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Oakland Unified Honors
Chabot Teacher
by Judith Doner Berne
Chabot Elementary School’s
Phoebe Diamond, just named
an Oakland Unified School District
Teacher of the Year, never wanted to
be a teacher.
“No family member was a teacher,”
she said during a lively telephone
interview. As a young teenager, “I
wanted to be a clown in the circus.”
But after attending a summer camp
where circus skills were taught,
Chabot Elementary’s Phoebe Diamond
(above) and Freemont High School science
teacher Ji-Yun “Jane” Kim are OUSD’s
Teachers of the Year. Both are automatically
nominated for Alameda County Teacher of
the Year, and will be eligible for California
Teacher of the Year.
Chabot Teacher, see page 14
Bosko’s — A Snapshot of an
Enduring College Avenue Business
by Skip Fogarty
M

RCPC Election
Slated for April 15
by Leonora Sea, Chair, Rockridge
Community Planning Council
Wednesday, February 24,
2021, is the deadline to
declare your candidacy for the
2021 election of the Rockridge
Community Planning Council’s
Board of Directors. The election
will be held on the traditional
date of the third Thursday in
April — this year, April 15
— with alternate polling on
Saturday, April 17. Also, as usual,
six Board seats will be up for
election.
RCPC Election, see next page

ing artists were often
featured there and some of
Bosko’s own work is still
on display today. The cur-
rent proprietors are two
of Peter’s children, Lynne
Bosko and John Bosko.
“Our parents met at
the California College of
Arts & Crafts in the late
1930s,” Bosko recounts.
“My father’s visual
style is hard to describe. Some are
landscapes, I guess you’d say, but a
little far-out.” In his desk drawer, he
keeps newspaper clippings (from the
Claremont Press, which served the
Rockridge and Claremont neighbor-
hoods in the mid-century period)
Bosko’s, see page 13

uch has changed on College
Avenue in the past few years.
Many venerable businesses have
closed or relocated. Rising rents are
often a factor. In other cases, long-
time proprietors have retired or have
been undone by COVID disruption.
Yet, there remain some of the char-
acteristic shops, pubs and eateries that
lend Rockridge its special ambiance.
One of the longest-standing shops on
College is Bosko’s Gallery, in business
for nearly eight decades in the same
location. Naturally, there’s an intrigu-
ing history to this place.
In 1945, after Army service during
World War II, a young local artist
named Peter Bosko purchased the
gallery space. Prominent and emerg-

Typical of Bosko’s collection is this image of
College Avenue looking north from Lawton
Avenue, taken by Eston Cheney in 1924.
Notice the trolley tracks which ran from
Broadway to the UC Berkeley campus.
with reviews from the 1950s and
1960s about several notable shows in
his dad’s gallery.
John Bosko attended Montera
Junior High and Skyline High. As a
young man, he developed a passion


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150 words to be published in the
April issue of The Rockridge News.
As in 2020, a Candidates Forum will
be held via Zoom, at least one week
before the election.
For more information about RCPC
Board service, email election@
rockridge.org. To declare your
candidacy, send a statement of intent
to run to chair@rockridge.org by
11:59pm on February 24, 2021. Late
submissions will not be accepted. n
RCPC Election, from front page
Any person 18 years or older,
whose principal residence is within
the RCPC boundaries, is eligible to
stand for election. Candidates will
be asked to provide documentation
of eligibility (usually, a driver’s
license with a Rockridge address will
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and a written statement of around

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Rockridge Community Planning Council — Land Use Committee
RCPC
The February Land Use Committee meeting will be held on Monday, February 22, at
7:30pm, via Zoom. Please check the RCPC Facebook page the week before for details.
The meeting is open to the public. Send an email to landuse@rockridge.org or call
(510) 652-5373 to receive a link/phone number to attend.
RCPC Land Use Committee Update —
February 2021
by Stuart Flashman, RCPC Land Use Committee Chair
The Land Use Committee held its
January meeting on Jan 25, via Zoom,
with a quorum of members present.
the current pandemic recedes into his-
tory. The Committee will be consulting
with merchants along College and in
other CN-1 zoned areas in Oakland, as
well as looking at what other cities are
doing to maintain neighborhood retail
areas. We will be asking what kinds
of retail might compete with the big-
box and online alternatives, and what
might replace retail if that turns out to
no longer make sense. This study will
probably take a while to complete, and
input from the Rockridge community
is welcome.
Rockridge Housing Study
The Committee continued its
discussion of the Rockridge Housing
Study Report, focusing on possible
incentives that might make larger
residential projects “pencil out.” One
strategy would be to allow a large
(e.g., 60 percent) density bonus for
projects providing a large percentage
of permanent, moderate-income rental
“workforce housing” at designated
opportunity sites. The current State
density bonus law gives short shrift to
this category, and Oakland’s abysmal
performance in this category shows it.
Another option would be to allow a
developer to “mix and match” different
categories of affordable housing to
reach the State’s maximum 50 percent
density bonus. What’s needed now is
financial modeling for these incentives.
The committee discussed where such
modeling might be available. The hope
remains to finish off the study and
present the results to the community at
a Town Hall later this year.
Call for Committee Member Applicants
While land use committee meetings
are open to the public, only members
appointed by the board of directors
can vote on recommendations to the
board. Committee members must also
be Rockridge residents. We may have
one or more openings to add members
in the upcoming months. If you’d be
interested in serving on the land use
committee, please submit an applica-
tion, including your name, full street
address, contact information, and any
background or qualifications that you
feel the board should know about.
Applications can be sent via email to
landuse@rockridge.org, or may be
mailed to the RCPC post office box. n
The Future of College Ave. Retail
Between Walmart and Costco,
Amazon and eBay, it seems harder
and harder for small College Avenue
retail stores to keep their heads above
water, and the pandemic has only
made matters worse. More and more
storefronts seem to be filled by either
restaurants or personal service tenants.
Some committee members have won-
dered whether the retail-favoring CN-1
zoning still makes sense. The Commit-
tee has therefore embarked on a study
of what can be expected to happen to
College Avenue retail when (hopefully)

Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor,
My opinion piece, titled “Stop
SB50,” expressed my opposition
to the proposed upzoning to
allow high-density, market-rate
housing in Rockridge. It was
published in the May 2019 issue
of The Rockridge News and drew
a strong response in subsequent
issues of the News. This issue
was key in the last RCPC Board
election.
A considerable amount of
information has come to light
on this topic, far too much
for another article, so, I have
created a website, www.Pre-
serveRockridge.com, in an effort
to present my findings to the
public.
Your comments are invited,
please email them to Info@
PreserveRockridge.com (you
can find this link on the website,
too).
Jon Gabel
45-year Rockridge resident,
former RCPC Board Member
Note from RCPC
The Rockridge News and the
Rockridge Community Planning
Coucil (RCPC) are not respon-
sible for the content of external
websites. No endorsement is
implied by links or references to
such sites in The Rockridge News.


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RCPC Board News & Announcements
Town Hall On ADUs Scheduled for March
by David Garcia, RCPC Board Member
Interested in how you can do your
part to take on the housing crisis?
Have you thought about putting a
home right in your backyard? Mark
your calendars for March 18, 7pm,
for a virtual Town Hall on Acces-
sory Dwelling Units (also known
as ADUs, in-law units, and granny
flats).
Thanks to recent changes in State
law, these types of residences have
become a major tool for creating new
homes and expanding multigenera-
tional housing options.
Join us for a discussion with
Rockridge homeowners who have
successfully designed, permitted, and
built their own backyard cottages, and
learn how you can do the same.
Register by emailing info@rockridge.
org, and stay tuned for more
announcements. n
JUST SOLD!  10951 Cliffland Ave.,Oakland
Spacious Oakland hills 3BR/2BA mid-century home near
Knowland, Redwood & Chabot Regional Parks.
Represented the buyer with multiple offers
Originally offered at $849,000
.
Anne D. Brandon, Realtor
510.682.6644 | 510.339.9290
Anne@TheHighlandPartners.com
DRE# 01877719
Repaving College Avenue Begins
by Matt Levy, RCPC Transportation Chair
Npletely (they’ll be sweeping every day
to minimize rocks/dust build-up).
They’ll be adding bike lanes on both
sides of the street as well.
Phase Two. This phase will
involve a longer period of work once
phase one is completed (or shortly
thereafter) in March. In addition to
upgrading the asphalt from Keith
to Alcatraz (through the application
of a slurry seal) and installing bike
lanes for most of that section, they’ll
also upgrade the traffic lights around
BART at College/Keith and College/
Miles, and extend the curb at the cor-
ners of Keith, Shafter, and Miles.
At the latter location, they’ll be
renovating the traffic island and
eliminating that extra lane when you
turn right (from College Avenue) on
Miles, and instead, filling the space
with an extended curb sidewalk and
some landscaping features.
The schedule is subject to delay due
to weather and other factors. Blocks
will receive 72-hour prior notice with
“No Parking/Tow Away” signs and
door-hanger notifications as con-
struction days are confirmed.
Please reach out with any questions/
concerns by email to mjmlevy@
gmail.com, and they will be relayed
appropriately. n
ew year, new president, new
roads? Oakland’s Department
of Transportation is gearing up to
begin the work of repaving College
Avenue, adding a bike lane, and more.
Based on information from Naomi
Weinstein, the project inspector, here
is a summary of what to expect.
The work is taking place in two
phases with all work scheduled to be
completed during the daytime (8am
to 5pm). While there’s never a good
time for such a project, the contrac-
tors will be completing the work on
one portion of the street at a time,
ensuring cars can still drive in both
directions throughout the project.
As part of the work, restaurants’
outdoor parklets will be taken down
and reconstructed at the start and
end of each phase at City expense
and with City assistance. The loss of
outdoor seating during construction
makes it all the more important to
frequent and support our businesses
and restaurants during this time.
Phase One. The first part of work
is slated to begin in the first or
second week of February and should
be complete, assuming minimal rain
delays, by end of the month. Work
teams must first grind down the
existing pavement and repave it com-


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Adopt-A-Spot and Beautify the Community

Keith Avenue Block
Captain Relocates
by Susan Montauk, Rockridge News
Distribution Manager
Kby Eric Lombardo, RCPC Parks Committee Chair
Gyour application to ensure it is on
public property and compliant with
the program rules, and then you are
set to start.
During COVID, the City is limiting
new applicants to individuals or
household units. Tool and equipment
rentals are done via pandemic-safe
protocols and are available for
approved Adopt-A-Spot program
members. Once we emerge from the
pandemic, the City can help to orga-
nize volunteer events at your spot for
larger group efforts.
Interested? Read more and sign up
here: www.oaklandca.gov/services/
apply-for-adopt-a-spot-online. If you
already participate in the program,
please email me at eric@ericlombardo.
com. I would love to feature a spot-
adopter or two in a future issue to
recognize your contributions to our
communal environment. n
reetings neighbors and happy
winter. In this month’s report on
RCPC’s Parks Committee work, I’d
like to dedicate space to a program
run by the City of Oakland called
“Adopt-A-Spot.”
In the City’s words: “Oakland’s
Adopt-A-Spot program supports vol-
unteers in the upkeep of parks, creeks,
shorelines, storm drains, streets,
trails, and other public spaces.” Do
you have a public place like a sidewalk
or a pocket park nearby to you that
you’d like to help maintain?
With many of our pre-pandemic
activities limited or unavailable, if you
are looking for ways to pitch in, this
program may be the perfect fit. My
partner and I have recently taken up
combining neighborhood walks with
picking up litter, using trash picker-
uppers we bought online. However, we
quickly started depleting our stash of
trash bags and found ourselves going
back to the same location frequently
as new litter (unfortunately) accumu-
lated.
As applicants to the program, we —
and you too — benefit from the City’s
support. If you wish to weed or prune
invasive plants in public areas, you
can apply to the program and request
a tool loan. If you are picking up large
amounts of trash that won’t fit in your
bin, you can request bags and pick-up
by Public Works. The City will review
elly Kao Smith is moving, and she
hopes that someone on Keith
Avenue, or nearby, will take her
place as Block Captain to prevent
any disruption to the delivery of The
Rockridge News to her block. Block
Captains deliver newsletters door-to-
door, and we thank Kelly for her five
years of service.
Description of Route 09H:
• Up Keith from McMillan to
   5925 Broadway
While we are at it, thanks to Sam
Martin for his two years of service
as Block Captain for the 400 block of
62nd Street. The Martins are moving
and they found a replacement to
ensure that there will be no break in
service. Thank you Martin family,
and welcome new Block Captain Stacy
Kozakavich, and her daughter.
Bundles are delivered to each Block
Captain’s doorstep on the first weekend
of each month (except August). Call
(510) 547-3855 or email Susan at
smontauk@gmail.com to volunteer. n
Residential Permit
Parking Enforcement
Resumes February
The City of Oakland Department of
Transportation will resume the
enforcement of residential permit
parking (RPP) areas as of the 1st of
this month. Several RPP areas are
adjacent to commercial districts.
In resuming the enforcement, the
City aims to promote the availabil-
ity of on-street parking spaces for
residents in areas with high parking
demand. The City will provide
no-penalty warning citations from
now through February 28. Vehicle
owners are entitled to one warning
citation and are subject to penalties
for all subsequent violations. n
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Address                                Original price         List price
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1/04/2021
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4.5

355 63Rd St                           $2,950,000
        $2,950,000
13
$3,500,000
1/07/2021
3
2.5

6426 Benvenue Ave             $1,149,500
        $1,149,500
15
$1,345,000
1/13/2021
4
2
         5127 Lawton Ave                  $1,495,000
        $1,549,000
75
$1,549,000
1/14/2021
2
2

5405 Carlton St                        $719,000
           $719,000
35
  $705,000
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group when they could do right by
it. Children learned to behave with
astonishing kindness towards each
other seemingly effortlessly — but
clearly, it was not effortless.
“It was because Lauren made sure
her world supported our best selves
and theirs, and gently guided every-
thing toward this. All are likely to
agree she was surely a better parent
to our children than most of us can
manage to be on our best day. But
she did it every day.”
Lauren was also associated with the
Rockridge Soccer Club beginning in
1983 when her son Jacob began playing
as a kindergartner, and Ty began
coaching the “Under 8’s.” At that time
there were only about 140 kids in all
age groups. The club has since grown
to 1,500 players. Lauren was the orga-
nization’s Registrar from 1984 to 1990.
Lauren’s sudden passing came
at home on December 7 following
a brief illness. Lauren’s “parents”
have established a private Facebook
Group, the “Lauren Larson Memorial
Page” where many members have
posted pictures and memories. The
annual Halloween Trick or Treating
parade is prominently featured. Cur-
rent and former parents and children
are invited to join.
One of the comments by a parent
sums it up: “The thing I will always
remember about Lauren, aside from
her amazing soul and wisdom, is that
I never once worried about leaving my
kids in her care. What a beautiful gift
to give to a parent.” n
In Memoriam
Lauren Larson
(Jan 1948 – Dec 2020)
by Annette Floystrup
An African proverb tells us “It
takes a village to raise a child,”
but Lauren Larson, a 43-year Rock-
ridge resident, was that rare person
who helped to raise a village. In her
decades of volunteering and working
with children, hundreds of families
and thousands of children experienced
her warmth, guidance, and kindness
as they participated in the Rockridge
Soccer Club or attended family daycare
at Home Away From Home at Lauren’s
house on Birch Court.
Born and raised in San Francisco’s
Sunset District, the daughter of an
American President Lines ship’s
captain, Lauren began her work with
children by volunteering at age 16
with Episcopal Community Services’
Canon Kip Community Center. She
and Ty Yurgelevic married in 1972
and moved to Birch Court in 1978.
Lauren and Ty began Home Away
From Home in 2001 as the successor
to Joan Roemer’s “Birch Tree House”
which operated across the street for 26
years. Home Away From Home became
a genuine family affair when Lauren’s
Eric Londgren of Eric Londgren Photography.
adult children, Katy and Jacob, also
joined the staff. Over the years, many
of Lauren’s “graduates” returned
as summer interns. As previously
planned, Home Away From Home will
be closing at the end of June.
Many young families, often far
removed from extended family,
found in Lauren a beloved mentor.
She helped countless young parents
negotiate potty training, fussy eating,
sibling rivalries, and many other
important developmental milestones.
As one father put it, “Lauren was
extremely canny; she knew people
and knew exactly what she wanted,
and that was for her space to be
relentlessly humane.
“She made an environment for
children and their parents that was
accepting of differences, under-
standing of stresses, and ultimately
focused on real, mutual respect and
the need to spread it. Kids in a bad
moment were reassured, redirected,
given space, and helped back to the


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Clifton Hall’s New
Residents Move In

permanent housing soon. She has
access to computers, assistance with
forms, health counseling, and more.
One floor of the former CCA
dormitory has been set-aside for 20
families while they seek homes. This
facility differs from many others in
that men in the family are allowed,
not just women and kids — and
residents can remain in the shelter
during the day.
Two additional floors for permanent
housing for senior residents will open
later this spring after renovations.

Welcome!
President Biden
and
  Vice President Harris

by Myrna Walton, UBA Member
Ck

lifton Hall at the corner of Clif-
ton and Broadway is receiving
new residents in its transitional family
facility. By late January, 59 residents
(including 31 children) had moved in,
according to Patricia Springer, lead
Case Manager.
Tracy Dominguez and her two
children, ages 15 and 8, moved in a
month ago. “The best thing about
Clifton,” she said, “is that I can bring
my family back together again. We
were all split up among my sister’s
and friends’ homes from here to
Sacramento. I saw my children only
every other weekend. Clifton Hall
does everything it can to keep a
family together.”
Now she has a job as a home health
caregiver, and with the services
Clifton Hall offers, hopes to find
A Rockridge community
organization, Upper Broadway
Advocates (UBA), is raising funds
to give each resident welcome bags
with gift cards and other small items.
Twenty bags were distributed on
January 26, and more will be supplied
as new residents move in. UBA is
also investigating whether a small
play area outside can be constructed
as the children have no outdoor play
space. If you would like to help, please
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Author Navigates Life In Rockridge  — Skateboard Included

by Michelle Boyd
Conor Dougherty is an economics
reporter for The New York Times
who focuses on housing. Earlier this
year he published Golden Gates:
Fighting for Housing in America,
which has quickly become the
authoritative book about California’s
housing challenges.
Dougherty lives in Rockridge with
his wife and two young children. I
spoke with him on a recent Friday
while he was on his way back from
checking in on his father in San Fran-
cisco. We talked about his favorite
skateboarding places, why he loves
Rockridge, and the future of housing
in California.
What was your first experience in
Rockridge?
I grew up skateboarding, and have
always been a fan of the curbs in
the Rockridge BART parking lot.
Skateboarders remember all these
very micro things, including these
curbs that were highlighted in skate-
boarding videos going back to the
early 90s.
I also met an old friend, I think at
Rockridge Café, who had graduated
college a year ahead of me. He had a
real job and lived in Rockridge above
one of the storefronts. I remember
thinking that was so cool, like “oh,
that’s where young cool people live.”
When did you eventually move here?
My wife and I moved back to the
Bay Area in 2013 from New York to
help take care of my mom. We were
both working in San Francisco and
wanted to have our own place. I’ve
always loved Rockridge, and with
BART nearby, it worked out.
Skateboarders practice regularly at
the Rockridge BART station.
Photo Credit: Anna L. Marks
scooter there too.
There is an LGBTQ skateboarding
company, Unity, which does meetups
there. It’s now become this movement.
I love how skateboarding leads to
these spontaneous and unsanctioned
gatherings that bring life to spaces
that weren’t necessarily designed for
that purpose.
What’s your favorite place in the
neighborhood?
My absolute favorite place is the
BART curbs — they’re in the middle
of everything. This is all pre-pan-
demic, but I often skate there, then
grab some stuff at Market Hall, then
walk to Frog Park to meet my wife
and kids. I’ve taught my daughter, and
hopefully soon my son, to skate and
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Conor Dougherty, from previous page
How do you interpret what is going on
with Rockridge housing in relation to
what you report on across California?
I think the debate in Rockridge,
which is the debate in California, is
what are the rights of self-governing
for a city or a neighborhood? And, how
do they balance those rights with their
responsibilities to this larger region?
“What are the rights of self-governing
for a city or a neighborhood?
And, how do they balance those
rights with their responsibilities to
this larger region.”
Photo Credit: Matt Quiggle
Rockridge would not be Rockridge,
at least as currently constituted, with-
out the BART station. What makes
the neighborhood really pleasant is
that it’s semi-quiet, yet active, and you
can commute to jobs in San Francisco
easily. It’s that proximity to the larger
region, not just the neighborhood,
that makes Rockridge what it is. But
that comes with some responsibility
to the larger region. I think that
Rockridge and other neighborhoods
like Rockridge should be adding to
their housing supply in a way that
maintains that balance and respon-
sibility. However, it’s so difficult to
add the housing we need little by
little. Instead, all this political capital
gets poured into mega-projects, and I
think that is unhealthy. At a very high
level, there is a lot of mistrust. The
giant urban redevelopment projects
over the last 50 or more years, and
the eminent domain imposed by the
government, led to the freeways and
destruction of many communities. I
think that led to a general mistrust
that is still with us today. People
worry that if they make the rules for
building easier, their worst night-
mares will come true.
Where do you think we go from here?
We should have a big ferocious
fight over what we think the new
rules for building housing should
be, and then make it relatively
straightforward for how those rules
are implemented. There may still be
giant projects that require one-off
consideration, but that long process
shouldn’t affect everything.

How do you feel about losing your
favorite skateboarding spot should the
Rockridge BART parking lot become
housing?
There is impermanence to skate-
boarding, and that’s one of the things
I love about it. Sometimes a skate-
board spot exists for decades, like a
central plaza in a city. Sometimes a
spot exists for an hour. So I would
definitely be sad to see the BART
curbs go away, but I know skateboard-
ing will continue and skaters will keep
gathering. There’s nothing wrong with
a space having a really robust life and
then moving on to another life. That’s
a really healthy, great thing and a big
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The Dish On
Takeout Food in
Rockridge
by Terre Beynart
(a.k.a. “The Green Celiac”)
The Green Celiac reviews Rockridge
eateries that offer takeout with a
focus on ease of ordering, clarity of
the menu for those on special diets,
and a critique of the sustainability
of takeout packaging.
If a plane flight to Lima is not in
your immediate future consider a
visit to tiny Pucquio (5337 College
Ave) where the Peruvian street food
offerings are deliciously fascinating.
We studied the menu at home for
a few days and had a short list to
discuss. My phone conversation with
the chef made me realize that I was
talking to an artist who fashions
the options after looking over the

Photo: Terre Beynart

Pucquio offers Peruvian street food for a taste of South American cuisine.

day’s shopping from the fishmonger,
butcher, and greengrocer.
After an extended conversation, we
settled on Ensalada de Quinoa ($15),
Cebiche Mixto ($15), Tacu-Tacu de
Mariscos ($25) and the Chupe de
Camarones ($25).
The Ensalada featured quinoa,
beets, avocado, fennel, and orange
and was very refreshing. The cebi-
che contained a variety of fish and
shellfish and was served on a bed of
hominy and corn nuts with thinly
sliced red onion and a dipping
sauce. Delicious. The Tacu-Tacu de
Mariscos features the shellfish of the
day (camarones), beans, and roasted
rice with green seafood butter.
By far the most entrancing dish
was the Chupe de Camarones. The
Chupe came in two parts, the bowl
of ingredients and the chowder. In
the bowl are shrimp, poached farm
egg, potatoes, and rice poured over
with warm chowder. The chowder
exceeded expectations and we dis-
covered hominy and green peas at
the bottom of the bowl. What a treat.
Those on special diets will not find
much help from the published menu,
and the website, and the number of
days and hours of service have been
abbreviated during the pandemic.
However, if you call when they are
open, the staff are helpful and will
not lead you astray.
The takeout came in plastic
bags (boo), the Tacu-Tacu, Chupe,
and Enselada were in cardboard
clamshell boxes. The Cebiche was
delivered in a plastic bowl with a
lid. The chowder for the Chupe was
delivered in a cardboard bowl with
a plastic-lid, as was the green sauce
for the Tacu-Tacu. No utensils or
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Outdoor Dining
Resumes in Rockridge
Rockridge is blessed with restaurants
offering delectable menus from
various cuisines. Contact these local
restaurants for outdoor dining hours
or for pickup and delivery options.
A Coté
A16
Barney’s Gourmet Hamburgers
Becky’s Chinese Restaurant
Beer Baron
Belotti Ristorante
Cactus Taqueria
Cole Coffee
Crepevine
Enoteca Molinari
Filippo’s
Flavors of India
Great Wall Chinese
High Peaks Kitchen
Holy Basil Pho
Hudson Bay Cafe
Ike’s Love & Sandwiches
Khana Peena
Kitchen Story
La Farine
Marica
Millennium
Mitama
Momo Ramen
Namastey Patio
Noodle Theory
Oliveto Restaurant
Philz Coffee
Ramen Shop
RareTea
Redfield Cider Bar & Bottle Shop
Rikyu Japanese Restaurant
Rockridge Cafe
Smitten Ice Cream
Soi 4 Bangkok Eatery
Southie
Sukho Thai
The Burrito Shop
The Chocolate Dragon
The Golden Squirrel
Uzen
Wood Tavern
Yimm
Zachary’s Chicago Pizza

Photo: Terre Beynart

Noodle Theory offers a limited rotating menu Wednesday through Sunday.

The Dish, from previous page
The fries were in a cardboard box.
They get high green points for the
packaging.
The menu taped to the front door
is well annotated for those on special
diets, with both the salmon ramen
and the fries noted as gluten-free or
optionally gluten-free. Unfortunately,
the online menu does not capture
this level of detail.
In conclusion, I must note that
Noodle Theory is more than theory;
it is in practice well done.
Happy Eating.

napkins were automatically included.
They get a point for that and for the
cardboard clamshells and bowls.
Make your way to Pucquio for
some fresh South American taste
sensations.
Noodle Theory
If I had a nickel for every minute I
have waited for the pedestrian walk
signal at the corner of Claremont
and College I would be a rich woman
today. These moments afford the
time to peer in the windows of
Noodle Theory (6099 Claremont
Ave) and consider the possibilities.
On a dreary day in early January, we
ordered takeout to warm our hearts
and bellies: Portobella Mushroom
over Spinach Ramen in a Vegetarian
Miso Broth with White Truffle Oil
($13), Grilled Salmon Ramen in Miso
Broth ($16), and Chinese Five Spice
Sweet Potato Fries with a Thai Green
Curry Aioli ($8.50).
The salmon ramen came in a
wonderful broth with a decent-sized
piece of perfectly grilled fish. The
sweet potato fries were a treat with
the aioli, adding a nice finish to the
five-spice coating. The mushroom
ramen was both nourishing and
flavorful.
The takeout came in paper bags.
The ingredients for each ramen dish
came in two parts: a cardboard box
held the soup ingredients and card-
board soup containers held the broth.
For more details on these reviews
and info about accessibility and
sustainable takeout packaging,
point your browser to thegreenceliac.
wordpress.com. n


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Rockridge Residents’
Experiment with Every
Day Holidays
by Jorja Siemons
When the pandemic forced Rock-
ridge residents Allie Carr and
Jason Goldberg to move their jobs
and social lives online, they discov-
ered that it was dangerously easy to
fall into the same routine every day.
The daily schedule became unevent-
ful and repetitive. But after briefly
celebrating Thanksgiving, Hanukkah,
and Christmas, the couple wondered
if there were any other celebrations
they could look forward to in the new
year. “We took the time to see if there
was a holiday every day to celebrate,”
Goldberg said.

Allie (left) and Jason (right) pose with their yoga sculpt instructor and
downstairs neighbor, Catrina, for National Personal Trainer Awareness Day.

The couple quickly realized the
incredible array of obscure holidays,
and got excited. They went out
and bought a gigantic whiteboard
calendar, planning out what each
day could look like, and “Every Day
Holiday” was born. On every day this
year, the couple will celebrate a dif-
ferent national holiday, documenting
their experiences on their Instagram
account (@EveryDayHoliday.Official)
for family, friends, and whoever else
wants to indulge in daily festivities.
There is also another benefit for
Carr and Goldberg. Moving to
Rockridge last November from San
Francisco, they have been using the
project as a way to meet local resi-
dents and get to know the local small
businesses.
On National Bird Day, Carr and
Goldberg met up with local bird-
watcher Ilana DeBare to explore
different Bay Area species only to find
out that she lives in their neighbor-
hood. “It might sound cheesy, but I
really do feel like the real takeaway is
there’s a way to still have fun,” Carr
said. “There’s a way to connect with
people and make the days feel special.”
Goldberg said that they both have
been journaling about their adven-
tures every night to preserve their
memories and emotions in ways that
Instagram can’t. They also hope to
make a coffee table book out of their
celebrations to hold on to as the years
go on.
Moving forward into the months
ahead, full of well-known and
obscure holidays alike, the couple
said they look forward to exploring
new parts of Rockridge and meeting
the people who also call it home.
“We’re open to community support
and want to meet our neighbors,”
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Bosko’s, from front page
for black-and-white photography.
He still covets cameras and pho-
tographic gear, “but I was never
any good at it myself. So I got into
collecting pictures. One of the first
collections I bought was a set of
glass-plate negatives of the 1906
earthquake,” says Bosko.
Over the decades, Bosko guesses he
has unearthed and preserved 15 or 20
thousand negatives from a variety of
sources. He purchased portions of the
photo morgues from the Oakland Tri-
bune and the Oakland Post Enquirer
after those papers were shut down.
He obtained images from the artists
themselves. He procured boxes full of
eerie mug shots from police depart-
ments. He also scoured for material
at “the swaps,” as he refers to flea
markets for camera buffs.
Along the way, Bosko befriended
several prominent East Bay photog-
raphers including Peter Stackpole
and Rondal Partridge. He spent a lot
of time with these iconic artists over
the years. “Rondal lived here in the
neighborhood. He’d stop by the shop
and we’d talk about his recent work,
or we’d look at new stuff we’d found.
Often, I’d run into him and Peter at
the swaps.” Partridge was connected
to a remarkable array of artists and
photographers. First off, his mother
was Imogen Cunningham — one of
the most celebrated women in Cal-
ifornia art photography. His father
Roi was known for his etchings and
as a teacher. At age 16, Partridge
became an assistant to Dorothea
Lange, renowned for her iconic
images of the Dust Bowl migration
during the Great Depression. He also
apprenticed with Ansel Adams, the
maestro of Yosemite imagery.
Partridge created some very mem-
orable images of his own, including
one displayed in Bosko’s shop window
for many years. In the foreground, it
shows a disturbingly over-crowded
parking lot in Yosemite Valley, circa
mid-1960s. In the background rises
a seemingly forlorn Half Dome.
“Rondal titled that one Pave It and
Paint It Green. He was a real environ-
mentalist at heart,” says Bosko.

Bosko befriended several prominent East Bay photographers including
Rondal Partridge who composed this image as an environmental statement.

Rondal Partridge, Pave It and Paint It Green, Yosemite National Park, mid-1960s.
Gelatin silver print, 9 x 9 in. Collection of the Oakland Museum of California. 
Gift of the California Historical Society. © Rondal Partridge Archive
Stackpole is another outstanding
figure in the photo world. He is
perhaps best known for his daring,
high-wire photography of the Bay
Bridge under construction. He was
one of Life Magazine’s first staff
photographers, and he sold Bosko the
batch of glass negatives depicting the
aftermath of the great quake.
To call the Bosko collection eclec-
tic would be an understatement.
Browsing his bins of prints for sale,
you’ll encounter all manner of styles
and subjects — circus performers,
mid-century publicity photos, promo-
tional real estate surveys, newspaper
photography, famous sports figures,
industrial perspectives, vintage views
of Oakland people and streetscapes,
the development of East Bay neigh-
borhoods, and highways and bridges.
Bosko has contributed pictures to a
variety of historical books and exhib-
its. These include former Montclarion
columnist Erika Mailman’s popular
pictorials about Oakland neighbor-
hoods (Images of America). Bosko has
loaned images to the East Bay Hills
Project, tracing the early days and
growth of the region. You can also
find some of his archives on Flickr
and in the Oakland History Facebook
group (search “John Bosko”).
While these days Bosko’s Gallery is
mostly known for its framing service,
do not overlook sister Lynne’s decora-
tive ceramic works for sale.
If you visit the shop, take time to
appreciate the unique collection of
images Bosko has curated.
Bosko’s Gallery, 6038 College Avenue
@ Armanino Court. Due to COVID
restrictions, call for an appointment:
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Chabot Teacher, from front page
lesson. A writing assignment might
be inspired by works from several
artists, asking students “Which one
would you want in your house and
why?”
 “Ms. Diamond’s expectations for
her students are rivaled only by those
she holds for herself,” said Chabot
Principal Jessica Cannon. “I can hon-
estly say I don’t think I have ever met
a harder working, more dedicated,
and more reflective teacher than
Phoebe Diamond.”
Still, I was surprised to hear
Diamond explain that “although
amazing,” it felt strange to be awarded
Teacher of the Year while teaching
on-line during the Covid-19 pan-
demic. “It’s been a huge learning
curve for everyone. I can teach on
Zoom and I have figured out how
to make videos for my students to
re-watch,” but she says she would have
felt more deserving “if it had come
two or three years ago. It’s a sense of
an imposter syndrome.” When one of
her students told her, “I hate Zoom,”
she told him “I do too,” and asked
him to write a poem about it.
“Her balance of life, her dedication
to the kids, her overall approach to
teaching — it’s magical,” said fellow
Chabot teacher Danielle Todaro. “If
you know The Magic School Bus (the
book and television series), she’s like
a real-life Ms. Frizzle.”
Longtime Rockridge resident Ruth
Simon said Diamond, who was at that
time teaching fourth grade, trans-
formed the life of her daughter Mia,
now 25 years old. “She had a rough
time in third grade. Diamond created
an incredible learning and social
environment. The assignments were
interesting and challenging. Every year
on her birthday she came to our house
and sang to her. She gave my daughter,
currently applying to medical school, a
whole new sense of herself.”
“Our kid was seen in a way I
hadn’t experienced before,” said
Sasha Khokha, the host of KQED’s
California Report Magazine, whose
10-year-old Amar was in Diamond’s
class last year. “She teaches the whole
child,’’ Khokha said. “She creates a
Diamond was first a classroom
teacher, then spent seven years
teaching science to “everybody in
every grade.” She worked to integrate
hands-on science with literacy and
social sciences, and to introduce her
students to under-represented people
in the sciences. At the same time, she
helped create the broader OUSD’s
science curriculum.
“But I wanted to get back to the
classroom,” Diamond told me. “I can
teach all subjects through seventh
grade and art and science all the
way through middle school.”  Fully
acknowledging that “I’m my own
worst critic,” she wondered how
teaching a more affluent, less diverse
group of students would challenge
her in different ways.
Since September, she has been
teaching online from her Chabot
classroom, where she has access
to the teaching tools she relies on.
Before that, she found teaching
from her home office more difficult,
partly because it is chock full of her
paintings, letterpress printing, book-
making, two and three-dimensional
collages, sewing, wet felting, and
paper cutting.
With such a keen interest and
degree in art, why isn’t she an art
teacher? “If kids are doing a science
experiment that doesn’t work,” she
told me, “that’s okay because they
have no idea of the result. But when
they draw something, they know
what it should look like and can be
devastated when they can’t do it.”
Instead, art permeates her teaching.
She might use prints of Andy War-
hol’s Campbell Soup Cans in a math
“I realized I didn’t have the physical
skills to do juggling.”
Armed with Bachelor of Arts
degrees in both art and psychology
from UC Santa Cruz, she started out
as a press assistant in a small, fine
art etching and lithography studio in
New York City. But after returning
to California and moving through
“a variety of blue and pink collar
jobs,” including night shift baker and
residential childcare worker, she took
stock.
“What of all the jobs I’ve had did
I like best?’ she asked herself. “It
was when I taught people how to
do things. That was what felt right.”
That was almost 30 years ago. After
receiving her teaching certificate,
she taught for 11 years at Allendale
Elementary, also in the OUSD
system, before joining the Chabot
staff in fall 2001.
While at Allendale, which has a
diverse, low-income student body,
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Chabot Teacher, from previous page
was her best friend in high school,
live in the Diamond/Fruitvale area.
She is an avid swimmer, seeking
open pools during the pandemic as
far away as Walnut Creek.
“There’s no way to be a teacher
of the year without all the students,
co-workers, supervisors, and parents
who have taught and mentored you,”
Diamond said. “It takes a village to
produce a teacher of the year.”
To comment on this column or to
suggest a future subject, please email
judyberne@att.net. n
world in her classroom. Every time it’s
someone’s birthday,” Amar told me,
“we all take turns appreciating that
person. We say what it is we like about
them.”
“She’s a master at inspiring kids,”
said Karl Kaku, Amar’s dad, a Berke-
ley High School teacher. “She’s very
honest and frank. They trust her. Her
pedagogy is impeccable. I wish she
were my teacher.”
Diamond and her husband Jim
Bates, whom she has known since he

Crime and COVID
by Karen Ivy, Secretary, Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council (NCPC)

While violent crime in Oakland is
close to all-time highs, we’re
fortunate that crime is usually
lower in Rockridge, and during the
pandemic, it’s been even lower than
usual. The chart below shows the
numbers for December 2019 versus
December 2020, for both local beats.
March. The average reported crimes in
both beats for the rest of 2020 was 72.
We think auto-related crimes,
which were very high in 2019, have
dropped because people aren’t dining
out much anymore, which means
they aren’t parking for long periods
in public areas like College Avenue,
12Y
12Y
13X
13X
Dec 2019
Dec 2020
Dec 2019
Dec 2020
Crimes Against The Person
14
5
3
0
Property Crimes
20
12
6
9
Property Crimes, Auto
42
8
5
11
Quality of Life
18
4
3
2
Totals
94
29
17
22
As you can see, there are gener-
ally fewer crimes in beat 13X, and
that’s normal. There are still crimes
in both beats, though, especially
property-related crimes, such as
burglary, theft, auto burglary, and
vehicle theft. The only December
2020 crimes in beat 13X, which
exceeded the numbers in 12Y, were
auto-related property crimes (11
versus 8).
The monthly average of reported
crimes in both beats was 88 in 2019,
and 83 in 2020, but that was because
January and February 2020 had very
high monthly totals, 141 and 136
respectively (mostly auto-related prop-
erty crimes), before the shutdown in
a known hot spot for auto burglary.
We still need to stay vigilant, lock
cars and the doors, and keep the secu-
rity cameras on if we have them. n
NCPC MEETING
The Greater Rockridge
NCPC meeting will be held
on Thursday, February 11, at
7pm, via Zoom.
The link will be announced
closer to the meeting date.
See https://rockridgencpc.com
for details.


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Thinking of selling?
Please reach out if you are
considering a move in 2021.
www.ClaudiaMillsRealEstateTeam.com
Claudia Mills
510.350.6419
c.mills@ggsir.com
Lic.#01881682
WITH MULTIPLE OFFERS
Each Franchise Is Independently Owned And Operated.
COME VISIT US AT
THE CORNER OF
LIFE & CHANGE
KEVIN BROWN
Broker
654-8707 or 593-4780
PROVIDING

Professional,

Full Service

Real Estate Brokerage

To Rockridge Clients
 For Over 26 Years.
SPECIALIZING IN

OResidential Sales

OIncome Property

OCommercial

OProperty Management
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