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VOL. 32      NO. 10    ISSUE NO. 349    November 4, 2017                  CIRCULATION: 5,800 RESIDENCES; 200 BUSINESSES
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Traffic Jams and Clouds of Dust Herald Final B’way Paving

Letter to the Editor
A Constant Cloud of Dust
Editor: We are excited for the road diet
on Broadway between College and High­
way 24, but the construction this week
was poorly planned, carelessly noticed, and executed
in a manner that unnecessarily put kids’ health at risk.
I am a parent of two small kids who go to one of the
preschools on Broadway. That stretch of Broadway has
multiple day cares and preschools serving infants and
toddlers. RMS, where my kids go, has 6 classrooms
of about 20 kids each – around 120 kids under 5 years
old in this one location. This week [October 22-28],
Broadway was a constant dust cloud that resulted in our
Long trucks and tight turns blocked upper Broadway traffic
during a big paving job on Friday, October 27.  /Don Kinkead
kids’ preschool canceling outdoor
playtime for the entire week despite
the fact that the weather was beautiful.
Their playground and outside toys are
covered in a thick layer of fine dirt that
now the teachers will have to clean
before kids can play again.
The teachers said they had no
warning and didn’t know that this was
about to
➧➧Big Dust Cloud, page 13
Editor’s Note: this letter was representative of several received
by RCPC on this topic. RCPC will check with the City about the
circumstances and may publish a follow-up article in December.

October Town Hall – Big Plans for CCA
Re-Use; Zilch for ‘Ridge Shops’ Phase 2

Planning for CCA, gave the bulk of the
presentation, with assistance from John
Clawson of Equity Community Builders
and Mark Babson of Emerald Fund, the
two developers CCA has partnered with to
plan the re-use. CCA has been at the site,
originally the Treadwell Estate, since 1926
and has built numerous additional college
buildings beyond the original mansion and
carriage house, both of which are listed on
the National Register of Historic Places. The
most recently built college building is Clifton
Hall, a student dormitory at the corner of
by Stuart Flashman, RCPC chair
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CCA Site Development
he Rockridge Community Planning
Council’s (RCPC) October Town Hall
meeting was a “twofer”: presentations
about two adjacent but not connected sets
of development plans along Broadway at the
eastern boundary of Rockridge. One, the
re-use of the California College of the Arts
(CCA) Oakland campus; the other, the stalled
Phase 2 of the “Shops at the Ridge” project.
With CCA planning to move its program
entirely to San Francisco within the next
couple of years, the audience heard about
what’s being planned for the re-use of its
4-acre site, located just east of Broadway and
just north of the Shops at the Ridge shopping
center site.
➧➧Town Hall Reports, page 12
David Meckel, Director of Campus

Mobile Mayor Brings City Hall to Oakland Residents: Nov 18

Update: Time Change
Awith Mayor Libby Schaaf. In addition, City
staff will be available to attend to concerns
relating to illegal dumping, housing and other
city and neighborhood issues; Adopt-a-Spot
staff will be present for on-site registration;
and the East Bay SPCA will be present to
provide pet adoption services.
Learn more about Mobile Mayor and
view past events at the Mobile Mayor
website at https://sites.google.com/view/
oaklandmobilemayor/home.
s reported in the October issue of The
Rockridge News, a Mobile Mayor event
is scheduled for Rockridge on Saturday,
November 18, at the Rockridge BART Plaza
from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. (Note: The time has
changed from that reported in the October
newsletter.)
Questions? Email;
      OaklandMobileMayor@gmail.com
Knigi Glee, Marketing Implementation Man­
ager of Community Engagement | Office of
Mayor Libby Schaaf. Mobile: 704/804.2864 |
KnigiGlee@gmail.com.
The next Mobile Mayor event is scheduled
for December 9 at Clinton Square Park, from
11 a.m. to 1 p.m. (12th Street and 6th Avenue).
You are invited to stop by and discuss city
topics of interest in a one-on-one meeting


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ROCKRIDGE BRANCH LIBRARY
                  5366 College Avenue
                   at Manila | 597-5017
Library program details/hours: Calendar, page 15
The Rockridge News, founded March 1986 by Don
Kinkead, is published monthly (except in August)
and is sponsored by the Rockridge Community
Planning Council (RCPC), a nonprofit public
benefit organization founded to: preserve and
enhance the unique character of the Rockridge
neighborhood; promote the health, safety and
quality of life of its residents; furnish a forum for
community involvement; and provide leadership and
representation of neighborhood interests.
Join Us: Community Thanksgiving Day Meal at
College Avenue Presbyterian Church
Rockridge News Production
Don Kinkead	�����������������������Editor
Jo Ellis	�����������������������������������Asst. Editor
Judith Doner Berne	������������Eyes on Rockridge
Jo Ellis	�����������������������������������Advertising &
by Pastor Monte McClain
Iwhich our altruism is awakened or renewed.
We’re more willing to lend a hand. We’re
more eager to help our neighbors. We’re more
ready to give of our money and time. The
opportunities for helping others within our
own city are legion; many also exist right here
in North Oakland. One of those opportunities
is the annual free Thanksgiving Community
Community Calendar
Susan Montauk	�������������������Business Manager
Don Kinkead	�����������������������Graphics & Layout
find myself bombarded with the deluge
of terrible news: hurricanes, the violence
in Las Vegas, the fires in the Wine Country,
our housing crisis, the threat of nuclear war.
Thanks to technology and my smartphone
addiction, the pictures are too present and too
vivid. The endless news cycle is completely
overwhelming.
RCPC Board of Directors, 2017-18
Stuart Flashman	�����������������Chair
Leonora Sea	������������������������Vice-Chair
Jesse Ortega	�����������������������Secretary
Ronnie Spitzer	��������������������Treasurer
Alden Conner, M C Haug, Don Kinkead,
Andrew Masalin, Laura Schlichtmann
Contact the board: chair@rockridge.org
Meal at College
Avenue Presby­
terian Church.
For information: info@rockridge.org
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terms of safety,
a home, and
enough to eat, I
feel the trauma
plaguing much of
our culture and
nation. Some
talk of burnout
or compassion
fatigue, pointing to the challenge we face to
have the courage to hope and heal. Whatever
path we choose must be a reality-based,
muscular response that involves all of our
being, not just a depersonalized swipe or
dehumanizing click.
To subscribe to The Rockridge News, send
your check for $20, payable to Rockridge News
Subscriptions, to: Rockridge News Subscriptions at
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C o m m u n i t y
Meal on Novem­
ber 23 from
11 a.m.-1 p.m.,
at 5951 College Avenue. The meal is a
joint project of our Rockridge Community,
involving congregational members, local
merchants and residents. It is an opportunity
to respond as a community to the needs
of those struggling with hunger, solitude
and joblessness. The meal generally serves
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The holiday season beginning this month
and going through the new year is one in
➧➧Community Meal, page 14
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Newsletter Advertising/Deadline
Publication date of the November issue is:
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Advertising rates are $26/column inch. Six-
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he next Land Use Committee meeting will be Wednesday, November 29, 7:30 p.m. at
the Rockridge Branch Library upstairs meeting room. Note date change! 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 – November 2017
Redfield Cider Bar and Bottle Shop
(5815/5817 College Avenue)
Comments received by the committee included some favoring
and some opposing the application. Those favoring felt it would
be a welcome addition to College Avenue and would diversify the
offerings available. Those opposing either felt that there were already
too many venues serving alcohol on the street and the site should be
reserved for a purely retail use, or expressed concerns about potential
parking, trash, and noise problems.
Mike Reis, one of the principals of the enterprise, presented the
plans for this proposed bar/bottle shop, which would be located at
the former site of See Jane Run. The use would require a minor
use permit from the City and a Type 42 license (beer, wine & cider
on-site/off-site consumption) from the State Department of Alcoholic
Beverage Control. No application has yet been submitted to the City.
After discussion, the committee voted to recommend that RCPC
not oppose the proposal. The Board will consider the proposal at its
November 29 meeting.
Proposal for 4-Story Mixed-Use Building (File Pln17269)
5353 College Avenue (Location of Better Homes Realty)
The proposal would combine a bar/tasting room focused on
premium quality ciders (alcoholic), but also serving beers and wines,
along with light food to accompany it (e.g., cheeses, olives, salted
nuts). There would also be some nonalcoholic beverages available.
There are no plans to sell distilled spirits. The store would also sell
bottled ciders, beers, and wines. Hours are projected to be noon –
10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, and noon to midnight on Fridays
and Saturdays. (Last call would be half an hour before closing time.)
They do not plan to have any live music and expect any recorded
music would be low-key.
This proposal was reviewed informally by the committee several
months earlier; however, the committee lacked a quorum at that
meeting so no recommendation has been made to the Board. The
project would construct a 3-story building with commercial space
and parking on the street floor and nine market-rate apartments
above. The one-story craftsman bungalow now occupying the
site would be raised up
➧➧Proposed Building Change, page 13

Spate of Car Break-ins Hits Rockridge & Vicinity

NCPC Report | November 2017
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the city parking lot next to the Rockridge Branch
Library, and an additional three vehicles parked
on College Avenue near the library. Library staff
members leaving a training program at the library
retrieved two purses and a backpack they found
rifled and abandoned near the library entrance,
turning them in to Jackson for safekeeping. He
was later able to return
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ar break-in specialists made a busy night of it in
Rockridge and environs on Thursday evening,
October 19.
According to Chris Jackson, Operations Manager
for the Rockridge District Association (RDA), a
total of 11 automobiles were broken into that night
on College Avenue and in Piedmont and Temescal.
In Rockridge, two of those break-ins occurred in
➧➧NCPC Report, page 14
he NCPC does not meet in
November. The next meeting
is December 14. Email the NCPC
at chair@rockridgencpc.com if
you have items you’d like to add
to the NCPC agenda.


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Jingle Your Bells
in Rockridge this
Holiday Season!
Wholiday decor, sales, extended hours, special
events, pop-ups, gift wrapping, and free
parking. Info: www.oaklandgrown.org
Rockridge Plaid Friday Weekend
Participating Businesses:
A La Folie
Cole Coffee
Cole Hardware
East Bay Booksellers
GoldenBug
Children’s Shoes
Hawthorn Boutique
In Full Swing Plus
Sizes
Market Hall Foods
Pavé Fine Jewelry
Rockridge Furniture
& Design
Serrahna
SOBU
Strahan Insurance
Services, Inc.
The Golden Squirrel
Tootsies Rockridge
hether looking to deck your halls or
jingle your bells, Rockridge is the
place to be with so many merchants gearing
up for a festive, something-for-everyone 2017
holiday season.
Fifteen Rockridge brick & mortar
businesses are participating in Plaid Friday
Weekend November 24 – 26 in association
with Oakland Grown, Townsquared, East
Bay Express and the City of Oakland.
Oakland’s creative and diverse community
of small business owners and their shops
and products to create a strong and beautiful
fabric. Plaid Friday is an inspired shopping
alternative to the big box “Black Friday”
experience. It is designed to promote the
social and economic benefits of spending
your time and dollars with independently
owned businesses on the busiest shopping
day of the year – and all season long.
Additional Rockridge District Association
In addition, the Rockridge District
Association (RDA) is planning a host of
activities to celebrate the season; all the
more reason to make Rockridge your holiday
home base.
Plaid Friday Weekend –
November 24 - 26
T
2017 Holiday Activities
Saturday, 11/25
1 - 3 p.m.: Santa at BART Plaza plus
children’s activities and games, all part of
Plaid Friday Weekend
Saturday, 12/9
1 p.m.: the Tap Dancing Christmas Trees
at BART Plaza
Commercial business districts and
individual merchants, restaurants, bars,
service providers, artists, and artisans in
Rockridge and throughout Oakland are
participating with lively entertainment,
2 - 4 p.m.:  Photos with Santa
4 - 6 p.m.:  Strolling Carolers
More info: www.rockridgedistrict.com
he national Plaid Friday movement was
founded right here in Oakland. The plaid
theme represents the weaving together of
/Photos D. Kinkead
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Mini Changes, Major Fun:
Mini-Roundabouts
Coming Soon to Shafter
by Oakland Department of
Transportation Staff
When a street gets repaved, it’s a
magical time. The stripes are bright,
the crosswalks are crisp, and the street is
so, so smooth.
At the Oakland Department of
Transportation, or OakDOT, we’re excited
about delivering more repaved streets with
funding from the recently-passed Measure
KK, which will provide $350 million for
infrastructure repairs over the next ten years.
As we ramp up our capacity to deliver these
needed state-of-good-repair fixes, we also
think it’s the right time to make sure our
streets are as safe and inviting as they can
be for people walking, biking, and driving.
Planted Mini-Roundabout in
Seattle/Dongho Chang, Seattle Dept. of
Transportation.
for everyone by encouraging lower vehicle
speeds. Mini-roundabouts can also serve as
a mini-garden in the middle of your street,
further beautifying the neighborhood.
sense on Shafter. Here’s what some neighbors
told us:
That’s why we’ve been looking closely
at Shafter Avenue between Forest and
51st Streets. This segment is scheduled for
repaving next summer, so we’re developing
our plans now.
We got our inspiration from the mini-
roundabouts in Berkeley and in Seattle,
where neighbors work together to add
charming and delightful personal touches,
such as painted birdhouses. A study by the
City of Seattle DOT found that Seattle’s
mini-roundabouts also compel drivers to
slow down when approaching intersections.
■
■“I love the idea of the planted round­
abouts. I have seen them in Berkeley and
they look great. Plus, they substantially slow
down traffic that otherwise blasts through
the stop signs.”
We think Shafter is due for a traffic
calming upgrade, and we’re planning to
implement mini-roundabouts at three
locations on the street: Cavour, Clifton, and
Hudson.
■
■“You definitely need roundabouts.
No one stops at stop signs around here
anymore.”
We want to be sure we’re talking with
neighbors wherever we do projects, so we
recently sent a survey to residents along
Shafter and on intersecting blocks where
we’re considering the project. We heard back
from many of you, and most respondents
agreed; planted mini-roundabouts make
■
■“Roundabouts seem to me like a
happier way to moderate traffic speed, and
planted roundabouts would help make the
neighborhood more attractive.”
Because of the bicycle route designation,
we think Shafter is a great place for mini-
roundabouts. Mini-roundabouts are raised,
circular concrete islands placed in the
middle of neighborhood intersections. These
safety treatments can make the street safer
We also polled residents about the speed
humps, which have been on Shafter for
more than a decade, and about whether we
should add more. Most of the residents we
heard from were unsure about additional
speed humps. Many expressed frustrations
➧➧Shafter Roundabouts, page 13
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Eyes on Rockridge
of preparation and, in many cases, the lack
of a support system.
But, “in observing many in the African
American community who went through
the surgery, it was clear they knew how to
support each other,” she told me. “I saw
other people who didn’t have that kind
of support and how depressed they were.
And, at that time, people weren’t getting
the support from hospitals.”
Local Physical Therapist
Tackles a Book On Total Knee
Replacement (and More)
by Judith Doner Berne
A
Witness, a non-profit organization that
uses oral history to illuminate human
rights crises).
Still, for seven years, the first draft of a
book on how to help people get the most out
of Total Knee Replacement (TKR) surgery
and get off painkillers faster sat in a drawer
under her computer. It included how to set
up a support system, a list of equipment,
what to expect in the hospital and at home,
plus the exercises she recommends. “It was
sound,” she said, “but not appealing; full of
practical information, but lifeless.”
week or so before my knee replacement
surgery last November, a friend passed
on to me a book given to her before her own
operation. Titled Granny Gets a New Knee
(and a whole lot more), it’s somewhat of a
picture-book, written and self-published by
Temescal resident Louise Chegwidden and
illustrated by Berkeley artist and teacher
Mokhtar Paki in 2014.
Meanwhile, as a hospital home health
physical therapist, Chegwidden’s day job
was to help patients through their first
days following knee (and hip) surgery.
That’s when she saw first-hand their lack
Chegwidden, a physical therapist for 36
years, teaches a weekly drop-in Feldenkrais
movement class at the Jeffrey Bihr Studio
in Rockridge. “Simply put,” she said,
“the Feldenkrais method is body learning
through focused attention to differences in
sensation as we move.” She moves like the
former dancer she is.
Then she read the award-winning
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by
Rebecca Skloot. “In writing the book, the
author brought together the science story
and the human story,” Chegwidden said.
“A light bulb went off in my mind,” giving
her the idea of creating a fictional story and
combining it with the practical information
she had already compiled.
You might recognize her name from
the local theater scene. When the South
Africa-born, Australia-raised Chegwidden
suffered a neck injury from dancing, she
took up acting and has appeared in roles at
Berkeley Rep, TheatreWorks and Shotgun
Players. She met her husband, former
Berkeley Rep education director Cliff
Mayotte, “when he cast me at the Marin
Shakespeare Company.” (He is now the
education program director at Voice of
So, we meet Granny, who needs a
new knee. Through dialogue, mostly
with family members, we learn of the
➧➧Total Knee, page 7
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Total Knee
impressed the hospital
staff was at how well
Hites was able to move
about immediately after
the operation.
from page 6
pain, preparation, exercises, support and
recovery she experiences.
Hites took three months
off from work, during
which she continued —
and continues to this day
— with Chegwidden’s
sessions. “It helped me
right through. I never
went to any (traditional)
physical therapy. She
basically finished up the
book through my case.”
Although it’s been four
years since her surgery,
“from time to time I go
back and read it. It’s a
staple for me to go on from
there.”
Although each character is fictitious
– “a composite of people I have met and
worked with” – Chegwidden’s next door
neighbor Martha Morris inspired the
Granny character, despite the fact that
she hasn’t had knee surgery. “She is the
matriarch of her extended family and a
model for me in building community,”
Chegwidden said.
Much of Granny’s interaction is with her
11-year-old grandson Jerome, who is about
the same age as Chegwidden’s son, Julian,
when she began the book. (Julian is now a
sophomore at Oakland Tech and a member
of its varsity crew. Chegwidden volunteers
her time to lead a weekly Feldenkrais
movement class for both Tech’s men’s and
women’s varsity crews.)
Louise Chegwidden (right) was able to test the
theories in her book on getting the most out of total
knee replacement when Leslie Hites came to her for
pre-surgery help.                             /Judith Doner Berne
“I wish I had had the
book before my (knee
replacement) surgery,”
said Anne Hightower, a former Rockridge
resident who now lives in Temescal and takes
Chegwidden’s class.
She was just finishing up the book
when Leslie Hites, a Rockridge mother of
six and grandmother of 14, contacted her
for therapy six weeks before her own TKR
surgery date.
husband had moved to Rockridge twenty-
plus years ago was its walkability. “Mobility
is something we all treasure,” she said.
“When I called up Louise, the timing
was rather unreal.” Hites received the
mental and physical preparation she
needed. And it allowed Chegwidden “to test
for the first time my theory that preparing
people before surgery, then following them
with consistent care in this way, would be
beneficial.”
“The book is wonderful,” echoed Kristi
MacLeod, who grew up in Rockridge, had
a double knee replacement and is now
learning ballroom dancing. She attends
Chegwidden’s Rockridge class “to break
the habits I had over my lifetime.”
Hites, founder and head of school at
the tri-lingual Montessori Renaissance
International School, had been having
problems with her knee ever since she tore
her ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) in a
ski accident some years back. The repair
and subsequent physical therapy didn’t
meet her expectations.
For my own knee replacement, the book
was a helpful reference. However, by the
time I received it, I had developed a strong
relationship with my surgeon, and found
the hospital’s pre-operation seminar, before
and after pamphlets, and home and group
physical therapy to be informative and
supportive. I also had counsel from a friend
who had the surgery ahead of me as well as
tremendous support from friends and family.
“I did notice a tremendous difference
going into surgery,” Hites said. And
both she and Chegwidden told me how
It was particularly galling because one
important reason she and her cardiologist
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Last Thanksgiving, I was a couple of
weeks into recovery. One daughter flew in
from Chicago (apple crisp and pumpkin pie)
to join local daughter (sweet potatoes and
cranberry sauce) and son-in-law (turkey,
stuffing and mashed potatoes) who, with my
husband and grandson, created our feast and
the love surrounding it.
This year, I’m grateful that I can do much
more than hobble to the table and eat.
DANIEL STEA
BRE #01452156
Happy Thanksgiving, Rockridge.
As always, your comments and suggestions for other
columns about Rockridge people and happenings
are most welcome. Please email judyberne@att.net.
510.867.4094


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9.
November 4, 2017

Hardy Dog Park Group Celebrates
One Year of Caring for Our Park
Scenic Streets
Makes Things
Look Better
by Linda Zunas
Oof a sturdy hand-made bench kindly donated
by local dog owner Esmeralda.
ur Hardy Dog Park Group held its
first cleanup November 5, 2016, and
has hosted cleanups on the first Saturday of
every month since then. We will celebrate our
one-year anniversary on November 4 with
another cleanup (and some coffee and sweets)
from 9-10:30 a.m., and with the installation
Thank you for continuing to donate clean
newspaper bags: our dogs and their owners
are grateful. If you would like to get involved,
or simply follow along with our activities,
please join our email list or check out our
web site: HardyDogPark.org
by Lee Patterson
Scenic Streets of Oakland held a successful
work event in September. Lots of mulch
As a part of  the first
anniversary celebration of
the Hardy Dog Park Group’s
work to ensure there is a
comfortable space for dogs
to run and play and for
their guardians to gather
to talk about their dogs,
we dedicate and install the
bench handmade by local
dog supporter Esmeralda.
Coffee, sweets, and a bit
of cleanup round out the
celebraton.          /Linda Zunas
was spread next to
the Claremont/24
on-ramp. Speaking of
lots, a lot more mulch
spreading is needed.
You can easily see
what’s necessary
as you drive up the
on-ramp.
If you’d like to participate in making
things look a bit better, contact Lee Patterson
at lee.scenicstreets@gmail.com.
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tradition, with music ranging from holiday favorites to
R&B and soul. This year’s concert pays tribute to Prince
and Leonard Cohen and features local artists Linda Tillery,
Kugelplex, Ellen Hoffman, and Vocal Rush. Our local
Rockridge artists are also well represented, with Karen Ivy,
Becky Bob-Waksberg, and Paula Aparicio in the chorus,
and violinist Carla Picchi and Craig McAmis on trombone
in the orchestra.
The concert aims to bring together people from diverse
communities and backgrounds both onstage and in the audi­
ence. “It’s really about bringing people together across various
artificial lines whether they are socioeconomic or racial or
religious. You can unify a community around a symphony
orchestra because there is a variety of things that we play….”,
says Music Director Michael Morgan.
Music Director
Michael Morgan
The Oakland Symphony’s unique niche in the community
has always been a focus for Morgan. “It has been interesting
figuring out, with the musicians – how do you keep an orches­
tra interesting in an area where there are so many orchestras?
What’s actually interesting is finding our niche, our place in
the repertoire, our function for audiences,” says Morgan.
The Oakland Symphony Holiday
Concert Brings Communities Together
by Evan Marks, Interim Marketing Director
On December 10, over two hundred assembled voices from
the Oakland Symphony Chorus, Oakland Interfaith Gospel
Choir, and Mt. Eden High School Concert Choir will join the
Oakland Symphony on the Paramount Theatre stage for “Let
Us Break Bread Together.” The concert is a uniquely Oakland
Learn more about the concert season and director Mor­
gan’s unique approach to programming. Purchase tickets to
“Let Us Break Bread Together” at www.oaklandsymphony.
org, or call 444-0802.    /Photo courtesy Oakland Symphony
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November 4, 2017

Cole: Coffee and Community Made Whole Again

by Mary Catherine Haug
Aimporters in August
2005. Needing to
change the business
name, he chose
“Cole” in memory of
his brother Mathew
Cole Murphy, who
had introduced
him to Rockridge
and was actually
responsible for
getting him to Royal
Coffee. Mat had
attended CCAC and
lived in Oakland in
the ’80s. When Mike
would come from
San Luis Obispo to visit, Mat shared his own
enthusiasm for La Farine and that fantastic
Royal coffee. Mike followed his brother’s
lead and moved to Oakland in 1989, taking
a job at Magnani Poultry (then nearby on
College). He was spotted there by the Royal
owners who offered him a job at their coffee
shop and a chance to be involved with a
product that he already greatly admired. The
rest is recent history.
ll of Cole Coffee is up and running
again with the completion of its café
expansion at College Avenue and 63rd Street.
Owners Mike Murphy and Desiree Salas-
Murphy say that the work took about as long
as expected, but for many faithful customers
it was an eternity. Although the original
bean-and-espresso shop and outdoor seating
along 63rd Street were still busy, food and
pour-over options were unavailable for about
8 months, from February until Sept. 25, much
too long for many dedicated patrons. After
all, Cole has been a Rockridge mainstay for
good coffee and conversation for 28 years.
Cole Coffee: Open for Business
Cole began in 1989 as Royal Coffee in the
“C is for Cookie” tiny shop at 307 63rd Street,
just down from College. The Royal Coffee
owners, importers of green coffee beans,
decided to have a retail shop and partnered
with their cousins, roasters McLaughlin
Coffee. They arranged for outdoor seating
along the 63rd Street sidewalk, and the
conversations with coffee began.
/Don Kinkead
extensive retrofit of the building, Mike
and Desiree’s landlord offered them the
opportunity to expand the café into the
adjacent storefront (formerly Lucero Hair
Salon). The substantial project required
breaking through a supporting wall
and reworking the entry stairs for the
apartments above.
Mike says, somewhat in jest, that he
started with Royal in 1990 as a janitor and
barista, becoming manager in 1992. In 1997,
Royal opened the Café in the College corner
storefront, formerly shops for women’s
clothing and eyeglasses.
The architectural firm Anderson
Schwartz (who also designed the Golden
Squirrel at College and Harwood) planned
the new Cole space. Desiree says she and
Mike wanted a look similar to that of cafés
they enjoyed when visiting in Brooklyn.
Desiree was able to apply some of her own
design skills and ideas in working with their
designer, Kadi Franson.
Not only did Mike find his life’s calling
at Royal, he also found his wife and business
partner there. In 1995, he met a budding
fashion designer named Desiree Salas, and
their friendship blossomed into marriage
in 2002. (A number of other marriages and
partnerships have been made at the Royal/
Cole location over the years of coffee and
conversation.)
Mike bought the business from the Royal
The new warm and modern café space is
light and airy with more than double the area
of the former shop, and includes 26 seats —
up from the previous 10 — a larger kitchen
and pour-over counter, and two restrooms.
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Mike’s goal continues to be a community
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Town Hall Reports
institutional use, and that there would be an
extensive public review and environmental
study process before any plans could be
approved by the City. He estimated that
would take as much as 2-3 years, which
would dovetail with the College’s plans for
completing its move to San Francisco.
Phase 2, “Shops at the Ridge”
more complicated, time-consuming, and
expensive than removing the more common
asbestos-containing insulation, flooring, or
ceiling tiles. As a result, TRC put Phase 2 on
hold while it re-evaluates its plans. Ranelletti
said that TRC was also concerned that, with
the changing retail environment, the amount
of large-scale retail proposed in Phase 2
might no longer make sense.
from page 1
Clifton Street and Broadway at the northern
end of the campus.
Meckel stressed that the plans he
presented are quite preliminary. He said
CCA has hired an Oakland public relations
firm, Craig Communications (510/433-0277,
http://craig-communications.com), to help
it reach out to the East Bay community for
comments and recommendations on the
re-use plans.
The second half of the program featured
a presentation by Darin Ranelletti, Deputy
Director of Oakland’s planning and building
department. Ranelletti was invited to discuss
the current status of Phase 2 of the Shops at
the Ridge project from the City’s perspective
– particularly the old Chase Bank building at
the corner of Broadway and Pleasant Valley
Avenue, the demolition of which was halted
last winter by the discovery of asbestos
contamination.
Ranelletti was very clear that the City
was not happy about the site being left in its
current condition. He said that if the project
remained stalled, the City could and would
begin levying fines for maintaining a public
nuisance and could eventually sue TRC to
force the Chase Building’s safe demolition.
He commented, however, that it would be
far preferable to get TRC to finish revising
its plans and complete Phase 2.
As of now, those plans focus on four
goals:
1.	Preserving CCA’s history and
continuing to maintain an arts focus
on the site, including affordable artist
housing.
2.	Preserving the historic buildings and
In answer to questions from the audience,
he noted the City, and many in the community,
have long supported including housing in the
project, but the property’s owner (not TRC
but an absentee corporate owner with an out-
of-state mailbox address) has consistently
refused to consider any residential use on
the site.
Ranelletti explained that plans for
redevelopment and expansion of the site,
formerly called the Rockridge Shopping
Center, had been developed over more than
five years, with much community input.
Those plans, originally put forward by
Safeway and now being implemented by
TRC, Inc., a Southern California developer,
called for two phases. The first phase,
including a new Safeway, a new Chase Bank
building, and two one-story retail buildings,
was completed more than a year ago. Phase
2 was to follow shortly.
landscaping on the site.
3.	Providing a significant amount of
new housing to help address the Bay
Area’s housing shortage.
4.	Creating a publicly accessible place that
showcases the site’s historic, artistic,
and scenic resources.
The plans currently envisage four
components:
The full Town Hall was captured on
video, and a link to the full video (available
on YouTube) has been posted on the
Rockridge.org website.
1.	An “art walk” along Clifton Street
that would include artist housing and
studio spaces.
2.	A sculpture garden including the
After completion of Phase I, demolition of
the remaining old bank buildings, including
Chase Bank, began in preparation for
constructing Phase 2, which would include
two- and three-story retail buildings with
structured parking and a shopping street. At
that point, asbestos was discovered mixed in
the concrete of the roof deck of the Chase
Building. While asbestos is highly toxic
in the air, Ranelletti emphasized that in its
current state, fixed in the building’s concrete,
the asbestos poses no hazard. However,
removal of this asbestos would be much
historic landscaping and the Treadwell
mansion.
3.	A promenade that would lead through
the campus area in a north-south
direction and be flanked by new
housing (as much as 500-600 units).
4.	An overlook area at the southern end
of the campus with breathtaking views
of Oakland and the East Bay.
Clawson noted that the site would need
to be rezoned since it is currently zoned for
Thanksgiving Day Meal, College
Avenue Presbyterian Church,
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November 4, 2017

Proposed
Building Change
Shafter
Roundabouts
You Can Help With
Roundabout Planning
We are still gathering feedback
about the project and would
love your input. If you haven’t taken
the survey, check it out at http://bit.
ly/2w6So3c.
from page 3
from page 5
and serve as an owner-occupied penthouse
residence, for a total height of 50 feet. A
minor variance would be required to exceed
the 35-foot height limit under CN-1 zoning.
The application has now been formally filed
with the City, and is assigned to planner
Moe Hackett, 510/238-3973, mhackett@
oaklandnet.com.
with current speed humps being too steep
and causing loud scraping noises as cars
bottomed out passing over them. We’re
taking this into consideration and will be
evaluating whether we can address the angle
of the existing speed humps to decrease these
types of incidents.
Feel free to drop us a line. Contact:
Sarah Fine, Senior Transportation
Planner, at sfine@oaklandnet.com
As always, we encourage everyone
to report potholes and other
infrastructure needs through any of
these methods:
We are happy to hear suggestions from
residents concerning the need for safety
treatments and a smoother street to make
walking, biking, and riding safer and more
delightful for everyone.
Comments on the project may be
submitted by phone, e-mail or U.S. Mail. For
the latter, address correspondence to: Bureau
of Planning-Zoning, 250 Frank Ogawa Plaza,
Oakland 94612. Comments must be received
by November 13, 2017.
Call: 510/615-5566
Email: callcenter@oaklandnet.com
Mobile app: SeeClickFix
For more information about
OakDOT, please visit https://beta.
oaklandca.gov/services/transportation
If you have thoughts about the mini-
roundabouts, and especially if you and your
neighbors would like to adopt the mini-
gardens, see box at right to contact us.
Thank You
SOLD!
Big Dust Cloud
were uncomfortable crossing due to the air
quality, so drove instead. Sure, there was
an occasional truck wetting the dirt to keep
dust down, but for the most part it was dry
ground and a big dust cloud.
from page 1
SPECTACULAR MODERN CRAFTSMAN
21 EMERY LANE 94618
happen. If they had known ahead of time, they
could have moved all outdoor toys to basement
storage and covered the play structures.
I think there should have been more
consideration of the number of day care and
preschools in planning for this construction,
and more noticing so our teachers could
have prepared, but instead, it seems the
contractor did less than what would normally
be expected for dust control and air quality
based on Oakland’s Standard Conditions of
Approval for construction.
— Name withheld by request
My kids have asthma and their breathing
has been unusually bad this week. My
husband is in development and construction
so we know that Oakland has standards for
construction impacts on neighbors. Dropping
our kids off and picking them up this week,
we could barely see across the street and we,
who usually walk or bike our kids to school,
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Community Meal
NCPC Report
food items, money/coins, packages, and
personal mail.
Ensure all windows are closed and doors
are locked.
from page 2
from page 3
Use anti-theft devices to secure steering
wheel or brake pedal; they do deter auto
break-ins.
two purses to the owners. As far as is
known, the backpack is still in the Police
Department’s property room.
between 200-300 people with a multitude of
volunteers gathered in the shared desire to
make this event possible. The meal is open
and free for everyone.
Activate the alarm when you leave the
vehicle.
Later, two attendees leaving the Rock­
ridge Community Planning Council (RCPC)
Town Hall meeting came across a man
loudly and profanely berating “this city.” His
car had been broken into and a briefcase
and laptop left on the back seat were gone.
His companion, a woman from Australia,
agreed that Oakland was awful. 911 was not
responding as she attempted to report the
theft. Her frustration was not alleviated by
the suggestion that a better response would
be to file a report using forms available on
OPD’s website.
Donations of money and food are
gratefully accepted. It’s because of such
donations that the meal takes place.
Never leave keys in ignition or car run­
ning; even if you’re running a quick errand.
Try to park in well-lit and/or populated
areas.
If you are a victim of crime and
need to make a report:
You can also give of your time. Help is
needed beginning Tuesday, November 21,
and Wednesday, November 22 to prepare,
set up and decorate the church gym for the
meal. Significant help is also needed the
day of the event to set up, cook, serve and
also clean up. (The latter requires the most
work and often is the one the fewest people
want to do.)
If the crime has already occurred, sus­
pect(s) have left the scene, and/or there is
no suspect information, we encourage you
to make an online report at https://tinyurl.
com/online-crime-report.
You can also call the Oakland Police
Department non-emergency number at
510/777-3333.
Posting on NextDoor in September,
OPD noted that “the department has
recently seen an increase in auto burglaries”
and offered the following prevention tips:
Suggested Car Burglary
Prevention Tips:
To sign up for a volunteer slot or to make a
donation via PayPal, go to the Thanksgiving
Meal page on the church website at www.
capcoakland.org/thanksgiving-meal, or
the church office site at capc1@sbcglobal.
net or call 510/658-3665.
If the suspect
is still on the
scene, remain in a
safe location and
call 9-1-1 or
Never leave anything in public view in
your vehicle. For example: phones, laptops,
cords/adaptors, bags/backpacks, clothing,
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House repairs, kitchen & bath remodel,
tile, decks, dry rot, drainage, walls, termite
damage, doors, windows. Professional work
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Landscape Gardener
Holistic plant care. Skilled artistic prun­
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irrigation system installation and repair.
Specializing in roses. Phone Joe at 1-877/237-
1484. $15/hr.
Artist Maryly Snow’s
Exhibit “Saving Nature and
Other Mysteries”
Art framed and ready to hang. Rockridge
Library, Upstairs. Oct 29-Nov. 29. Reception
Tues Nov. 21, 6-8 pm. Artist present every
Tuesday in November to answer questions
5:30-6:30 pm. www.snowstudios.com.
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counts as one word.) Mail to: RN Classifieds,
4123 Broadway, PMB 311, Oakland, CA 94611.
The newsletter’s December issue
deadline is November 16. The December
issue will be out on December 2.
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•
• Thurs, 11/16, 7pm. Poetry Flash with

Email Rockridge News Community Calendar items to: joellis1@hotmail.com, phone 653-3210
(after noon), or mail to: Rockridge News Community Calendar, 4123 Broadway, PMB 311, Oakland,
CA 94611. Deadline is the next to the last Tuesday of the month.

Randall Mann and Barbara Jane Reyes.
•
• Tues, 11/21, 7pm. Malcolm Harris: Kids
Compiled by Jo Ellis
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
These Days: Human Capital & The Making
of Millennials.
East Bay Booksellers, 5433 College Ave. More
info abt. the authors, books and other events:
653-9965 or www.ebbooksellers.com.
Oakland Symphony Concert
Expressions of “Love and Loss” through
Mozart’s 40th; Rossini’s Stabat Mater; and
Jonah Gallagher’s tribute to a friend lost too
soon. Fri, Nov.17, 8pm. Paramount Theatre,
2025 B’way. More info and tickets at 444-0802
or oaklandsymphony.org.
Jazz at the Chimes
Featuring the Resonance Jazz Ensemble:
octet performing jazz standards, pop tunes and
classical favorites. Sun., Nov 19, 2pm. Tickets
$15: in advance at http://resonancejazz.
brownpapertickets.com/ or at the door (cash
only) beginning 12:30pm (doors open 1:30)
Refreshments and reception follows. Honors
the artistry of Bay Area jazz musicians.
Chapel of the Chimes, 4499 Piedmont Ave.
Wheelchair accessible. Free parking. More
info: http://www.resonancejazz.com; www.
jazzatthechimes.com; chimesjazz@gmail.
com or 654-0123.
Square Dance in North Oakland
Music by The Squirrelly String Band. Calling
by Jordan Ruyle. 1st Fridays each month,
8 – 10pm. All levels welcome; all dances taught
on the spot. $5-10 sliding scale donation. The
Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library, 6501 Telegraph
Ave. Info: 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.
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
5366 College Avenue, 597-5017
FOR CHILDREN
FOR ADULTS
NaNoWriMo: Come Write In!: Tuesdays
in November, 6-8pm. Take the NaNoWriMo
challenge at National Writing Month meet-
ups. Check in each week for a raffle ticket.
•
• Ready, Set, Connect! One-on-one
computer help. Tuesdays 5:30-7:30pm
and Saturdays 12-2. Call 597-5017 for appt.
•
• eBook Help: Work one-on-one with
a librarian; get started using amazing
collection of digital resources. Fridays,
2-3:30pm. Make appt. online or call 597-5017.
•
• Writers Support/Critique Group: Bring
•
• Family Story Time: Stories/songs/rhymes
(for all ages); Saturdays, 10:30am.
•
• Toddler Story Time: Songs, active rhymes
15 copies of up to 5 pgs. (double-spaced,
MS margins) of any prose for on-site
reading/discussion (OK to come empty-
handed). Third Sat. each month, 1 to 5pm;
wheelchair-accessible. Info: 420-8775 or
Writefox@aol.com. Call to confirm.
•
• Lawyers in the Library: Free legal info
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:
and referral. 1st Tues each month; 6pm-
8pm. Sign-up for lottery starting 5pm; lottery
at 5:45 pm. Call day of program to confirm.
Art Exhibits:
Gallery
Nov: Maryly Snow: Saving Nature and
Other Mysteries; etchings, assemblages,
and more. Artist will be on-site to discuss
her work Tuesdays, 5:30-6:30pm. Reception:
Tuesday, 11/21, 6-8 pm.
Dec: Kathy Goss: Glimpse of Nature;
Watercolors.
•
• Young Writers National Novel Writing
Month: People ages 9 to 12 are invited to
write a novel in the month of November.
We’ll meet every Wednesday afternoon,
2:30-5pm, or come by any time. RSVP to
Erica at esiskind@oaklandlibrary.org.
•
• Active Indoor Games: Saturday, 11/18,
10am-12pm. Kids ages 2 to 7 with LOTS
of energy are invited to run around inside
the library. We’ll have a variety of activities.
Adults can play along or sit in the bleachers.
•
• Felting Craft: Make a cuddly or scratchy
LIBRARY HOURS
Tues, 12:30 to 8pm.
Wed, Thurs & Sat: 10am to 5:30pm.
creature out of felt – for yourself or gift. First
3 Saturdays in December; (starting12/2);
2:30-4pm. All ages welcome. Best for kids
ages 7 & up who can handle sharp objects.
•
• TWIG: ‘Tweens ages 9 to 12 are invited
Fri, 12 to 5:30pm.
Closed: Sun and Mon. Also: Sat,11/11 and
Thurs - Fri, 11/23-11/24.
East Bay Booksellers Readings/Events
FREE and open to the public.
•
• HEALTHY LIVING FOR SENIORS: discover
how to eat healthy and keep physically
active. Tues, Nov. 14, 10:30am –12pm.
•
• O A K L A N D ’ s
2 6 T H
A N N U A L
THANKSGIVING COMMUNITY DINNER;
Nov 21. Reserve your seat on the free
shuttle from NOSC to The Marriott.
•
• ALL ABOARD FOR YOSEMITE trip
to get together for crafts, snacks, writing,
reading, drawing, and chatting. Every 2nd
Tues each month 6:30-7:45pm.
FOR TEENS
•
• Sun, 11/5, 3pm. Sarah Adler-Milstein
and Scott Nova: Sewing Hope: How One
Factory Challenges the Apparel Industry’s
Sweatshops.
•
• Tue, 11/ 7, 7pm. Jessie Chaffee: Florence
•
• 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
planned for May 8 thru 10, 2018. Registration
opens Monday, Dec. 4th, with deposit of
$150 per person.
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. More info at 597-5085.
Temescal Farmers’ Market
Open Sundays, 9am to 1pm (all year). Locally
grown fruits and vegetables; fresh ranch eggs;
home-made bakery items; fresh cut flowers;
unique prepared foods, fresh locally caught
fish, handcrafts and more. Sample the goods;
meet the grower. Live music. Bring reusable
bags. 5300 Claremont Ave. (off Telegraph) at
DMV parking lot.
in Ecstasy and Geoff Nicholson: The
Miranda; in conversation with Russell Gray.
•
• Wed, 11/6, 6:30pm. Freud’s Bar (monthly
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
talks given by local Bay Area psychoanalysts,
aimed at students ages 16-25, while
enjoying drinks and snacks). Meeting topic:
“Am I awake or asleep? Dreaming our
everyday life,”  presented by Michael
Donner, Ph.D.
•
• Thurs,11/9, 7pm. Anne Helen Petersen:
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.
•
• Sharpie Dyed Tile Coasters: Dye your
Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud: The Rise and
Reign of the Unruly Woman; in conversation
with Lili Loofbourow.
•
• Sun, 11/12, 3 pm. Poetry Flash with Jack
artistic tile with Sharpie, 11/8, 2pm.
•
• How to Draw Manga and Comics
Workshop: Learn to create characters
and draw your own comics: 11/15, 2pm.
•
• Make a Holiday Bookmark: to celebrate
Marshall and Dennis Nurkse.
•
• Tues, 11/14, 7pm. Mark Bray: ANTIFA:
The Anti-Fascist Handbook. Note: No
photography or video allowed at this event.
upcoming winter holidays: 12/6, 2pm.


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