Shelter, Inc., a
nonprofit that provides housing-support
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“Thomas could’ve given up,” Taylor
wrote. “It’s inspiring to watch a former
foster kid, whose mother sold drugs and
whose father pimped women, SWHT! against
the current of hopelessness flowing through

the Bay Area.” |
It was also a favorite column of Kirsten

Schwartz of Albany, who said in a letter to the
editor: “I grow more impressed with Taylor s
work as I read each new piece. He’s a great
addition to the Chronicle and to my ongoine
education about parts of the Bay Area that |
usually don’t get to but that I want and need
to know about.” age

Taylor, who recently celebrated his first
anniversary with the Chronicle, hadn't seen
the letter. But he seemed pleased since,
he says, his columns sometimes provoke
negative responses.

He’s been a working journalist since he
was news editor and circulation manager for
the student newspaper at Clemson University,
from which he graduated in 1999 with a B.A.
in English. In 2001, he began a 13-year stint
with The State newspaper (daily circulation
75,000) in South Carolina’s capital, Columbia,
where he started out covering high school
sports. He advanced to writing features and
columns and spent his last four years there as
lead writer for arts, culture and entertainment.

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When Taylor left for San Francisco in
2013, “it was for a girl, not a job,” he says
with a smile. The next year, he moved to
Rockridge. “You cannot beat Rockridge. The
neighborhood’s temperament is good. I like
chatter.” And, when the time comes to have a
family, “I would want to live in Rockridge.”

Besides Brooklyn Bagels, favorite College
Avenue venues include Sukho Thai, George
and Walt’s and Rockridge Café. “He comes
in and orders pancakes and French fries and
root beer,” says Margie Flannagan who has
worked at Rockridge Café for 21 years. (It’s
a good thing he runs and plays basketball!) “I
liked his recent piece (August 16),” she says,
proposing that counter-protesters boycott
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in Berkeley and San Francisco. “It’s very sage
advice.”

“Music is a hobby,” Taylor says, so with
a couple of employees at Eddie’s Drive-In
Liquors, “we sit and talk music.” A former
bass player from a music-loving family, “I’m
really excited about the new record store. I like
to make DJ mixes.” He hosts a monthly radio
show on KGPC, Peralta College’s community
Station.

Much as Taylor loves California, he
does miss South Carolina where he grew
up, specifically “my traveling softball team.
We were really good.” And, “it was really
emotional for me when that Confederate flag
came down at the State Capitol (July, 2015),”
following the shooting of nine worshippers at
Mother Emmanuel A.M.E.., an historic black
church in Charleston.

“T moonwalked into this job,” Taylor says
of his column in the Chronicle. Last year,
while the managing editor of a hyperlocal
news organization, he answered a request
from Chronicle editor-in-chief Audrey Cooper
to coordinate the San Francisco Homeless
Project involving 80 media outlets. “I was the

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only one who volunteered.” When she took
him out to lunch to thank him, he told her, “‘T
want to work for you.”

“I really feel | was called” (to this
assignment), he says. “As a black person in
a position of privilege, I need to speak freely
about racism. I can easily be labeled an angry
black man. Butas a black man, I should engage
in conversations. What I’m trying to do is be
a conduit.”

In Oakland, “I’m terrified that the diversity
and inclusiveness is being lost. We could do
something really progressive — build more
affordable housing using the taxes from
cannabis sales. It could really trickle up.

“It breaks my heart to see kids going to
high schools where they're not challenged,”
Taylor says. “And I’m really worried about
the immigrants. People are so disadvantaged,
it hurts. E want to write from the ground up. |
wear t-shirts and jeans and try to walk their
path. But I get to go back to my nice home in
Rockridge. It makes me really sad.”

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

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Rickridge News

September 2, 2017

Annual Creek to
Bay Day and Frog
Park Cleanup

by Leonora Sea, DMV Neighbors

t's time for the annual Creek to Bay Day

Temescal Creek and FROG Park cleanup
on Saturday, September 16, beginning at
9 a.m. Be part of International Coastal
Cleanup Day, a truly worldwide effort to
make our planet’s waterways cleaner and
healthier. Join in with DMV Neighbors
Association and the Friends of the Rockridge
Temescal Greenbelt to clean up our specia
Rockridge neighborhood park. Temesca
Creek, between the pond at Big Frog anc
Clarke Street, is a pumped water feature
in the park. The water returns to the actual
Temescal Creek through the Little Frog grate.
When we clean up trash and debris, not only
does our park look better, but it keeps litter
out of the creek, Bay, and ocean.

Sign-in tables will be located at Cavour
and Redondo, for those who want to work
on the creek between Clifton and Clarke
Streets, and at Big Frog near the play
structure for those who want to work on
the pond, play area and greenbelt path to
Clifton. Coffee and snacks are available for
volunteers. Tasks include weeding, pruning,
trash pickup, raking and sweeping. Families
and groups are welcome. Students needing
service hours for school will receive a signed
letter verifying their participation. Tools and
gloves provided, or bring your own, making
sure they’re well marked as yours.

More info: contact Leonora Sea, DMV
Neighbors Association: LeonoraSea@
comcast.net; FROG: info@frogpark.org, or
look up FROG Park and Temescal Creek on
the city of Oakland’s Creek to Bay Day Web
site: www.oaklandcreektobay.org.

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DensiTy AND TRAFFIC MAKE RockRIDGE
DesIRABLE AND Keep IT THRIVING
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letters to this paper frequently rail
against new development in the area,
bemoaning the density, the traffic, the
environment.

In regard to the first two, there are many
ovely neighborhoods in Oakland that are

ess expensive. Density, and the traffic that
goes with it, are what makes Rockridge a
desirable place to live, and keeps Rockridge
thriving. A brief walk down College
Avenue, with its many shuttered storefronts,
demonstrates that we need more, not less

of it. | |
More high-density housing, like

y ex 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

ess dense and have less traffic, and are far

letters to the Editor

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.

apartments and condominiums, wi}
bring more people, including more young
people with disposable income, that wil]
sustain existing businesses and provide
fertile ground for new ones, Rockridge js
a desirable neighborhood because of, not
despite, its business corridor, and we should
be doing everything we can as residents to
support our businesses.

In regard to the last complaint — that
development is not environmentally
friendly — well there, the writer was
just wrong. Dense, multi-unit housing is
much more efficient and environmentally
friendly than single-family homes. It’s also
much better for our community, which is
struggling with a major housing crisis.

— Maria McKee

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It seems to me there are more and more
dogs being walked on College Avenue by
more and more dog owners indifferent to the
waste dropped by their pets. I am constantly
dodging piles of these leavings as I walk
along. I am not sure what — if anything — can
be done about this but it’s disgusting and
takes away from the Avenue experience. A

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good start would be for dog owners to take
more responsibility for picking up their pet’s
droppings.

— Johanna Woodby

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Staying on budget. Others were able to
balance encouraging their children’s interest
in cooking with easy maintenance.

Most of the kitchens are newly renovated,
but this year’s tour includes one classic to
illustrate how inspired design never goes out of
style. Except for upgrades as better appliances
have become available, this kitchen is a quarter
of a century old, but looks as if it was finished
yesterday.

Kitchen Tour guests receive a copy of
the comprehensive tour brochure, describing
each kitchen and listing resources for those
contemplating their own remodel. Docents
with extensive knowledge of the remodels
will also be on hand at each site on the tour to
answer questions about the owner’s goals and
challenges. The brochure is a treasure trove
for design enthusiasts and future renovators.

The Kitchen Tour Expo
In addition to the tour on September
24, be sure to visit the Kitchen Tour Expo

Saturday, September 23 in the Claremont
Middle School gym, 5750 College Avenue.

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A Featured Kitchen from a Recent
Tour Robert Vente Photography

September 2, 2017

Tour tickets include admission
to the Expo, well-received in
2015 by tour guests and vendors
alike. This year’s Expo features
more exhibitors, architects,
designers, contractors, and
craftspeople. Meet the creative
talent behind the kitchens you
will see on Sunday, and get
an in-depth look at how these
design professionals approach
kitchen renovations.

After viewing the marvelous
kitchens on the tour, you’re
likely to be pretty hungry. Make
a full day of it in Rockridge,
and enjoy College Avenue’s
vibrant commercial district with
its fine dining and shopping
opportunities.

2017 Kitchen Tour tickets

are on Sale now online at
http://rockridgekitchentour.

org/seminar-expo/ for $40,
and will be for sale at the
Expo and on the day of the
tour for $45. Tickets are also
available at Nathan & Co.,
5636 College. Expo-only
tickets are $10.

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FROG Report

from page 5

do the same, to keep the park safe. If you
see a problem or experience harassment,
call 510/777-3211 for emergencies or
510/777-3333 for non-emergencies. If you
see graffiti or illegal dumping, contact the
Public Works call center at 510/615-5566,
email them at: opwcallcenter@oaklandnet.
com, or file a report on SeeClickFix, a
smartphone reporting app available at
https://en.seeclickfix.com/oakland.

Garbage and Other Issues: FROG has
reached out to the Oakland Public Works
department (OPW) and others to help devise
a new garbage pickup schedule to begin to
address overflows on the weekends and
from the Farmer’s Market prepared food
vendors. We have contacted the Department
of Environmental Health, including Alameda
County Vector Control, 510/567-6800, to
request a review of the area to ensure safety
for our children. If you notice a pest issue,

call and report the incident.

The Tire Swing: The city has ordered a
new tire swing to replace the one broken
and missing for months. We hope to have it
installed soon.

Creek: Water was flowing briefly. Members
of the DMV Neighbors Association took the
initiative and cleaned the creek thoroughly
before the turn-on to avoid blocked drains.
Unfortunately, the control system for the
pump is not working properly. Alameda
County Public Works Agency is arranging

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repairs. Once the pump is fixed, the creek
will flow again.
Coming Activities:

= Creek to Bay Day, September 16.
See story, page 8.

= Rockridge Out & About: Visit us
at our booth on September 17 and see the
final plans for the Swings + More project.
See story, page I.

To volunteer or to ask questions, please
contact: chair@frogpark.org. To support
FROG, visit www.frogpark.org/donate.

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iesel, A Bookstore in Oakland
D officially changed its name to East Bay

Booksellers on September. 1.

After a nearly year-long community-
lending campaign, Brad Johnson purchased
the Rockridge bookstore from owners
Alison Reid and John Evans, who continue
their ownership of Diesel bookstores in
Brentwood and Larkspur.

Johnson, who has worked at Diese] for
five years, Says on the Diesel website: “For
much of my adult life I pursued academia —]
wasn’t expecting bookselling to pursue me
instead...”

The bottom line is that Rockridge will
continue to have two bookstores within its
boundaries.

Detailed information on the new
ownership can be found on the Diesel website
at http://www.dieselbookstore.com.

— Judith Doner Berne

oyce and Michele Belotti, owners of

College Avenue’s Belotti restaurant, have
announced plans to open a to-go version of
the restaurant on Piedmont Avenue. They
had this to say about their new bottega
location: “It will have very limited seating
for ‘eating on the spot’ as it’s meant to be a
to-go space for the most part. We will have
options for people to order and schedule
pick-up of their food online, to come in and
buy fresh Belotti pasta, sauces, and typical

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Now at 5391 College Avenue...

iunky Furniture SF opened across
from the library at the triangular corner

of College and Manila Avenues in early
August.

The mid-century modern custom
furniture and accessory store moved to
Rockridge after 10 years south of Market
in San Francisco,

Soon, its name will change to Post
and Tailor which is already on the murals
painted on its outer walls (photo, right.)

“We love the neighborhood,” co-owner
Reg Hirons says. “We're definitely excited
to be part of the community.”

The store’s sofas and chairs are custom-
made in Los Angeles, its wood tables in San
Francisco. Sofa pillows, some of which say
Rockridge, College Avenue and Oakland
on them, are the work of co-owner Kania
Edelberg, as is some of the art work available
for purchase. — Judith Doner Berne

and regional homemade Italian appetizers
and snacks. We are very excited about this
new space and looking to open the shop in
early fall.”

Stay tuned to Nosh (http://www.
berkeleyside.com/nosh/) for more
information as the new Belotti’s bottega
gets closer to opening at 4001 Piedmont
Avenue and 40th Street.

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mid-October opening of its Rockridge
bakery at the former Pasta Pomodoro
restaurant location on the corner of Lawton
and College Avenues, according to a
company representative. The announcement,
long in coming, elicited a string of excited
comments — in French and in English —
from Rockridge locals on Nextdoor, a
neighborhood website.

Katie Solinger, director of operations (or
Directrice des Opérations) at La Boulangerie
de San Francisco, says the company expects
to hire 30 staff and, if busy enough, even
more. The small company re-created by
owner Pascal Rigo will first open in San
Francisco and at the Rockridge at the
College Avenue location. La Boulangerie
had been set to open in September, but
pedestrians peeking in the windows saw no
reassuring signs of change. Solinger says
the small company concentrated resources
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due to permit issues with the city of San
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Street: Celebrate the market’s 30th

anniversary. Market Hall merchants
will turn out for the company’s annual
Picnic in the Street offering signature
foods and libations. They also sponsor
the ever-popular Cookbook Exchange

benefiting Rockridge Public Library.

w Rockridge establishments and local food
vendors offer a feast of great eats in the
festival food courts.

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art, clothing, jewelry, soaps, artifacts,
mementos, and more.

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thrill audiences at the Kinetic Arts
Center circus arts stage.

Kids can frolic in the family zone
featuring arts & crafts, face painting, and

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the annual kiddie carnival complete with
rides, inflatables, games and climbing wall.

Skilled practitioners demo a range of
wellness services such as yoga, massage,
Ayurveda, and aromatherapy. Also,
Namaste Yoga + Wellness will again host
a Mindfulness Lounge.

Cole Hardware joins in sponsoring
fall-themed arts & crafts and other
creative activities for children of all ages.

More than 100 community, artisan
and business booths will combine
with Rockridge’s plethora of existing
businesses to offer a wide array of shopping
opportunities. Festival-goers can get a
jump on fall and holiday shopping with
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pilgrimage to “Big Frog” on August 16. The trip isn’t just
about play, although there’s plenty of time for that, too.
Forty children and adults, led by the Reverend Monte
McClain, pictured at left, converged on the park to work.
Some of the kids have grown up playing in the park,
others were visiting for their first time. In either case, the
enthusiastic VBS campers picked up two huge bags of
trash and filled eight paper greenwaste bags with leaves,
grass clippings, and redwood duff, a fantastic result in only
an hour and a half. Each year, CPAC brings the group to
contribute much-needed maintenance during that long
stretch between Earth Day and Creek to Bay Day. The job
they did clearing redwood duff out of the pond is especially
crucial this year, as it’s expected that Alameda County
Flood Control will be turning on the creek pump very
soon. Thank you to Monte, the counselors, and the VBS
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books and learning, international and
artisanal foods, and much more.

Admission to the 11th Annual
Rockridge Out & About is free. The fair
is supported by contributions from the
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Henry Levy Group, Strahan Insurance ~
Services, Lawton Associates, Barrel
Room, DHR Counsel, McGuire Real
Estate, Farmers Insurance: Ruth Stroup
Agency, The Golden Squirrel, Kids Gym
Berkeley, Oakland Magazine, East Bay
Express, BART and the city of Oakland,
with additional support from other
businesses and organizations.

Find more event details at
RockridgeOutandAbout.com.

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Oakland’s children. Oakland Public
Library’s volunteer program Books for
Wider Horizons holds its annual training
at the Rockridge Branch Library over six
evenings: 10/4, 10/5, 10/11, 10/12, 10/18, and
10/19; and one full Saturday, 10/28.

For more information, email rvenuto@
oaklandlibrary.org, or phone 238-7453.

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@ Please join us for build and cleanup
days, the first Saturday of every month
from 9-10:30 a.m. Meet other dog owners
and join the community.

m@ We need 2-3 more people to join our
renovation committee. Committee members
will own pieces of the renovation, from
managing fundraising to working with
contractors and Caltrans, to finding a new
501(c)3 umbrella organization. Come help
us make a difference to the neighborhood!

Have questions or want to learn more?
Email HardyDogPark@yahoo.com

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Progress on
Pothole Program

o date in 2017, Oakland Department of

Transportation (ODOT) pothole crews
have repaired more than 15,000 potholes,
almost as many as in all of 2016. Crews
are on pace to fill another 5,000 by the end
of the year, toward a total goal of 20,000
this year.

If you have meant to, but have not yet
reported a pothole, do so now. Many have
been repaired, but some may have been
overlooked or unreported.

Please send pictures of remaining
potholes to SeeClickFix, the mobile phone
reporting app, or call them in to 510615-
5566 with location or a close address if
possible.

Sign up with SeeClickFix at: https://
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Rockridge Musician/Therapist

vocalists, and

by Jo Ellis and Don Kinkead
‘Gan eeeeese to Margret Elson

on the publication of her latest
book, The Piano and the Couch:
Music and Psyche. Margret, a
resident of Rockridge for almost
50 years, is a writer, a performing
musician as soloist and in ensemble,
and psychotherapist. During the
early days of The Rockridge News,
she co-founded and wrote “The
Rockridge Muse,” a monthly arts
and artists-oriented column for
the newsletter for a number of years. She
currently teaches piano and practices
psychotherapy in Oakland.

In her dual careers as musician and psy-
chotherapist, she has taught and re-trained
pianists, coached instrumentalists and

Strikes the Right Note

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come impediments
to their artistic
development.

Just published,
her book is available
now at our local
bookstores and
also on Amazon,
which offers the
following review:
“Through detailed
descriptions of real life sessions with pianists,
Elson takes us on an odyssey through the
unconscious worlds of her musician clients,
revealing their journeys through darkness
and surprise, and ultimately into the light.”
Describing her literary work, Margret

says, “I write about the interrelationship
of music and psychology, and include

detailed sessions of work I do with talented,

traumatized musicians.”

Although none are currently scheduled,
Margret will let us know when she wil]
be appearing at Bay Area book readings.

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fafa ee News Community Calendar items to: joellisi @hotmail.com, phone 653-3210
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CA 94611. Deadline is the next to the last Tuesday of the month.

Compiled by Jo Ellis

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

District 1 Councilman Dan Kalb

Drop-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

9366 College Avenue, 597-5017
FOR CHILDREN

¢ 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): Th
10:30am. (29 }, Thuredays,

All story times followed by Play Time:
parents and Caregivers invited.

SPECIAL EVENTS:

¢ Talk Like a Pirate Day - Stories About
Ships: Tues, 9/19, 6:30pm. All ages
welcome for a story time about ships and
pirates; with sea shanties.

TWIG: ‘Tweens ages 9 to 12 are invited
to get together for crafts, snacks, writing,
reading, drawing, and chatting. Every 2nd
Tues each month (9/12, 10/10) 6:30-7:45pm.

FOR TEENS

¢ Study Room Hours: Do your homework at
the library. A high school tutor is available
for homework questions. Tues & Thurs,
4- 5pm; Wed: 3 - 4:30 pm.

¢ Teen Advisory Board (ages 14-18): Help
advise 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
games; make crafts. Every Tues, Thurs, and
Fri 3:30 to 5pm; Wed 1:30 to 5pm.

¢ Yu-Gi-Oh Card Game Club: Beginners
welcome. Every Friday 3:30 - 5pm.

¢ Origami Fidget Spinners: Make fidget
Spinners; decorate them with colorful
origami paper. All materials provided.
9/20 at 2pm.

FOR ADULTS

e Ready, Set, Connect! One on One
Computer Help. Saturdays 11-1. Call 597-
9017 to book an appt

¢ 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.

Stop Fake News: An interactive program on
the current fake news phenomenon. We'll
dig in and share tips on recognizing false
or misleading stories. Tues, 9/19 6:30pm.

° 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 5pm; wheelchair-
accessible. Info: 420-8775 or Writefox@
aol.com. Call to confirm.

e Lawyers in the Library: Free legal
info and referral. ist Tues each month
(cancelled in Sept); 6pm-8pm. Sign-up
for lottery starting 5pm; lottery at 5:45 pm.
Call day of program to confirm.

Art Exhibits:

Gallery

Sept: Darril Tighe: Watercolors.
Oct: TBD

Lobby Display Case

Sept: “The Best Tool for School is a Library
Card!”

Oct: TBD

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/Readings and Events

(Name change to East Bay Booksellers
on Sept 1st.)

FREE and open to the public.

e Thurs, 9/7, 7pm. Journalist John Nichols:
Horsemen of the Trumpocalypse: A Fie/d
Guide to the Most Dangerous People in
America.

e Tues, 7/19, 7pm. Local author Janine
Kovac: Spinning: Choreography for
Coming Home.

¢ Wed, 9/20, 7pm. Tongo Eisen-Martin:
Heaven is All Goodbyes: Pocket Poets
No.67.

e Fri, 9/22, 7pm. Jesmyn Ward: Sing,
Unburied, Sing. |n conversation with writer
Rahawa Haile.

e Sun, 9/24, 3pm. PERFORMANCE! Ilona
Bray brings to life Mossby’s Magic
Carpet Handbook: A Flyer’s Guide to
Mossby’s Model D3 Extra-Small Magic
Carpet (Especially for Young or Vertically
Challenged People).

e Tues, 9/26, 7pm. Chelsea Martin: CACA
DOLCE: Essays from a Lowbrow Life. In
conversation with Colin Winnette.

e Wed, 9/27, 7pm. Santiago Gamboa: Return
to the Dark Valley.

e Thurs, 9/28, 7pm. Local author Daniel
Handler: Ai// the Dirty Parts.

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 Multi-Grammy nominee John
Santos and The Colibri Trio, performing
lyrical and poetic music of Latin America.
Sun., Sept 10, 2pm. Tickets $15: in advance
at http://colibritrio.brownpapertickets.com/ or
at the door (cash only) beginning 12:30pm
(doors open 1:30) Refreshments and reception
follows. 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. 1st Fridays each month,
8— 10pm. Alllevels welcome; all dances taught
on the spot. Come alone or bring friends. $5-10
sliding scale donation. The Niebyl-Proctor
Marxist Library, 6501 Telegraph Ave. Info:
squirrellystringband.com.

North Oakland Senior Center

Mon. —Fri., 9am to 4:30pm. 5714 Martin Luther
King, Jr. Way: 597- 5085

Programs include: Arts/crafts; health
counseling; dancing and exercise; trips,
tours and theater outings; Alzheimer’s
support groups, computer classes/more.

e TAI CHI BEGINNERS: Free lecture and
demo to kick-off the Fall session. Wed,
Sept 13, 9:15am.

e Chair Yoga: the chair gives support to keep
the body flexible and helps to bend and
reach things easier. Cost $5 per person;
paid at class time. Fridays, 10:30-11:30am.
(An on-going class, but beginners welcome
to join at any time.)

e LAWYERIN THE CENTER: Wed, Sept 20,
1:30-4:30pm. Call during business hrs, to
make appt for 20-minute slots.

e Sign Interest Sheet now at reception
desk for ALL ABOARD FOR YOSEMITE
trip planned for May 8 thru 10, 2018. Then
save the date for October 17th Information
Session.

Seniors age 55+ join for $12 annual dues
to get discount and other benefits. Receive
“The North Oakland Senior Times” for full
schedule of classes/events, lunch menus,
and volunteer opportunities. Call 597- 5085
for more info.

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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