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VOL. 33       NO. 2     ISSUE NO. 351    February 3, 2018                    CIRCULATION: 5,800 RESIDENCES; 200 BUSINESSES

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RCPC Board Elections Teed Up
for April Members’ Meeting
T
New Bill by Senators Wiener
& Skinner Would Transform
Rockridge and the East Bay
Much of Lower Rockridge Would Be Open to 5-Story
Buildings; Off-Street Parking Requirements Gone
he Annual RCPC membership meeting and Board elections will
be held Thursday, April 19, before and during the RCPC Town Hall
meeting. Polls will open at 7 p.m. in the lobby adjacent to the library’s
second floor meeting room. Rockridge residents interested
in running for the Board must submit an expression of
interest not later than February 15, 2018, the deadline for
the election article to appear in the March issue of The Rockridge
News. Rockridge residents 18 years of age or older and living within
RCPC boundaries (see: rockridge.org/content/rcpc-boundaries-
map-view) can begin the process by contacting board chair Stuart
Flashman at chair@rockridge.org to announce their interest.
by Stuart Flashman, chair, RCPC
Following up on their success last year in passing SB 35 (see
Land Use Committee Update article in the current issue, page
3), State Senators Scott Wiener (San Francisco/part of San Mateo
County) and Nancy Skinner (Oakland/Berkeley) have introduced
a new bill, SB 827, intended to address California’s housing crisis.
Why I Joined the RCPC Board
The bill would create a “transit-rich housing bonus” that would
apply to areas near transit stations or “high quality transit corridors”
(bus service at least every 15 minutes during peak travel hours). In
those areas, local zoning height limits would be replaced by height
limits ranging from 45 to 85 feet (four to eight stories), all off-street
parking requirements would be abolished, multi-family housing
would automatically be allowed, and any design requirement
that would interfere with building high-density housing would be
overridden.
— Alden Connor —
by Alden Connor
Imoved to Rockridge in 2009, a few years before the old Safeway
was torn down to make way for the new store. As a new homeowner,
I took an interest in the future of the neighborhood, and I found the
Rockridge news to be a reliable source of information regarding
local issues. Through the Rockridge News, I also learned about
RCPC and the work they were doing advocating on behalf of the
neighborhood in negotiations with Safeway and the city of Oakland.
The bill would continue a trend in the Legislature over
the past several years to ➧➧Proposed Bill is Transformative, page 3
It took almost eight years, but at the beginning of 2017 I finally
decided to run for a seat on the RCPC board. Although I had been
considering the idea for a while, the political climate and election of 2016
gave me the push I needed to get more involved locally. Having learned
more about the RCPC  board over the years, I felt that this active and
knowledgeable
Claremont Ave.
➧➧Why I Joined the RCPC Board, page 2
Telegraph Ave.
Hwy 24
Broadway
Alden
Stuart
Andrew
Jesse
Conner
Flashman
Masalin
Ortega
Grove Shafter
College Ave.
51st Street
Broadway Terr.
M C Haug
Laura
Ronnie
Leonora

Schlichtmann
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Wide Variety of Topics Draws Full
House of Neighbors to Town Hall
ROCKRIDGE BRANCH LIBRARY
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Library program details/hours: Calendar, page 15
by Stuart Flashman, chair, RCPC
Aof the resort’s membership by 200 families;
the removal and replacement of trees
around the Rockridge BART station that
had been identified as hazards; placing
mini-roundabouts along Shafter Avenue in
conjunction with its repaving this spring;
the location of Ford GoBike bike share
stations around Rockridge, including one
n overflow crowd filled the Rockridge
Library’s meeting room on the evening
of January 24 to hear about a variety of
topics, many related to transportation. The
topics included: an update on a condominium
project put forward by Signature Properties
for a parking lot area at the Claremont
Hotel and Resort, along with an expansion
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.
➧➧Full House for Town Hall, page 12
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Laura Schlichtmann, Courtney Welch
Contact the board: chair@rockridge.org

Rockridge resident David Kessler, at left, facing audience, brings attendees at
the RCPC January Town Hall up to date on a condominium project proposed for
Claremont Hotel grounds by its owners.                                                      /D. Kinkead

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Why I Joined the
RCPC Board
and a new-found appreciation for zoning laws.
I am excited to have recently joined the
Land Use Committee, which is currently
working on a project to study and summarize
the possible scenarios for increasing housing
density in Rockridge in order to help Oakland
keep up with state-mandated regional housing
needs. This complex topic is critically
important to the future of Rockridge, and I
think it is important that the RCPC is investing
the time and energy to understand the various
options in minute detail. By summarizing our
findings and publicly presenting them to the
neighborhood, we hope to engage the entire
Rockridge community in the process in order
to advocate for housing policies that make
sense for Rockridge and allow us to do our
part to ease the local housing crisis.
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neighborhood group was the perfect
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Editor: editor@rockridge.org;
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RCPC has been a great experience so
far, from getting to know the neighborhood
better through working on the Kitchen Tour to
engaging with the community at meetings and
events such as Rockridge Out & About. I’ve
learned about the history of Rockridge and
how the RCPC has advocated on behalf of its
residents over the last four decades, and I’ve
gained a lot of knowledge about local issues
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15, 2018. See story, page 1
The RCPC Board of
Directors is pleased to
announce the appoint­
ment of Courtney Welch
to an open board position.
Details of her background
and her interest in RCPC
will be reported in next
month’s Rockridge News.
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or plans may change! Please check the
rockridge.org website the week before
to confirm meeting and agenda. Meetings are
generally open to the public.
he next Land Use Committee meeting
will be Wednesday, February 28,
7:30 p.m., at the Rockridge Branch Library
upstairs meeting room. Meeting details
RCPC Land Use Committee
Update – February 2018
T
Rockridge Housing Study
– Effects of Recent State
Legislation
Allocation (RHNA) by allowing developers
to have their projects approved with very
little local discretion if the municipality
didn’t meet its RHNA goals the previous
year. In Rockridge, for example, any plans
to build a duplex that would have required
a use permit would no longer require such a
permit. Likewise, residential use would no
longer require a use permit on the ground
floor along College Avenue. The effect
would somewhat densify Rockridge’s current
zoning.
he Land Use Committee met on January
24, 2018, with a quorum present.
There were two items on the agenda.
Student Intern
The committee heard about a package
of bills enacted during the 2017 session
of the California Legislature to address
California’s housing crisis. Some of the bills
are relatively noncontroversial: For example,
SB 3, a $4 billion bond measure will be on the
November ballot and will provide funding
for a variety of housing programs. Likewise,
AB 1505 provides legal support for cities
enacting inclusionary housing requirements
(which mandate including at least a minimum
percentage of affordable housing in all new
housing developments), overturning a court
decision that had found them illegal.
The RCPC Board included in its 2018
budget $3,000 for a student intern to survey
College Avenue and intersecting streets in
Rockridge and determine building sizes
and numbers of residential units along
College Avenue at present. The purpose of
the survey is to determine College Avenue’s
existing and potential residential capacity
under its current CN-1 zoning. RCPC has
advertised the position at local schools and
has received two applications thus far. Any
students interested in applying should send
a letter of interest and resume to landuse@
rockridge.org. The Board expects to fill the
position by early March.
The Committee also discussed a currently
pending bill, also co-authored by Weiner and
Skinner, that would automatically raise the
height limits and eliminate off-street parking
requirements near BART stations and along
major bus lines like the 51 A and B. That
bill is discussed in more depth in an article
starting on page 1.
The most controversial bill was SB
35, authored by Senator Scott Weiner and
co-authored by Senator Nancy Skinner.
It raises the stakes on cities and counties
meeting their Regional Housing Needs
Proposed Bill is
Transformative
homes and neighborhoods could largely
become a thing of the past.
be affordable, and it’s unclear whether this
transit-rich bonus could be coupled to the
State’s existing affordable housing density
bonus of up to 35 percent. If so, even taller
buildings could be built almost by right, so
long as they included some affordable units,
including 11-story buildings could go in on
streets such as Broadway, Claremont and
Telegraph Avenues. If passed in its present
form, the bill could lead to a Rockridge that
would look a lot like parts of Brooklyn.
In Rockridge (see map, page 1), most of
Lower Rockridge and Temescal would have
height limits ranging from 85 feet, along the
frontages of streets at least 45 feet across
(e.g. Broadway, Claremont Avenue, etc.),
to 55 feet, within 1/4 mile of the 51 and
the 1 bus lines, to 45 feet, for areas within
a 1/2 mile radius of the BART station. How
much things would actually change would
depend on how many property owners
would decide to take advantage of the new
height limits and relaxed requirements.
Perhaps significantly, the bill does not, at
present, require that any of the new housing
from page 1
legislatively dictate local land use policy to
achieve housing and other state-wide goals.
For a look at the state-wide effects the bill
would have, go to https://transitrichhousing.
org/, which has a map of how it would affect
cities throughout California. San Francisco,
Oakland, and Berkeley would be the Bay
Area cities most affected, but many parts of
Los Angeles and San Diego would also be
transformed. In all these cities, single-family
The new Wiener/Skinner bill has not
yet been heard in committee, but already
Berkeley Mayor Jesse Areguin and some
Los Angeles civic leaders have come out in
opposition to it.

When were the streets in your neighborhood put in?
Concrete proof may be just underfoot. (Watch your step.)


February 3, 2018
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Chabot School Auction: Flocking Injects Fun into Fundraising
E

very spring, the Chabot PTA hosts
an annual auction to raise money to
support enrichment programs and other vital
student services that are not paid for
by Oakland Unified School District
(OUSD). These programs – music,
science, art, technology, library, small
group specialists and Kindergarten
Spanish – are made possible by the
generosity of parents, neighbors and
local businesses who support the
school’s spring Auction and Gala.
– was surprised and delighted. Flocking is
an opportunity to surprise and delight your
friends and neighbors, while supporting a
worthwhile cause.
The flamingos have gone south to roost.
Lawns this year will be “showered with
flowers”; the décor is festive, fun and
guaranteed to put a smile on your face.
Want to join in the fun? Sign-
ups begin February 9 and will be
available online this year. Flocking
runs February 16 through March 7.
Visit www.chabotelementary.org/
pta/auction to learn more.
Chabot Auction Key Dates
This year’s auction and gala
theme is “Eat, Drink and Be Cherry.”
Our goal in 2018 is to raise more
than $175,000.
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■Lawn Flocking: Sales begin
Febr uar y 9. Flocking r uns
February 16-March 7
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■Online Auction:
March 7 – March 14
The kickoff to the auction is
the annual “flocking” event, where
neighborhood yards are briefly taken
over for 24 hours with festive lawn
décor. It’s a fun way to support the
school and build awareness and
excitement for the auction.
■
■Spring Auction and Gala: March
17, 5:30-10:30 p.m. at the Greek
Ascension Community Center,
4700 Lincoln Avenue, Oakland.
Dress is black tie optional. The
facility is wheelchair-accessible and
handicapped-accessible parking is
available.
Last year, anyone who woke
up to a flock of flamingos on their
lawn – or saw birds perched in yards

Chabot, Too: Annual Oakland Day Helps Student Connections

by Melissa Davis
Cthan this one school and the immediate
neighborhood. Over 40 percent of our
students come from neighborhoods outside
of Rockridge; it is important to us that our
school speak to the experiences of all the
residents of this wonderful city. Oakland
has so many amazing and diverse stories
that reflect the values we want our students
to learn: perseverance, standing up for what
you believe in, and working with others.”
with an assembly led by Principal Cannon
and a performance by the Fruitvale History
Project, which tells the story of how one
neighborhood organized to create better
conditions for the people living there. “Their
story empowers our students to know that
they have the ability to join with others and
make a difference. It also celebrates the
resilience of a part of Oakland that is home
to some of our students and that others have
never even visited,” the principal said.
habot Elementary School recently
celebrated the second annual Oakland
Day with workshops and presentations
highlighting the City’s diversity and its
history, with the goal of helping students
make connections to the past, present,
and future of their home in Oakland.
Chabot Principal Jessica Cannon
explained, “We started Oakland Day because
we wanted Chabot students to understand
that they were a part of something bigger
Held in November 2017, the second
annual Oakland Day celebration opened
➧➧Chabot School: Oakland Day, page 13
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February 3, 2018

Masons Host Claremont Middle School Pancake Fundraiser

Smembers will fire up their griddles and serve
a hearty morning repast including pancakes,
eggs, sausage, bacon, fruit, coffee and tea.
The event also will feature raffle prizes for
each seating.
ave the Date: Rockridge Masons
Host 9th Annual Middle School
Pancake Breakfast on February 24.
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24TH
he historic Rockridge Masonic Hall
on College Avenue opens its doors
to the public on Saturday, February 24,
for its 9th Annual Pancake Breakfast
benefiting Claremont Middle School.
Reserve your pancakes online for $10
per person via the school web site at www.
claremontms.org. There is no service charge
for online reservations, and the site accepts
major credit cards, debit cards or PayPal.
This rollicking community event is
generously hosted by the Oakland-Durant-
Rockridge Masonic Lodge #188 in association
with the Claremont Middle School Dads
Club and the Claremont PTA. Proceeds from
the breakfast support educational enrichment
programs benefiting 6th, 7th and 8th grade
students at our neighborhood public middle
school, located beside the Rockridge BART
station.
Note: There will be three scheduled
pancake breakfast seatings, at 8 a.m, 9:15
a.m., and 10:30 a.m. All reservations are
time specific, so be sure to select the seating
time you prefer. If available, tickets sold at
the door will be $12 each. Children under 5
years old eat for free and do not need a ticket.
Tickets may also be purchased with cash
or check from the Claremont Dads Club. For
information, contact Dads Club Chair Morris
Dye at webmaster@claremontms.org.
The Rockridge Masonic Hall at 5449
College Avenue is a prominent local
landmark built in 1926 near the intersection
of College and Kales. As in years past, Lodge

Oakland Tech Auction a Party for the Community
Tickets on sale now for the
March 3 fundraiser and gala
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ommunity members are invited to
take part in Oakland Tech High
School’s auction and gala to be held
Saturday, March 3, beginning at 6
p.m. at the California Ballroom, 1736
Franklin Street, downtown Oakland.
Guests will enjoy barbecue from Everett
& Jones and desserts from Nothing Bundt
Cakes and will be invited to take part in the
bidding at the silent auction as well as the

live auction. A DJ will be on hand to get
people moving beyond the bidding.
With a student population of nearly
2,000, the Oakland Tech student body
reflects Oakland’s diversity. Thirty-one
percent of students are white, 29 percent
are African-American, 22 percent are Asian
and 14 percent are Latino.
About 47 percent of students qualify for
free or reduced-cost lunch.
➧➧Oakland Tech Auction, page 10
More school fundraising
news: See page 11 for College
Preparatory School’s
monster book sale.


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Eyes on Rockridge

names of “potential friends,” Schneider said.
“Charliss was just perfect,” he said.
“Alzheimer’s was her demise.” He was able
to care for her at home during the seven
years she was ill. “I hired people to look
after her when I went out. She was a good
patient.”

Fond Memories, Family Ties, Activities
Help Ease Transition to Assisted Living

It was six months after he was widowed
that Schneider sold his house in Montclair
and moved to Merrill Gardens. “I had
looked at half a dozen places,” he said.
“You don’t have to cook and you don’t
have to clean up and you don’t burden your
children.” His one-bedroom apartment on
an upper floor has an expansive view – as
did his former hillside home. He particularly
likes the food.
by Judith Doner Berne
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1937. He was the contractor who installed
the epoxy asphalt paving in 1987 – the
bridge’s 50th anniversary year. And when
he retired, it was as a Golden Gate Bridge
staff engineer.
met Pete Schneider one sunny day
last summer as he was walking by my
house and asked to rest for a moment
on the rock wall that keeps our garden
from spilling out onto the sidewalk.
But “I did walk on it on the day it
opened,” Schneider told me. “I was five
years old. I remember hearing the cannons
that they fired off.” He and his wife Charliss,
who died in 2016, also attended the 50th
anniversary celebration. “It just happened
to coincide with the re-paving.”
It turned out this tall, erect, 85-year-old
gentleman was a new neighbor. He is one
of the 131 residents who have moved into
the Merrill Gardens at Rockridge assisted
living facility since it opened last spring at
51st and Broadway.
But, as you might imagine, it has been an
adjustment. As a healthy senior it has been
hard, he said, to see people on walkers and
in wheelchairs and to learn, occasionally,
that a new neighbor has died.
We chatted for a few minutes, during
which Schneider told me that he had
worked on the Golden Gate Bridge. As I
started to dig in my purse for a pencil and
paper to write down his name and contact
information, he handed me his business
card. It read “Pete Schneider, Retired.”
They took BART into San Francisco,
and when they got off “there were hundreds
of people and just one bus,” he said. “So we
walked all the way to the bridge. It was one
of the greatest walks we ever had.”
“Most people are like me – they have
a local friend or relative,” he said, of his
fellow residents. He has a daughter in
Fort Bragg and a son in Los Altos, where
he considered relocating, except “my
grandchildren both moved to Oakland and
work in San Francisco.” His son comes into
town once or twice a week. It also helps
that Schneider is familiar with Rockridge,
having frequented local restaurants –
particularly Marica, Oliveto, Barney’s
Hamburgers, and Zachary’s Pizza – over
the years.
The two met in the Sixties through a
later version of using a matchmaker and
an earlier version of what has morphed into
computer dating. An ad in the Pink Section
of the Chronicle said that for $5, applicants
would receive a questionnaire to complete,
the answers to which would generate ten
On the first Saturday in January, we
sat in the large windowed Merrill Gardens
living room, next to a gas log fire. He had
indeed worked on the Golden Gate Bridge
but, of course, not when it opened in
  

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Easing
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“I move around; I don’t want to
isolate myself,” says Pete Schneider,
a resident of the new Merrill Gardens
at Rockridge at Broadway and 51st
street.
from page 6
went on to buy more equipment and make
more wine. “I would go and buy the grapes
they had late in the day from a farmer’s
market,” and then they started selling
grapes to other wine makers. “We had
wine-making and grape-stomping parties.”
and Berkeley High School where he played
varsity basketball. He went on to graduate
from UC Berkeley. “I got my bachelor’s
degree in civil engineering. That was enough
in those days,” he said. “Now my education
is out the window.”
So, “I’m kind of the wine guy here,”
he said. “I really love French wines.” Over
the holidays, he and his neighbors enjoyed
elaborate buffets – lobster tail and prime
rib – and, happily, were served French
champagne as 2017 passed into 2018.
He said he was surprised at the relative
ease of making new friends, particularly
because “I used to be an introvert.” He has
found people to walk with and go with to
the movies. He gave his car to his daughter
and “I like walking to the new shopping
center (The Ridge, just across the street),
walking up College Avenue and I figured
out the buses to get up to Piedmont Avenue.”
“Pete always puts others before
himself,” said Megan Plan, community
relations director at the Rockridge Merrill
Gardens. “He’s in charge of nominations
for Employee of the Month. He’s been
doing a great job. He’s a great fit for our
community.”
A former pick-up basketball player and
a golfer, Schneider regularly joins the hour-
long morning exercise class in the facility’s
gym. And, he plays bridge a couple of times
a week with “two or three sharp individuals.
I can keep up with them.” For some years,
he had a sailboat that he docked at Point
Richmond. He also considers himself
somewhat of a wine expert.
When he moved in, Schneider asked
what the average stay was at a Merrill
Gardens assisted living facility – there are
30 of them – and was told about five and
a half years. “I think I’ll make it,” he said.
“I’ve had a good life.”
responded to an ad in the New Yorker (he
seems big on answering ads) for a start-up kit
on making your own wine. He and a friend
It’s the classic story, Schneider explains,
of a hobby turning into a business. While
still working as a paving contractor, he
To comment on this column or to suggest stories
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f you are a book lover, be sure to visit the College Preparatory School’s 24th
annual Book Fair, on Saturday February 10 and Sunday February 11. The
sale takes place at the school, 6100 Broadway, Oakland: Saturday 10-4; Sunday
10-1, with a bargain $5/bag sale at noon Sunday. Details, page 11.

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The Library Is Free-ish
brand, or a painter, or a gardener. If you’re
interested in sharing your gifts with the
Rockridge Branch Library, email outreach@
rockridgefriends.org
Sarah Washburn, boardmember, Friends
of the Rockridge Library (FORL)
Ipublic, these receipts showcase what “free”
actually means.
■
■Vote in support of future library
’ve been thinking a lot about how much
the Rockridge Library provides our
community. In January, there were family
story times, a writer’s support and critique
group, an adult knit­
ting group, teen craft
activities, tutor-led
homework clubs, a pod­
caster meetup, preschool
story times, an all-day
adult writers’ workshop
on how to get published,
a STEM (Science, Tech­
nology, Engineering
and Math) workshop
led by the Bay Area
Discovery Museum,
toddler story times, a
documentary film screening on the origins
of slavery hosted by the film’s co-producer,
Lawyers in the Library, a teen advisory
group meeting, and a mindfulness work­
shop, all in the first 31 days of the year!
Imagine what your library receipt might
look like: three books ($60), two DVDs
($30), a toddler story time led by a profes­
sional ($15), a 30-minute lawyer visit at the
measures
Show your support at the ballot box.
Voting for library funding is a key part of
ensuring the library continues to provide the
services we all love and depend on.
■
■Make a tax-deductible donation
to the Friends of the Rockridge
Library
It’s as easy as visiting www.Rockridge­
Friends.org. This volunteer-run 501(c)(3)
nonprofit collaborates with librarians and
staff to fund materials and programs not
covered by the City of Oakland budget.
This year, consider your imaginary
library receipt and think about how you can
pay it forward. And if you haven’t visited the
Rockridge Branch Library lately, stop in and
check it out. It offers a wealth of resources.
An example of the “receipt” being offered by libraries
to emphasize the value to patrons of library resources.
library ($75). While these are all my esti­
mates, you can imagine how an annual bill
of all the events and materials your family
benefited from adds up quickly.
Ed. Note: See library events and contact informa­
tion in the Community Calendar, page 15.
Of course the library isn’t really free.
Our librarians and staff receive salaries,
the materials have price tags – all costs
that the City and taxpayers fund. But what
if you could pay it forward? What would it
look like to do a bit to pay that imaginary
(but very real) bill?
Libraries do so much. And most every­
thing we as visitors enjoy at the library is
free-ish.
To bring home the “-ish” part, some
libraries promote the value of their services
and programs by providing a receipt, listing
what visitors SAVE when they check out
materials. These brilliant due date slips
detail each item’s monetary value with the
total savings at the bottom of the printed
receipt. While the materials and services
you enjoy at public libraries are free to the
Well, actually you can. Here are a few
suggestions:
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■Volunteer your expertise.
Perhaps you’re a yoga instructor, or a
talented genealogist, or a social media whiz
who knows something about building a
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9.
February 3, 2018

Beware: Canine Flu is
Spreading Through
the Bay Area
by Linda Zunas, Hardy Dog Park
Dhealthy, and understand if we don’t see you
as much right now.
There is a canine vaccine more effective
than the human flu vaccine this year. It runs
$20-$40, and requires two shots, about three
weeks apart for full effectiveness. Consult
your vet about the vaccine for your dog.
id you know your dog can get the
flu? Two strains of Canine Flu have
been spreading north across the Bay Area
this year, according to newscasts. The
good news is: you can protect your pooch.
Worried your dog may have the flu? Keep
him or her away from other dogs and make
an appointment with your vet. Symptoms
include coughing, runny nose, fever, lethargy,
and a reduced appetite.
The flu spreads through contact with
infected dogs, but some dogs may not show
symptoms for 5-7 days. The best advice is to
stay away from areas where dogs congregate,
such as dog parks, boarding facilities, and
“pee mail” spots along your favorite walking
routes. As much as we love seeing you at the
Hardy Dog Park, we want your pups to be
Join us the first Saturday of every month
from 9-10:30 a.m. to help clean our park.
Clean up is even more important in the winter
months when our usage goes up because of
the rain. Thanks to all who continue to donate
time and materials to the park.
Note: Hardy Dog Park has a web page:
www.hardydogpark.org
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10.

Letters
to the
Editor
Oakland Tech
Auction
has said it will have to make at the school,
as part of district-wide fiscal belt tightening.
The community and local businesses
have been generous with gift certificates,
said Falkner. The auction has a wide array
of offerings, including restaurant gift
certificates, vacation homes, manicures and
other local services.
from page 10
Event Theme: “Celebrating
Unity and Community”
T
Bidders can also try to win tickets to the
Warriors, San Jose Earthquakes, the A’s and
the Giants. And for culture buffs, there are
symphonies, theater and museum passes to
bid on.
he Rockridge News welcomes posted let­
ters and emails to the editor. Your name,
address, phone number, email address and city/
neighborhood must be included in either for
verification. Only your name will appear with
your letter. Letters may be edited for clarity
and brevity at the editor’s discretion. Views
expressed in any letter are the writer’s own,
and may not necessarily be shared by the editor
or by RCPC.
“Tech is our local high school,” said
Elizabeth Falkner, parent of an Oakland Tech
senior and a longtime Rockridge resident.
“We pull students from all over the city,
but this is really Rockridge’s high school. I
think it’s very important for the community
to support the local school that is doing a lot
for students.”
Some of the auction items are unique,
such as a catered boat ride on San Francisco
Bay for 12 people, complete with captain
and crew.
The auction is Oakland Tech’s biggest
fundraiser, with money raised used to pay
for tutoring, classroom supplies, field trips,
teacher grants, student projects and athletic
programs.
What is happening With The Safe
Routes to Transit Project?
Editor:
There will also be a “raise the paddle” for
people to contribute specifically for science
and art supplies.
Ways for Community Members
to Take Part
When do you foresee the city beginning
the work on the safe routes to transit project
that was supposed to begin May 2017 and
was to bring street level improvements to
Rockridge? Will it include repaving College
and Keith?
This year, with its theme of “celebrating
unity and community,” Tech’s auction aims
to raise $100,000. The auction committee
hopes to offset the roughly $400,000 in cuts
Oakland Unified School District (OUSD)
First, there is still time to contribute
something to the auction: Contact auction@
oaklandtech.com
From February 19 until February 27,
the auction will be online for anyone to bid
on items. Sign up for the online auction at
oaklandtech.schoolauction.net.
Attend the Auction
— Piero Rocco
Dear Mr. Rocco:
Thank you for your letter. We checked
with the City and, according to Victoria
Eisen, project consultant, “There was an
unexpected five-month delay in getting
approval from the funding agency to begin
design. The project will include repaving
College Avenue but not Keith.”
D. Kinkead, Editor
Tickets are $40 in advance and $45 at
the door. Oakland Tech teachers are invited
to attend for free.
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At the event, raffle tickets will be sold for
a wine cellar that last year had more than 100
bottles. To buy event tickets and raffle tickets,
go to oaklandtech.schoolauction.net.
For a free estimate
call Cydney
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February 3, 2018

College Preparatory School: Annual Giant Used Book Sale

If you are a book lover, don’t miss
The College Preparatory School’s 24th
annual Book Fair when thousands of
books are offered for children, teens and
adults, with many recent and high-quality
works, some media (CDs, DVDs, audio
books, some LPs) and all at great prices:
$1-2 for paperback, $2-3 for hardcover. A
few special or oversized books are priced
slightly higher, mysteries even lower.
this sale: books to entertain, books to inspire,
fiction from contemporary to classic, and
non-fiction of all genres, sorted by category.
Come early for best selections, and return
for the Sunday bag sale. Don’t miss this
opportunity to stock up on great reading.
The sale takes place at the Buttner
Auditorium on the College Preparatory
School grounds, 6100 Broadway, Oakland,
on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and
Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. There is
a bargain $5/bag sale at noon on Sunday.
Parking is free on the school parking lot.
Cash and check only – we are unable to
process credit cards.
For questions, contact bookfair@college-
prep.org.
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February 3, 2018
12.

Full House for
Town Hall
apartments, including many in Upper
Rockridge, and killed 25 people. Some in
the audience, especially those who were
Rockridge residents during the firestorm,
felt the station’s location was disrespectful
to the memorial, although others suggested it
might draw more attention to the memorial.
There was, however, a general feeling that
more care should have been taken to get
community feedback before finalizing the
placement locations.
org where a copy of this article is posted.
Feedback can be sent via e-mail to rfuente@
bart.gov.
City Project Plans Several
Mini-Roundabouts for a Section
of Shafter Avenue
from page 2
recently placed in front of the Firestorm
tile mural at the Rockridge BART station; .
Proposed Claremont Hotel
Condominiums
Sarah Fine, a planner in Oakland’s newly
established Department of Transportation
(AKA OakDOT), discussed plans to set
up several mini-roundabouts along Shafter
Avenue when the street is repaved this spring.
She said the impetus for the project  came
from Shafter being a bicycle boulevard – a
street intended to favor bicyclists, but is also
a major route used by automobiles to get to
BART, Market Hall, and College Avenue.
David Kessler, a resident spearheading
neighborhood opposition to the Claremont
project, started the evening with a short
presentation, which can be viewed on
YouTube at w w w.y o u t u b e . c o m /
watch?v=z3lIZbSCKPY&feature=youtu.
be. Kessler said that the project would
include 43 market-rate condominiums, and
that neighbors were concerned with traffic
impacts on two-lane Tunnel Road, as well as
the disruption to a designated historic site.
An Environmental Impact Report (EIR) has
been in preparation for over a year, but with
no word of when it will issue.
Remove and Replace Plan for
Aged Trees at BART Station
In addition to the BART location
concerns, some residents along Shafter
complained about having a station placed
directly in front of a residence without even
prior consultation with the owners.
The presentation included slides showing
a number of alternative sites around the
BART station, and Olsen said that OakDOT
had now agreed to make the present location
temporary, and promised that there would be
a walk-through, open to the public, to view
and discuss the various alternatives before
a final siting decision was made.
The roundabouts, along with the existing
speedbumps, are intended to slow traffic on
both Shafter and its intersecting streets, and
make it safer for bicyclists. She said polling
of residents along Shafter found they favored
the idea. Also, a number of people had
volunteered to care for the landscaping to
be installed, even though irrigation was not
being included in the roundabouts’ design.
The department had proposed to remove stop
signs from Shafter at the roundabouts, while
keeping them on the intersecting streets.
Audience members, however, commented,
based on experience in other states and
countries, that having yield signs on all the
streets entering a roundabout was a better
idea. Fine took that idea under advisement.
Local Ford GoBike Bike Share
Station Placements Create
Concerns
Those interested in attending a walk-
through and discussion of the alternative
sites should sign up for the Rockridge e-news,
which will send notice of the tour, by sending
an e-mail to info@rockridge.org. Copies of
all the Town Hall presentations have been
posted on the https://rockridge.org website.
BART, represented by Richard Fuentes,
came next, to talk about the need to
remove over a dozen large trees on BART’s
Rockridge Station property. He said an
arborist’s evaluation last fall found the trees
were not in good health, could drop limbs on
cars and people, and needed to be removed.
(One redwood tree next to Forest Street was
actually already dead.) The removal process
started in early January, and at this point all
the trees, eucalyptus and Monterey pines,
have been removed. BART, recognizing
that the trees both beautify the area and
screen the station from the view of nearby
neighbors, is planning replacements, and is
looking for public feedback on how best to
do that. Copies of the BART presentation
and a factsheet are available on the BART.
gov website as well as on https://rockridge.
The last (and most controversial)
presentation was given by Kerby Olsen of
OakDOT about the Ford GoBike bike share
stations popping up around Rockridge,
mostly on College Avenue. Particularly
contentious was one newly placed in front
of the firestorm tile mural commemorating
the 1991 Oakland/Berkeley firestorm,
which destroyed over 3,000 homes and
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February 3, 2018

Chabot School:
Oakland Day
Day celebration gave the children a sense
of pride about their community as well as a
hunger to learn more about the city and what
it has to offer.”
registered volunteers of Chabot Elementary
School, Oakland Day’s interactive workshops
were curated to engage students of all ages
in hands-on, inquiry-based learning. See
photos below.
Open only to students, staff, faculty, and
from page 4
More than 20 workshops were available
to students who chose those that suited
their personal interests. Highlights included
a poetry workshop with Oakland poet
Matthew Zapruder, a social justice workshop
with Abundant Beginnings, fabric painting
with textile designer Koko Toshima Larson,
and an exploration into music from the
Arab world with musician Faisel Zedan.
Additional workshops included mapmaking,
piñata creation, sculpture, and hip-hop
dancing. The afternoon culminated with
a performance by the Claremont Middle
School Jazz Band and concluded with a
keynote speech by Mayor Libby Schaff.
Chabot PTA President Courtney Jones
spoke of her hope for the outcome of Oakland
Day: “As a proud Oakland native, I hope that
Oakland Day will show the children that
there is so much history in our city, such
as the founding of Dreyer’s Ice Cream here
in 1928, or how Children’s Fairyland gave
inspiration to Walt Disney for Disneyland,
or how Oakland was the headquarters of the
Black Panther Party. I hope that our Oakland
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2018
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Your Rockridge Specialists
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Now may be the right time for a move.
Your home says a lot about you and we are
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Gardening Cleanups and
Maintenance
Experienced team of 2, dedicated to the
care and maintenance of plants and trees.
Garden design and restoration, pruning and
vegetable garden installation, affordable
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Handyman Services,
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House repairs, kitchen & bath remodel,
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Professional House Sitting,
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While you are abroad, or traveling, etc. Two-
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gardens, basic home maintenance. Good
communication, trustworthy and reliable,
excellent local references and many years’
experience. Ann Clementine. 515/656-9572.
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everything from new homes, kitchen and
bath remodels, and additional units. We
create design that is compatible with the
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Your 36-word message is $22. (Phone number
counts as one word.) Mail to: RN Classifieds,
4123 Broadway, PMB 311, Oakland, CA 94611.
The newsletter’s March issue deadline
is February 15. The February issue will
be out on March 3.
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As Business Manager of The Rockridge
News, every once in a while I get a
note from one of our Block Captains or
District Captains that reminds me of what
generous neighbors Rockridge residents are.
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Across from Trader Joe’s and Zachary’s Pizza
The latest note is from Don Javete who
writes that his wife Carol volunteered to
deliver the newsletter in 1986 when it was
founded. After Carol died, in 2010, Don
took over the route and has been delivering
to his block of Belgrave ever since. Thank
you, Don, for the over 30 years you and
Carol have devoted to delivering our the
newsletter to your block. Now, Don needs
to find someone to take over his route. Will
that someone be you?
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I would also like to thank Pete Fraser
and Judy Della Santina for their long service
to their neighbors on Rockridge Boulevard
South. We are losing them both and hope
to find replacements soon.
Route 08G,H: Both sides of Belgrave
from Broadway Terrace to Carlton
Route 06D: Both sides of Rockridge
Blvd. South from 6101 to 6184.
Route 06E: 6007-6095 Rockridge Blvd.
South
Call 510/547-3855 or email Susan
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The newsletter is published the first weekend
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February 3, 2018

Hastings, with readings by many of the
contributors.
•
• Tues, 2/20, 7pm. Memoir by Francisco

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.

Compiled by Jo Ellis

Cantú: The Line Becomes a River:
Dispatches From the Border. In conversation
with Lauren Markham.
•
• Fri, 2/23, 7pm. Readings from The Writers

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.
(double-spaced, MS margins) of any prose
for on-site reading/discussion (OK to come
empty-handed). 3rd 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
Studio at 30 by local writers Cécile Barlier,
Lorraine Babb, and Mark Peterson.
Tues, 2/27, 7pm. Akwaeke Emezi: Freshwater.
East Bay Booksellers, 5433 College Ave.
More info abt. the authors, books and other
events: 653-9965 or info@ebbooksellers.com.
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.
•
• From Age-ing to Sage-ing: Grow whole,
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. 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
5714 Martin Luther King, Jr. Way: 597-5085
Mon. – Fri., 9am to 4:30pm.
Programs include: Arts/crafts; health
counseling; dancing and exercise; trips, tours
and theater outings; Alzheimer’s support
groups, computer classes/more.
Rockridge Branch Library
5366 College Avenue, 597-5017
FOR CHILDREN
not old. Janet Piggins, LCSW, introduces
the philosophy of Sage-ing, which offers
a roadmap for living a vital and engaged
second half of life. Sat, 2/3, 10:30am -12pm.
•
• Making Sense of Medicare: Sat, 2/24,
•
• Family Story Time: Stories/songs/rhymes
(for all ages); Saturdays, 10:30am; (not
on 1/6).
•
• Toddler Story Time: Songs, active rhymes
and stories (for 9 months to 2 years),
Thursdays, 10:30am, upstairs.
•
• Pre-School Story Time: Read-alouds,
10:30 am. Get latest updates on Medicare
presented by Health, Long Term Care,
Disability and Life Insurance Specialist,
Denise Lombard.
•
• Podcast Meet-up: Tues, 2/27, 6pm.
songs, and rhymes (ages 2 to 5); Thursdays,
10:30am.
•
• All story times followed by Play Time;
Learn about podcasting: share ideas and
resources.
parents and caregivers invited.
Special Events:
•
• AARP Tax Help: FREE for people with
Art Exhibits; upstairs gallery
Feb: Oakland Arts Association: painting
and photography.
Mar: Jonathan Taylor and Friends:
photography and watercolors.
•
• Valentines Making Workshop: Sat 2/11,
middle-and-low incomes; special attention
to those 60 and older. Feb 8 through April
12. Make appointment now.
•
• Lawyer in the Center: Third Wednesdays;
11:30am-1:30pm. All materials provided, but
may bring colorful scraps of paper. Make a
valentine for everyone. All ages welcome:
best for ages 4 to 10.
•
• Saturday Crafternoon: Sat, 3/10, 3:30-
20 minute slots. Call the center to make
an appointment during business hours.
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.
LIBRARY HOURS
Tues, 12:30 to 8pm.
Wed, Thurs & Sat: 10am to 5:30pm.
4:30pm. Drop in for a hands-on nature-based
craft - a woven tree craft from Russia.
FOR TEENS
Fri, 12 to 5:30pm.
Closed: Sun and Mon. Also: Tuesdays,
•
• 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 (during school days).
•
• Teen Advisory Board (ages 14-18): Help
2/13 and 2/20.
East Bay Booksellers Book/Poetry
Readings and Events
FREE and open to the public.
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
•
• Wed, 2/7, 7pm. James Syhabout: Hawker
Fare: Stories & Recipes from a Refugee
Chef’s Isan Thai & Lao Roots.
•
• Thurs, 2/8, 7pm. Novelist James Janko
games; make crafts. Every Tues, Thurs, and
Fri 3:30 to 5pm; Wed 1:30 to 5pm (during
school days).
•
• Book Page Roses: We will use the pages
(The Clubhouse Thief) and poet Judy
Halebsky (Tree Line) discuss their recent
works; joined in conversation with Ellen
Greenblatt.
•
• Fri, 2/9, 7pm. Social and environmental
from discarded books to make paper roses
(can be gifts for Valentine’s Day). All supply
provided. 2/7 at 2pm.
NBA Video Game Tournament: Compete
in NBA18 PS4 tournament. Space is limited:
registration required. 2/9 at 3:30 pm.
FOR ADULTS
justice leader Carl C. Anthony: The Earth,
The City, and the Hidden Narrative of Race.
•
•  Tues, 2/13, 7pm. Freud’s Bar (talks by local
Bay Area psychoanalysts/psychologists,
aimed at students ages 16-25, while
enjoying drinks and snacks). Meeting topic:
“From Freud’s House to Our House:
Experiencing the Uncanny,” presented
by Laurie Case, PhD.
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• Fri, 2/16, 7pm. Two translators, David
•
• Ready, Set, Connect! One on One
computer help. Tuesdays 5:30-7:30pm
and Saturdays 11am to 1pm. Call 597-5017
for appt.
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• eBook Help: Work one-on-one with
Coulter: (The Novel of the Tupinamba
Indian), and Jim Brook: (A Blaze in a
Desert: Selected Poems), discuss their
craft and recent projects.
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• Sun, 2/18, 3 pm. Poetry Flash: a celebration
a librarian to download eBooks; get
started using amazing collection of digital
resources. Fridays, 2 -3:30pm. Make appt.
online or call 597-5017.
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• Writers Support/Critique Group: All
of the book Know Me Here: An Anthology
of Poetry By Women, edited by Katherine
Welcome. Bring 15 copies of up to 5 pgs.


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