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VOL 36  •  NO. 8  •  ISSUE  NO. 378   •   SEPTEMBER 4, 2020                CIRCULATION: 5,800 Residences; 200 Businesses

Sponsored by the Rockridge Community Planning Council (RCPC)  •  4900 Shattuck Ave., PO Box 22504, Oakland  94609

RCPC
September 17
Candidates’ Forum
on Zoom
September 24 & 26
Annual Meeting & Board Elections
O
Mark your calendars for Thurs-
day, September 17 from 7-9pm.
The Rockridge Community Plan-
ning Council (RCPC) will be hosting
— for the first time, online — its
RCPC Board Candidates’ Forum.
Hear from 13 candidates as they
vie for six board seats up for election.
A seasoned strategic communications
professional, Kathleen Cha, will be
moderating the discussion as resi-
dents are invited to hear from these
candidates and ask questions.
Due to the ongoing pandemic, this
discussion will be hosted on Zoom,
broadcast on Facebook Live, and
recorded for those unable to attend.
To attend the forum, please email
info@rockridge.org to receive log-in/
dial-in information. n
n Thursday, September 24, at 7pm, the Rockridge Community Plan-
ning Council (RCPC) will hold its Annual Meeting, including the
election of six candidates to fill seats on the Board of Directors for terms
ending in 2022. The meeting will take place at the Rockridge BART park-
ing lot by the intersection of Forest Street and Shafter Avenue. The names
and statements of all nominees appear on pages 3 through 5 of this issue.
For the health of our community, the meeting will be held out-of-doors,
with hygiene protocols including physical distancing and face masks. Hand
sanitizers will be available. For safety and to avoid crowding, the scheduled
business will be limited to the
call-to-order, preliminary announce-
ments, and voting. All voting will
be by written ballot. Residents are
welcome to use their own pens; dis-
posable pencils will also be provided.
The polling table will remain open
until 9pm. All qualifying voters who
have a ballot by that time will have
an opportunity to vote. Residents
who cannot attend on the 24th will
have an opportunity to vote on
Saturday, September 26, between 4
and 7pm, in the Rockridge Library
parking lot at 5366 College Avenue.
All activities will follow the health
protocols described earlier. n
VOTER ELIGIBILITY
Any person with principal res-
idence in the area of the City of
Oakland contained within RCPC
boundaries (see www.rockridge.org/
boundaries), and who is at least 18
years old, is eligible to vote in the
election. Voter identity and eligibility
will be confirmed at the time of
voting with photo ID and proof of
residency. A current driver’s license
or California ID card can fulfill both
requirements if the listed address is
within the boundaries. A full list of
acceptable documents is available at
www.rockridge.org/elections.
CANDIDATE STATEMENTS
Read about the current slate of
candidates on pages 3, 4 and 5.

Local Assisted-Living Residents Adjust to
Challenging Times
— By Judith Doner Berne
“W

e’re sort of in a cocoon here.
We’re safe from the outside
world. I’ve never done so many puzzles
in my life.”
That’s what Bob Kelleher, a resident
of The Point at Rockridge for more
than three years, opened with as we
talked about how he and his assisted
living neighbors are coping with daily
life in the age of Covid-19.
I was curious because even during
the original shelter-in-place order,
most of us could still choose to
venture outside for exercise and do
essential shopping.  But for several
months I didn’t see any of the regular
walkers from Merrill Gardens at
Rockridge, the assisted living facility
that is down the street. The Point is
Eyes on Rockridge, see page 12

Maurizia Palmieri takes
neighborhood walks with her
daughter Silvia Hughes since Merrill
Gardens at Rockridge has eased its
lockdown rules.


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RCPC
Rockridge Community Planning Council — Land Use Committee
The September meeting of the Land Use Committee will be held on Wednesday,
September 23, at 7:30pm, online via Zoom. An agenda will be posted at https://
rockridge.org the week prior. Those interested in attending should rsvp via email
to landuse@rockridge.org or call the chair at (510) 652-5373 to receive information
on joining the meeting via computer or phone.

The Rockridge News was founded March 1986
by Don Kinkead, and is published monthly (except
August).  It 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.

COVID-19 Uncertainties Outweighed By Need
for Long-Term Planning

— By Stuart Flashman, RCPC Land Use Committee Chair
I
Rockridge News Production
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models? Or put the study on hold until
the long-term effects of COVID-19
became clearer?
At the Land Use Committee meet-
ing on July 22, 2020, members and
other interested Rockridge residents
looked at the pluses and minuses of
the options. Factors favoring pausing
included not wasting time evaluating
modeling results that might turn out
to be based on invalid assumptions, as
well as the fact that most development
planning had also been placed on hold
as a result of COVID-19 — meaning
the on-the-ground situation in Rock-
ridge might not be affected by a pause.
Factors favoring moving forward
included the general assumption that
in the long term, it’s likely people will
continue to want to move to Rock-
ridge, so the pressure for more
housing is unlikely to disappear.
Further, both City and State plan-
ning are continuing to move forward,
so developing an affirmative long-term
planning stance would help Rockridge
control its own destiny rather than
being pushed by outside forces.
Finally, there is the fact that the
models being used, and the analysis
coming out of the study, can continue
to be modified to reflect changes and
provide ongoing guidance.
After considerable discussion, the
committee voted unanimously to
recommend to the Board of Directors
to continue moving forward with the
housing study. At its August meeting,
the Board of Directors unanimously
agreed with the Committee. The
study is therefore moving forward.
Please see online articles published
at rockridge.org for more recent land
use updates. n
t’s been over two years since RCPC
initiated a study of housing in Rock-
ridge. The purpose was, and remains,
to figure out how best to accommodate
more housing in Rockridge without
destroying the charm that has attracted
residents to it for over 100 years.
The impacts of COVID-19 have
disrupted that study, as they have
so many aspects of our world. The
study has relied on models that
help predict what could feasibly be
built in Rockridge. The models are
based on expectations for things like
land values, construction costs, and
predicted sales prices or rental costs
for different kinds of new residential
buildings. The models’ predictions, in
turn, have allowed testing out various
options and incentives to see how they
would affect future local development.
Uncertainties created by COVID-19
and the ensuing economic disruption,
have upended many of the expectations
underlying the modeling. What to do?
Continue forward using the current
RCPC Board of Directors, 2019-20
Leonora Sea..........................................................Chair
Vacant......................................................... Vice-Chair
Casey Farmer......................................... Co-Secretary
Andrew Masalin.................................... Co-Secretary
Ronnie Spitzer...............................................Treasurer
Stuart Flashman...........................Assistant Treasurer
Michelle Boyd, David Garcia, Mary Catherine
Haug, Matt Levy, Eric Lombardo, Robin Zimpfer
McDonnell
Contact the board: chair@rockridge.org
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Election 2020: RCPC Board Candidates
David Garcia
Miles Avenue
Rockridge is at a
crossroads. On one
hand, Rockridge is the
true embodiment of
the quintessential
livable neighborhood.
But no community
ever stays the same,
and Rockridge is no exception. While we
instinctively desire to maintain our identity
in the face of change, that doesn’t mean
that change will not arrive. In fact, we
already see it coming, in new legislation,
proposed projects, and our already changing
demographics. RCPC needs strong, balanced
leadership to guide us through this period
of growth in a manner that reflects the
inclusive values of our community. That’s
why I am seeking election to continue on
the board. My time with RCPC has given
me insights into the issues we face and my
professional experience as a UC Berkeley
housing expert gives me perspective on
the best way to move us forward. My
wife, son, and I love this community, and
I hope to continue my service with RCPC.
Brian Chadwick
Miles Avenue
Casey Farmer
Hermann Street
Father. Husband.
Veteran. Renter.
Homeowner. All
these words have
come to describe
me in the six years
since moving to
Rockridge from
Tampa, Florida. With that move, my wife
and I doubled our rent and dropped our
square footage by a quarter — we fell in love
with everything about Rockridge, but the
sticker shock hasn’t worn off. Now that we
are homeowners, we look forward to raising
our family here for many years to come. I
desire to serve you on the RCPC Board as a
voice that both prizes our neighborhood’s
wonderful character and leads us to a more
accessible, sustainable, and equitable future
— starting with housing. In short, Rockridge
may not be able to do much, but we can do
more. With a private sector background in
finance after over a decade in uniform, I
believe I can help us strike the right balance.
I am an advocate,
both professionally
and by nature. I lead
Alameda County’s
efforts for Census
2020 (be sure to get
counted!) and I’ve
been advocating
for community needs since I joined my
neighborhood Crime Prevention Council at
age 10. In my next term on the Rockridge
Community Planning Council, I will advocate
for more retail on College Avenue by
supporting housing options. (I believe that
more accessory dwelling units will help
address our severe affordability crisis.) I
will advocate for more community projects
like the one where I live (Hermann / Ayala
streets) which was completed to reduce
traffic speeds by painting street murals. I
bring a number of skills to RCPC: I’m a bridge-
builder, I know how to get things done —
even within government bureaucracy. My
husband and I have had the privilege of being
homeowners in Rockridge for over six years
and to be raising our young children here.
Candidate Statements
continued on pages 4 & 5
Barbara
Dunne
Birch Court
SAVE THE DATE
Annette
Floystrup
Birch Court
As a 15+ year
Rockridge home-
owner with my
wife, I support
RCPC’s mission for
our neighborhood
and others who
visit, shop, work,
and play here. A cohesive, successful, and
active commercial street like College Avenue
isn’t an accident. Thank you prior RCPC
Board Members! Current challenges to
RCPC’s mission of “health, safety, and quality
of life” include the uptick in petty crime as
well as the encroachment of proposed out-
of-proportion, high-density building. Theft
is ongoing. I’m concerned that growth will
not match our current single-family, multi-
unit, and commercial buildings. I support
right-sized, in-context development while
understanding impacts on our already
congested intersections and services. I am
a Bay Area native, educated in both public
and private schools (UCB ’82), more than
30 years of management experience in
small-to-large Bay Area retailers (consumer
goods and food), ten years as rental property
owner/manager, Tennis and Pickleball
player, and loyal patron of local businesses.
District 1 City Council
& School Board
Candidates Forum:
Thursday, October 8,
from 6-8:30pm
I’ve been a Rockridge
resident since 1981
as both a renter and
a homeowner. I’m a
past President and
Board Member of the
nine-county Bay Area
Small Business Development Corporation,
and a past RCPC Board member. I co-chaired
the Rockridge DVD project. COVID-19 has
changed our world. Our neighbors, small
businesses, and City face difficult new
circumstances and will need our help. RCPC
rose to meet many hard new realities when
BART/Hwy24 construction closed over half
of all businesses on College Avenue, and we
must do so now. RCPC’s Mission Statement
of furnishing a forum for community
involvement, and providing leadership
and representation of neighborhood
interests gives broad latitude for creative
solutions. Rockridge has been an important
economic driver, and in the past, made
unique contributions to Oakland including
funding and building our library, creating
Hardy Dog Park, and FROG Park. I am
running, because we must step up again.
(online meeting details coming soon)
CRITICAL: Complete the census if
you have not done so already:
https://2020census.gov/en/response-rates.html


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Candidate Statements
continued on page 5
Michael
Rosen
Lawton Avenue
Diana Mitchell-
Chavez
Shafter Avenue
Robin
McDonnell
Auburn Avenue
Hi neighbors! It’s
been really fun
to see everyone
enjoy in g the
Shaf ter Slow
Streets. I currently
work as an editor
at Apple News;
in the past, I’ve
written about cities as a journalist and
worked for a Berkeley councilmember. I
live across the street from Rockridge Cafe
in a hundred-year-old apartment with my
girlfriend and our dog. I’d like to be on the
RCPC to represent fellow renters, who make
up roughly a third of the neighborhood, and
to make the area more accessible to people
like us, young professionals in our late 20s
with plans to start a family in the near
future. It’s important to involve young voices
in the planning process not just because
it’s the right thing to do, but because it’s
in the interests of the people who live
here. After all, the vibrancy of Rockridge
is what makes it a special place to live.
My husband and
I have lived in
Rockridge for 41
year s . Fro m a
pumpkin patch/
Christmas tree
lot becoming The
Market Hall, The
Chimes convenience store becoming Cactus
Tacqueria, the ’89 Earthquake, and the
’91 Oakland Hills fire, we’ve seen a lot of
changes. Two of my neighbors and I started
the Annual 5300 Shafter Block Party and it’s
due to me that we were the second block to
get permit parking. We’ve seen a generation
of wonderful kids become great parents and
bring their kids to celebrate Halloween. I
have a Master’s from NYU, an Associates in
Journalism from Columbia, and worked for
Cosmopolitan Magazine as well as a P.A. for a
senior partner for SOM (a large architectural
firm). I believe mindful change will keep
families here and bring more diverse people
into the neighborhood enriching us all.
M y  h u s b a n d
and I moved
to Rockridge
in August of
2018. We made
Rockridge our
home because
of its unique
combination of
urban life and sense of community. Soon after
moving here I read about the Kitchen Tour
in The Rockridge News. Shortly thereafter,
I was helping to select the kitchens and
serving as the Docent Coordinator.  It was
a great experience meeting homeowners,
RCPC members and docents alike. When
a seat became available, I thought my
background in community, housing and
economic development as well as my
volunteer work and past nonprofit board
membership could be useful to me on the
board. The RCPC can be a valuable resource
to help our community recover from the
COVID Pandemic and rebuild in a way that
serves the whole community. I would like
the opportunity to serve a full term so that
we can work together to achieve that vision.
Brett Moyer
Miles Avenue
Ken Rich
Manila Avenue
Hi, my name is
Brett Moyer. My
wife Adrian and
I moved to the
neighborhood
about two years
ago. Growing up
in a college town
in Florida, I always
valued community
— whether it was local faith, sports, or the
neighborhood. Since moving to Rockridge,
I’ve fallen in love with running around
Lake Temescal, reading the Sunday paper
at the Rockridge Café, and enjoying the
best burrito in the neighborhood at the
Burrito Shop (sorry Cactus fans). I work
for Silicon Valley Bank where I perform
financial analysis. We recently added a
puppy named Perry to our family and hope
to raise him in the neighborhood for years
to come. Given the uncertain times we now
live in, I’d like to help the neighborhood
however I can by using my personal and
professional experience to support the
neighborhood for decades to come.
I lived in Rockridge
previously and loved
the neighborhood in
so many ways. I was
thrilled to move back
here last year, to a
beautiful bungalow
on Manila Avenue.
The main reason I moved back to Rockridge
is that it’s the most “neighborhoody”
neighborhood I’ve lived in, and how better to
get involved and give back than running for
RCPC Board? I have 23 years of professional
experience with real estate and city planning
issues. I firmly believe Rockridge needs
to add housing and do its part, and I’m
confident we can do this in a way that makes
the neighborhood even better. Our beloved
College Avenue needs more nearby residents
to keep the businesses afloat, especially after
Coronavirus, which will challenge many of
our neighborhood shops and restaurants.
On housing and other topics, I look forward
to bringing my negotiation skills and passion
as an urbanist to this amazing place!
Jennifer
McElrath
Rockridge Blvd.
Though my Oakland
heritage does not
span 170 years like
my husband’s family,
I moved to Rockridge
with my husband
and daughter at the
beginning of the
millennium.  I imagine the changes now
pressed upon the neighborhood could be
as significant as they were in those early
years. Preserving positive attributes of the
community, yet embracing newness that will
enable residential and commercial streets to
burst with activity and pride, propels me to
seek a term on the RCPC board. As a former
business executive and entrepreneur, I get
the need for vibrancy and respite where one
calls home. It is that balance and heritage
that drew me to attend RCPC meetings,
and to be on the steering committee of
Upper Broadway Advocates. To contribute
more would be a privilege, and I would still
deliver The Rockridge News, as my husband
and I have done for more than a decade.

Mark your calendars for Thursday, September 17, from 7-9pm, when
The Rockridge Community Planning Council will host its Candidates’ Forum
online. Email info@rockridge.org to receive log-in/dial-in information.


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After the Arrest
— By Karen Ivy, Greater Rockridge
NCPC Secretary
Tpossible. Before COVID-19, it wasn’t
unusual for suspects to spend several
months in custody waiting for trial.
Locke noted that our criminal
justice system isn’t really based on tri-
al-by-jury, but more a system of plea
bargains that pressures people to give
up their rights. The cash-bail system
makes it very hard for people to get
out of custody, especially if they are
low-income. A plea bargain allows the
accused to trade his 4th Amendment
rights for three years of felony proba-
tion during which the police can stop
and search him, on terms set by the
judge, which could include his home
and car, and/or his Internet-connected
devices, depending on the crime.
Officer Josiah Ladd, our Community
Resource Officer, noted that OPD no
longer does random stops.
Kirk Petersen
College Avenue
I love Rockridge.
I’ve worked here
for 30 years and
lived here for
seven in our live/
work storefront
on College Ave.
My architecture
practice includes single-family and multi-
family residential; the sort of work that will
be built in Rockridge. I was born in Oakland.
This gives me no ‘standing’, other than it has
allowed me to closely observe change over
decades. I joined the Sierra Club in 1969. I
have worked on both ‘sides’ of development,
as project proponent for clients and as public
sector ‘regulator’ while chairing Oakland’s
Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board.
I want to help RCPC inform the process of
change. How can we grow the neighborhood
while maintaining the Rockridge look and
feel we all like so that our new neighbors
can also enjoy what we have? As a present
member of the RCPC Land Use Committee
I work to address such issues. I’m glad
we live in a walkable neighborhood just
now, and one with a sense of community.
he Neighborhood Crime Preven-
tion Council (NCPC) regularly
gets questions about why people
arrested for certain crimes seem to be
back offending again so soon. In this
meeting, speakers Terry Wiley, Senior
District Attorney in the County of
Alameda, and William Locke, retired
Public Defender in the County of Ala-
meda, attempted to speak to that.
Wiley noted that once a case is
transferred from the police, the D.A.
has 48 hours to review the case,
decide whether and what to charge,
file a complaint, and arraign the
suspect. If the suspect can’t afford
a lawyer, he’s assigned a Public
Defender who interviews him imme-
diately. Under COVID-19, they try to
release people from custody as soon as
This is a brief overview of a long
meeting, to read the whole account,
visit: http://tinyurl.com/nvgrtme. The
next meeting will be held on Oct 8. n
Leonora Sea
Miles Avenue
My Rockridge
roots run deep
— I’m a fourth-
generation resi-
dent. I love the
neighborhood,
and believe in
RCPC’s mission
t o  e n h a n c e
Rockridge. Currently the Board Chair, I
bring a perspective to our neighborhood
organization based in my own nonprofit
experience and practice. I ran a
small nonprofit, which granted funds
to community-based environmental
projects and forged equal partnerships
between community groups and experts.
It taught me that local people best
understand local problems, and should
help initiate and be significantly involved
in the processes set up to solve those
problems. Opportunity for meaningful
participation is one benefit RCPC provides
Rockridge, and drawing on my background
and RCPC Board experience, I know
how to build community involvement and
make it work. I believe in the wisdom and
resilience of Rockridge neighbors, and I
hope to collaborate for another term with
the next RCPC Board to serve every resident.


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The Granola Guru Goes Beyond Farmers’ Markets

LATE-BREAKING NEWS
— By Myrna Walton
“M
CCA Dorm to Be Sold to City
On Friday, August 28th, the City
Council unanimously approved their
tentative purchase of Clifton Hall from
the California College of Art, which is
moving to San Francisco. The dorm,
built in 2005, would be used for 62
units of deeply-affordable housing.
That would include 42 units to per-
manently house extremely low-income
seniors, and 20 units of transitional
housing (with services) for formerly
homeless families. Also included is
an office for a nonprofit that will
work to permanently house homeless
people throughout northern Alameda
County. Councilmember Dan Kalb
spearheaded this effort for new afford-
able housing as part of a citywide
push to house the City’s homeless. The
purchase would be funded partly with
City housing funds and partly by the
State’s new HomeKey program.
y family thought it was weird.
They gave me six months,”
says Ayana Kelly, a 25-year-old,
lifelong Rockridge resident, when
she created her own company,
The Granola Guru, in April 2018.
“My parents are not entrepreneurs,
so they didn’t entirely understand
it.” She made her first test batch and
gave it to her family and friends as
Christmas gifts. The reception was
extremely positive.
For the first year, she and a family
friend spent 12 hours a day baking
the granola batches in a commer-
cial kitchen. Production has since
expanded to a facility in downtown
Oakland were she produces 500
pounds a week — all in small, hand-
crafted artisanal batches.
After graduating from Hillcrest
School, the College Preparatory
School, and St. Mary’s High School,
Kelly majored in business and envi-
ronmental studies at Pitzer College (a
member of the Claremont Colleges),
and graduated in 2016. Her interdis-
ciplinary education left her with a
desire to create an eco-friendly busi-
ness. She always liked to cook, and
it’s been her lifelong dream to open a
food business before the age of 30.
She learned to make granola at
a cafe where she worked in college
College Avenue Set for Repaving
In a long-awaited move, Oakland
Dept. of Transportation (OakDOT)
announced it would begin repaving
College Avenue within a few weeks.
The work includes grinding down
the surface, pouring and rolling out
new asphalt, and painting new lane
markings, including new bike lanes.
Other improvements (pedestrian bulb
outs and countdown lights) will also
be installed. It will take two to three
days to repave each segment, and up to
a month to be fully completed.
To minimize disruption to businesses
and traffic, OakDOT proposes to pave
at night, while understanding this
could be temporarily disruptive for
College Avenue residents. The Rock-
ridge District Assoc., representing local
merchants, along with Councilmember
Dan Kalb, asked to have the work
delayed until Spring, but OakDOT said
the contract had already been signed
and delay would be too costly.
Comments may be directed to
OakDOT Director Ryan Russo,
rrusso@oaklandca.gov, with copies to
officeofthemayor@oaklandnet.com,
dkalb@oaklandca.gov, and info@
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Ayana Kelly, owner of The Granola Guru
but wasn’t able to find any granola
of the same quality in local stores.
She searched for granola that was
gluten-free, vegan, low in sugar,
refined-sugar free, and baked with
healthy oils — finally experimenting
with her own recipes — which led to
the creation of The Granola Guru.
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and the Peninsula, and can now be
found in independent retailers, spe-
cialty markets, and regional chains
including United Markets, Rainbow
Grocery, Farmer
Joe’s, Lunardi,
Piazza, and
Draeger’s. While
COVID may have
slowed down her
pace a bit, she has
15 conditional
acceptances ready
to go once the pandemic ends.
As her only employee, she calls
herself a one-woman army. Kelly
oversees a range of tasks including
brand management, packaging design,
ingredient sourcing, website design,
accounting, cultivating buyer rela-
tionships, product research, quality
control, and more. “The only thing I
outsource now is streamlining man-
ufacturing and distribution, but even
then I keep a close eye on the product.”
Kelly is in a class by herself: a solo,
female, minority,
young entrepre-
neur. Her youth
can sometimes be
an impediment.
“Many times
people don’t believe
that I own and
operate my busi-
ness by myself. At times, people have
a difficult time taking me seriously.
Despite this, most people like support-
ing a young female entrepreneur.”
What’s next? “I’ve acquired a
distributor to help me get into large
chains like Whole Foods and Nugget
Markets. Eventually I want to be all
over northern California.” n
The Granola Guru, from previous page
In 2018, she made her debut at the
Farmers’ Market in Alameda. “You
might think that was an easy start,
but it took about five months to
acquire the permits and perfect the
recipes. I burnt the first batch, in fact
I burnt the first few batches. I sold
40 bags that first week and developed
a loyal following of customers that
returned week after week.”
She currently sells four flavors, each
enriched with super-foods such as
red berries, turmeric and ginger, and
cacao nibs, which are nutrient-rich
foods believed to positively affect
health. Her most recent creation is
Classic Hemp — a maple cinnamon
granola boosted with hemp seeds.
All ages enjoy the different flavors,
but the Mixed Berry Vanilla is a
kids favorite. Her personal choice is
Golden Glow, a unique blend featur-
ing the antioxidant duo of turmeric
and ginger.
After success at the Farmers’
Market, Kelly went store-to-store,
seeking shelf space within a very
competitive market. Market Hall on
College Avenue was an early influen-
tial buyer. “They gave me good shelf
placement, let me demonstrate the
product in the store, and helped me
find local sources for ingredients.”
Within two years, The Granola
Guru was in 70 stores spanning
the East Bay, Marin, San Francisco,
“At times, people have a
difficult time taking me seriously.
Despite this, most people like
supporting a young female
entrepreneur.”
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Remembering
John Wagers
times not quite so lovable as he scolded
those who didn’t follow his example.
He recycled, reused, and composted
just about anything that was once a
living organism. He refused to shop
at stores that, in his opinion, used too
much packaging. No discarded item
escaped his determination to get it all
to the recycling center. For John, it
was just the right thing to do.
At his core, he was a farm boy from
the heartland, born at home on the
family farm near Shickley, Nebraska.
He taught for two years at a one-room
schoolhouse but wanted to learn more
about the world. His degree in chem-
istry from the University of Nebraska
in 1942 opened the door for his new
adventure: He hitchhiked to Berkeley
to work for Shell Oil as a research
chemist during World War II.
After a long tour around Europe,
— By Jo Ellis
John Wagers came into the world in
the middle of one pandemic
and departed during another. In
between, throughout his many years
in Rockridge, he lived for, supported,
and advocated for every environ-
mental and social justice issue that
grabbed his attention.
While people did a lot of talking
about an environmental movement,
John lived it in his daily life years
before it was popular. He was often
thought of as a lovable eccentric as he
picked up cans, bottles and assorted
trash tossed in the street, and some-
he returned to Oakland and settled in
Rockridge. By this time, his experi-
ence of life in Berkeley and exposure
to European culture and ideas had
radically changed the conservative
farm boy from Nebraska. It was the
beginning of a life dedicated to cru-
sading for his view of a more just and
sustainable world.
He built a 24-unit building at the
corner of Claremont Avenue and
Martin Street which he actively
managed until shortly before he died.
It was his home base — Ground Zero
for Zero Waste. John took delight in
having all his tenants sign leases stip-
ulating that no garbage be allowed
— everything must be recycled or
composted.
Tenants claimed they dutifully
placed all items in the proper bins for
recycling, and John regularly toted
their organic waste to his local park
to amend the soil. It was, of course,
suspected that his tenants deposited
their garbage in nearby cans in the
middle of the night and it was a fact
that John was embroiled in a war for
many years with the City to cancel his
garbage bill because, as anyone could
see, he had no garbage.
John was also a passionate devel-
oper of neighborhood mini-parks. At
Racine Point Park (the intersection
of Racine and Telegraph Avenue) his
intention was to mitigate dangerous
traffic flow, but even more important
was the creation of “a planted area
instead of an asphalt blight”.
He inspired more than 20 volunteers
to help bring in soil and plants. He
loved to show off his City of Oakland
Commendation which reads “For
John Wagers in Recognition of His
Extraordinary Accomplishments in the
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John Wagers, from previous page
some days it was hard to understand
why no one came to visit.
Few realized how wealthy John
was; he did not “dress for success.”
His no-waste, re-use policy was also
applied unsparingly to his clothing
and other personal possessions
— most of which came from unspec-
ified and used sources. It came as
quite a shock to most who saw him
as a shabby fellow picking up bottles
and cans to learn that he not only
spoke up for dozens of organiza-
tions that advocated for civil rights,
human rights, the earth and all who
would care for and protect it, he put
his money where his heart was.
This month, more than two
dozen of those organizations will
get $100,000 each from the John
Wagers Trust, and a few substantially
more when the Trust is terminated,
including Doctors Without Borders;
Planned Parenthood; water disputes
on the Delta; the American Humanist
Association; and the ACLU. Benefi-
ciaries in the Rockridge community
Creation of the Racine Triangle Park.”
He also created Ayala Park (Ayala
and 57th), now donated to the City,
and the Martin Street Park (NW
corner of Ayala and Martin), where,
even at 101-years-old, John was still
walking to the park to bring compost,
do a bit of pruning and weeding and
visit with neighbors who helped out
with the gardening chores.
And, oh yes, let’s not forget street
trees. John campaigned to eliminate
broken and uneven sidewalks from
overgrown tree roots that sent pedes-
trians flying. “The Right Tree in the
Right Hole” was his battle cry as he
sent off Letters to the Editor and was
a regular at City Council and Plan-
ning Commission meetings. Some
success of this endeavor saved the city
millions in lawsuits from injuries sus-
tained from tripping and falling.
To many, John was best known as
our most dedicated “newsboy”, deliv-
ering The Rockridge News until he
was nearly 100-years-old. He walked
his route every month no matter the
weather or time of night (he often
fearlessly made his deliveries at 2am).
Friends were concerned about his
vulnerability to COVID-19 but John
was too tough for that. It spared his
life but took something precious.
It deprived him of the joy he felt in
the company of others. As the fog of
dementia was taking hold, a feeling of
abandonment began to overtake him;
everyone was sheltering in place and
John Wagers
March 5, 1919 – May 5, 2020
include Friends of the Oakland Public
Library, and the Oakland Parks and
Recreation Foundation.
When it will once again be safe for
a large group to congregate, all will
be invited to his beloved Ayala Park
to remember John, to tell his stories
(everyone who knew John has a trove
of great stories to tell), to plant a tree
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New Businesses Find Life In The Space Between
— By Annalee Allen
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The Library Is Open
Remember: the Oakland Public
Library (https://oaklandlibrary.
org/) is open for Sidewalk Pickup.
Liking the OPL Facebook page
(https://www.facebook.com/Oakli-
brary/) will alert you about events
and changes in library services.
We’re living in unprecedented
times as a result of the COVID-19
pandemic, and the Library wants
to hear your stories and preserve
this moment in time. The #Oak-
land History Center and OPL
invite all East Bay residents to
contribute to the COVID-19 East
Bay Community Archive. n
he long-empty storefronts on
College Avenue between Lawton
and Ocean View (across the street
from Cole Hardware) will once again
have pop-up retail. Westwind Succu-
lents and custom furniture by Lucas
Ahlstrand will occupy one space,
and the space next door will soon be
occupied by Bartbridge Design and
the Oakland Art Rental Gallery.
Already on display are the patches
and hats designed by Luke Fraser.
His brother Gabe Marshank is the
new owner of the building. Apart-
ments occupy the second floor of
the Mission revival-style commercial
building, built in the 1920s when
Rockridge used to be a streetcar
suburb of Oakland. Fraser, who was a
high school student in Berkeley in the
2000s, started buying patches from
Telegraph Avenue vendors and soon
had quite a collection.
He got the idea to add the patches
to baseball caps, and his business
was born. “By then I lived in the
Glen Ellen community in the North
Bay, but I still liked to come down
to games at the Oakland Coliseum
Complex — both the Athletics and
the Golden State Warriors.
“Like so many others, I used to take
the Richmond/Fremont Bart line
and get off at the Coliseum stop and
walk across the bridge to the games.
That’s where I came up with the name
of the company, Bartbridge Design,
mentioned Fraser.”
In 2018, terrible wildfires swept
through the Glen Ellen and Santa
Rosa areas. “My studio and home was
there, and I lost everything,” he said.
When Luke learned that his brother
was buying the commercial building
in Rockridge, he decided he could
start over and relocate to the Oakland
area. “I am excited to have my busi-
ness in this neighborhood.”
“When I started collecting these
patches, I knew of course about Oak-
land and Berkeley and San Francisco,
but I soon found out that there are so
many more communities throughout
the Bay Area and Northern Califor-
nia, each with their unique names and
symbols.”
Soon thereafter, he and his partner
Mike Hampton were designing and
embroidering their own patches. Now
customers can choose a patch to go
on a hat, such as from the town where
they are from, or where their relatives
live. It makes for a fun and special gift.
Personally, I plan to buy a hat for
someone who now lives in Nevada
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Landscape Design Company Enhances The
Local Outdoor Dining Experience
— By Jorja Siemons
D
Rockridge restaurants currently
offering outdoor seating
A16
Alem’s Coffee
Barney’s (patio in back)
Beer Baron
Crepevine
Golden Squirrel
Hudson Bay Café
Kitchen Story
Khana Peena
Marica
Millennium (patio in back)
Oliveto’s Cafe
Red Sea
Rockridge Café
Soi 4 Bangkok Eatery
ining along College Avenue has
been negatively impacted by the
recent pandemic, but Rockridge
architect and landscape firm Inside-
Out Design has stepped up to meet
the challenge to bring diners back.
Working in collaboration with The
Golden Squirrel, InsideOut Design
has helped to create a new outdoor
patio space, making take-out no
longer the only available option. Not
July, he reached out knowing his firm
could help. “We know the restaurant
business has been hit particularly
hard,” he said. That is why all the
plants, soil, design, and installation
that InsideOut provided is a commu-
nity donation, offered free of charge.
Using drought-tolerant plants and
repurposed materials, such as old
wine crates and barrels, InsideOut
made The Golden Squirrel’s patio
environmentally friendly,
which isn’t new for the firm.
“I think it’s great to green up
College Avenue. We emphasize
creating outdoor spaces and
making them an extension of
your living space,” Penn says.
This also highlights the need
for sustainability, something he
and his wife have prioritized
throughout their career. As
a LEED-accredited design
professional, an achievement
recognized by the U.S. Green
Building Council, Julianna
ensures that green solutions
are pursued in the company’s
architecture projects whenever
possible. Within the firm’s
landscape sector, Penn acts as
a city arborist for Lafayette,
enforcing tree protection
ordinances to protect native oaks and
other local species. InsideOut has also
completed several green roof projects
for multi-family residential develop-
ments in San Francisco and
El Cerrito.
While many of these spaces are
recent installments, the Alameda
County Department of Environmen-
tal Health authorized, and recently
updated, the “Flex Street’s Initiative”
which allows for outdoor dining,
along with a detailed list of Restau-
rant Operating Procedures. To ensure
the safety of customers, employees
must conduct Health Self-Assess-
ments before work and be subject to
symptom checklists and temperature
screenings by their employers. Tables
within the dining space must be six
feet apart, unmovable, and designated
for single households and “bubbles”
of up to six people. On the restaurant
patron’s side of responsibilities, the
Department of Environmental Health
recommends wearing face coverings
until seated. Disinfection wipes or
hand sanitizers are to be made avail-
able for use at dining area entrances.
No food items, such as condiments, are
to be shared between dining parties.
When following these policies
and monitoring personal symptoms,
Rockridge residents can support local
outdoor restaurants in a relaxed,
welcoming environment until indoor
dining resumes. n
InsideOut Design created many open spaces
for local restaurants, including The Golden
Squirrel at 5940 College Avenue.
only does the space feature tables set
safely spaced apart from each other,
but it also includes a garden installa-
tion to “green up” the street.
“We got involved because we
wanted to give back to the commu-
nity,” says Penn Phillips, InsideOut’s
landscape design principal. Penn and
his wife Julianna Fecskés Phillips,
who is the principal architect, started
InsideOut Design in 2003 as an effort
to bridge the gap between interior
and exterior design.
Setting up shop near The Golden
Squirrel, the two became restaurant
regulars. When Penn noticed the
owner, Andrew Snow, using wood
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Eyes on Rockridge, from front page
just another few blocks away.
The pandemic hasn’t ravaged
assisted living facilities the way it
has skilled nursing homes. None of
the 150 residents at Merrill Gardens
was known to have contracted the
virus in either its assisted-living or
memory-care apartments as of this
writing, although an employee did
test positive in late July, according to
the facility’s website.
The Point reportedly had no
current cases among its 118 assisted
living apartments as of late August.
However, from May 23-June 6, 11
residents and three staff members
tested positive within its 30-apart-
ment memory-care unit, according

of gals come up with a wheeled
vehicle and you take what you want.”
Then there’s the mid-morning snack.
A boxed lunch, mid-afternoon snack,
and then “son-of-a-gun, here comes
a cart with all kinds of booze on it,
and it’s Happy Hour.” Dinner fol-
lows, also in a box, and then dessert
— usually ice cream. “By god, you’ve
got to be careful!”
to executive director Deborah Savoie.
Sadly, three patients, two of whom
were already in hospice care, died.
“We hunker down, we expand,
tightening and loosening restrictions
depending on the Covid-19 status,”
said Allison Rodman, The Point’s
co-director of sales and marketing.
“We’re in touch with the Alameda
County Health Department every
day and strictly follow their proto-
cols.” As of mid-August, they were
able to reinstate films in their movie
room, bingo sessions, and exercise
classes for ten residents at a time on a
first-come, first-serve basis.
Even as The Point’s indoor public
areas and activities were shut down
and visitors banned, Kelleher, 92,
and his wife Lolly, 89, kept active. He
walked the halls, masked of course,
and ventured onto The Point’s first-
floor patio garden. He drove to pick
up pre-ordered books from the Rock-
ridge Library. Visits with their four
daughters continue via Zoom.
“We do miss some of the activi-
ties, but they have replaced them,”
Kelleher, who retired as manager of
accounting at New York Life’s San
Francisco office, told me. ”We get a
little packet every day with all kinds
of puzzles, what happened in history
on that date, and a version of bingo.
We do have some neighbors who are
going out of their minds.”
As for meals, they come non-stop,
according to Kelleher’s colorful
description: “For breakfast, a couple
“son-of-a-gun, here comes a
cart with all kinds of booze
on it, and it’s Happy Hour.”
“I can almost see the ocean, and
I can go outside in the rain,” said
Francie Kendell, 72, who is grateful
to have a covered balcony off her
apartment at The Point. “I feel quite
safe here. I don’t go off my floor
unless it’s to go to the garden. I wear
my mask. I’m spending more time by
myself than I ever have,” said Kend-
ell, who has a doctorate in education
and organizational change and is
writing her third book on diversity.
“I read a lot. I want to know what
the news is. I talk to friends and that
keeps me sane.”
Several residents left the facility to
live with their families during the
pandemic, Rodman said. Bill Roisen,
94, is one of them. “The Point did a
good job by going on lockdown early,”
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Kyle Wong, A Favorite
Chabot Teacher,
Retires
Eyes on Rockridge, from previous page
his daughter Kathi Roisen said. For
a while, she was still able to meet
with him in the garden and make
sure he was taking his medications.
“But when it became a more severe
lockdown, I was worried about the
pills,” she said. “And I was getting
concerned about what the isolation
was doing to his state of mind.”
“The Point was fun, but when they
closed the dining room and they
served in cardboard boxes, I decided
to get out,” her dad, a Europe-
an-trained watchmaker who retired
as a Rolex vice president, said. “It was
difficult with the mask. When this is
over, I will consider going back.”
Merrill Gardens has eased its orig-
inal lockdown restrictions. Residents
can socialize and attend exercise
classes on the roof-top garden as long
as they mask and social distance.
They can meet with visitors across
Plexiglas-screened tables and go for
neighborhood strolls. So in mid-
August, 89-year-old Maurizia Palmieri
walked to my house with her daughter,
Silvia Hughes, and talked with me
across a six-foot table in the backyard.
“I feel safe,” said Palmieri, a native
of Italy, who moved from her Rock-
ridge home to Merrill Gardens when
it opened in May 2017. “I read, I watch
TV.” She utilizes her skills as a former
high school Latin teacher to teach
Italian across the Atlantic via Face-
book to her friend Linda Harrison,
who recently moved from Rockridge
to Italy. She and other residents meet
on the roof after lunch, though they
still eat boxed meals in their rooms.
Both mother and daughter are
tennis players, but Palmieri acknowl-
edges losing physical strength during
the original lockdown. “Now we’re
walking twice a week,” Hughes said,
so when Merrill Gardens allows it,
she’ll be ready for the tennis court.
“I feel Merrill-Gardens has done an
amazing job,” Hughes said.  “They
locked down right away.” “They
didn’t think about it. They just did
it,” her mom added.
teaching career at Chabot Elementary.
Back then, no one would have antic-
ipated the impact that young man
would have on so many hundreds of
students and their families throughout
his life as a teacher. It’s an extraordi-
nary end to an extraordinary career.
During his time teaching, Wong
had been a master educator — his
classroom is full of fun, respect, and
tremendous learning. Wong was a
true team player, and so many of us
at Chabot have benefited from the
wisdom he has shared.
He leaves a profound legacy that has
transformed the lives of many. We
wish him all the joy that retirement
can bring and are fully supportive of
this decision, — and he should know
that he will be very, very missed.
— By Lara Coffin
To honor Mr. Wong, the school is
putting together a book of memories.
Did you have Wong as a teacher?
Did your parent? Did your child?
Please share memories, thoughts, or
anecdotes. We would also love to see
any photographs, please send them to
office@chabotelementary.org. n
t was with mixed emotions that
Chabot Elementary announced
the retirement this past Spring of
third-grade teacher Mr. Kyle Wong.
Thirty-five years ago, Wong began his
I
Daily Bread Needs
Volunteers
— By Susan Montauk
Claremont Auction Seeks
Donations, Participation
— By Leslie Ayers
C
Dlaremont Middle School’s (CMS)
annual auction fundraiser will
be a virtual event this year, and
parent organizers are appealing to the
community to secure donations to be
auctioned online October 20th to 29th.
If you are a business owner or
service provider, or even if you have a
special skill or hobby you’d be willing
to share with others via a live Zoom
class or demonstration, we hope you’ll
consider donating. We are also asking
for donations of wine to create an
“Instant Wine Cellar” to be raffled
off. If you’re able to donate a bottle or
two, you can drop them off at 5660
Ocean View Drive, or call/text (415)
260-1490 for pick up.
Visit https://claremontms.org/pta/
auction. For questions, email auction@
claremontms.org. n
o you have an hour a week to
deliver food to organizations that
feed people in Berkeley/Oakland? If
so, Daily Bread can use your help. An
all-volunteer group, Daily Bread has
been directing excess, nourishing,
perishable food from food vendors to
pantries, shelters, and meal providers
in the community since 1983.
With the goal of reducing food
insecurity and waste, we make
delivery runs 7 days a week, morning
through evening.
Several runs are available now for
volunteers; all you need is a car, some
time, a willingness to help others, and
a ready smile. It’s serious fun.
For more information on how
to volunteer, call Patrice Ignelzi
at (510) 526-3123, or email
DailyBreadBerkeley@gmail.com. n
Hope you all are staying safe. To
comment or suggest stories for future
columns, email judyberne@att.net. n


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Alameda County Voting Information for
the November Presidential Election

— By Louise Rothman-Riemer, Board Member, League of Women Voters Oakland
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receive a ballot by mail. There will be
no local polling places in Alameda
County; instead there will be 100
voting centers and 66 ballot drop-
off boxes. There will be no postage
required, and confirming your regis-
tration information early is advised.
ne hundred years ago, on
August 18, 1920, Harry Burns
cast his “vote for women,” and Ten-
nessee became the 36th state to ratify
the 19th Amendment granting women
the right to vote. Unfortunately, it took
even longer for many women of color
who had to wait for the Voting Rights
Act of 1965 for full participation due
to segregation laws (poll taxes, literacy
tests) that were still enforced.
Unlike years past, this year all
California registered voters will
Important Dates to Note:
• September 4: Registration deadline
to receive the early version of the
Voter Guide.
• September 24: Last date to register
to receive an early ballot.
• October 5: Vote by mail ballots will
begin being sent to voters.
• October 19: Last day to register to
vote online.
• October 27: Recommended date to
have put your ballot in the mail to
make sure it arrives on time to the
Registrar of Voters.
To register, visit Alameda County’s
official website www.acvote.org/
voting/register-to-vote. You can con-
firm your voter registration at https://
www.acgov.org/rovmvp_app/mvp.
do. You can still register to vote on
Election Day, but you will likely wait
in a long line. Whatever you do, this
election is perhaps the most import-
ant election of our lifetime... VOTE!
For more information regarding the
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— By Susan Montauk, The Rockridge News Business Manager
Host Home Needed to Bundle The Rockridge News

RNClassifieds
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Golden Squirrel.
• Marshal/District Captain: Pick up
one box and drop it at 473 McAuley
St./one additional bundle drop to the
Temescal Library.
hanks to our Block Captains,
District Captains and Marshals
(who did not miss a beat), as of the
first week of July, The Rockridge News
has been back in print and once again
distributed to the doorsteps of Rock-
ridge homes and businesses. We will
continue with the digital versions (for
those who love the color), and con-
tinue the printed versions as long as
we find a place to do the bundling and
sorting of the volunteer packets.
List your 36-word message here for
only $22 (phone number counts as one
word). Make check payable to RCPC,
and write “Rockridge News Classified
Ad” in the memo line.
Mail to: RCPC, 4900 Shattuck Ave.,
PO Box 22504, Oakland, 94609-20131.
The deadline for the October issue is
September 17 – available on October 2,
2020. For more information, email Susan
Montauk at smontauk@gmail.com.
Please contact Susan at smontauk@
gmail.com or (510) 547-3855 if you
would like to discuss hosting the
bundling or taking on a route. n
Penelope’s Aesthetics Skin Care
Salon is located in a serene garden
setting in the Rockridge neighborhood
and specializes in professional beauty
needs. Facials, waxing and much more!
Will open for business again! www.
penelopecalef.com; (510) 594-1552.
Here are the requirements:
• A good size dining table
• A decent size front porch (for
volunteer boxes)
• A minimum number of steps up
to the porch (5-10 is OK)
Receipt of newsletters the morning
of the first Friday of each month
(except for August).
Garden Care, Clean-up,
Maintenance & Design
Experienced team of two dedicated
to the art of gardening. Garden
restoration, pruning, and veggie
bed installation at affordable
rates. Call Chris: (510) 655-0157
or email yourgreengardeners@
gmail.com. Check us out at www.
yourgreengardeners.com.
Routes up for Grabs
• CAv1/Block Captain: Businesses
and apartments along College Avenue
from Claremont Ave to BART. Stacks
at Zachary’s, 1951, Supercuts, and the
Handyman for Hire
Multifaceted and well experienced.
Hauling and towing available. No job
too small. Reasonably priced. Lee Self.
707/223-1298 call and text.
Electrical Remodels and Repairs
Curious about your knob-and-tube
wiring? I can help. I’ve been doing
electrical work in Oakland and
Berkeley for over 35 years. Sutorik &
Company www.sutorikandco.com.
Lic #397149. 510/655-3677.
Your Rockridge Specialists –
JUDITH GLASS & SHEILA
SABINE – The Grubb Company
Now may be the right time for a
move.  Your home says a lot about
you and we are here to
listen. Call (510) 326-5055 or
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THE
Golden Gate Sotheby’s International Realty is thrilled to
announce that McGuire Real Estate’s #1 Agent in the East Bay,
Claudia Mills, has joined our team. She brings with her a
proven set of skills and vast knowledge of Bay Area real estate,
as well as a unique service-oriented approach to meeting or
suprassing her client’s goals.
Claudia Mills
510.350.6419
c.mills@ggsir.com
Lic.#01881682
www.ClaudiaMillsRealEstateTeam.com
Each Franchise Is Independently Owned And Operated.
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SOLD ROCKRIDGE
CARLTON - $1,525,000
3 Bed /2 Bath
MARKET UPDATE
Average Sales Price

2019
2020 YTD
 $1,792,000
$1,804,000
Up .6%
Sales Volume

2019
2020 YTD
 1 Sale Every
1 Sale Every

3 Days
3 Days
Unchanged
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*Data from Multiple Listing Source 2019-2020
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STAY SAFE
Ron Kriss, Broker
Lawton Associates
(c) 510-612-2547
RonKriss@JPS.net
DRE# 00784235
“#1 in Rockridge Real Estate”
160+ Successful Sales in Rockridge
www.LawtonAssoc.com