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/Chuck Afflerbach Thursday, February 20 | 7-9 p.m. Rockridge Branch Library, 5366 College at Manila The City’s Approach to Public Safety, How it is Funded, How We Can Influence These Decisions by Zabrae Valentine, chair, RCPC R CPC’s Thursday, February 20 T...

While travelling in Europe recently, Rockridge residents Chuck Afflerbach and Carolina Juárez made sure to Residential ■ ■ keep up with the home front by Income Properties ■ ■ keeping up with The Rockridge News. Photo: Chuck Afflerbach REO Specialist ■ ■ WWW.REO-SFBay.COM WWW.JLAHOMES.COM JeffAuen@comcast.net 80...

Vicinity of Lawton | Photo: Chuck Afflerbach

Text and Photo: Chuck Afflerbach Adam’s Walk: Almost 300 students from Peralta Elementary “walk for peace” from the school to College Avenue in memory of after-school instructor Adam Williams. Williams was killed by would-be robbers at Jack London Square April 24. Donatio...

By Chuck Afflerbach

by Chuck Afflerbach mong the spring flowers popping up all over Rockridge last month came a colorful addition; flocks of bright flamingos roamed from yard to yard, surprising passersby on the street as well as residents inside their homes. These pink plastic ...

By Chuck Afflerbach

by Chuck Afflerbach [ was Valentine’s Day, but other than that it was a typical Tuesday evening on Oak

By Chuck Afflerbach

by Chuck Afflerbach, Rockridge neighbor Take a stroll along 51st Street, the border of lower Rockridge. The avenues you cross sound like characters from a Victorian romance novel: Miles, Shafter, Lawton… Manila? What’s that doing there? There is, in fact, a c...

“] definitely like her style,” said Chuck Afflerbach, who is married to Juarez. “I wish we had more police officers who thought the way she does. I was particularly impressed with her saying that they should look to the Peace Corps instead of the military. Her appearance is so different from...

afford to buy a home here. My very fine and brave husband of 41 years who married me when I had four teenagers, Chuck Afflerbach, also delivers The Rockridge News.” Her route is 5600 Miles and 5700 to 5711 College. His is both sides of Lawton between Clifton and Cavour. Carolyn Hendsch: “I deliver the paper for Clover Drive. I’m age 82 and have done it for maybe 5-7...

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The largest contingent—three—were there because the new Ford GoBike bike share racks are not limited to major thoroughfares. “Why are they in residential neighborhoods?” Rockridge resident Chuck Afflerbach wanted to know, and “What does the city get out of this?”

...r, the wind pressure is greater on the box side than on the neck side, because there’s more guitar on the box side.” He knew it wasn’t the best song he ever wrote, but he didn’t have time to change it. Yours with that kind of enthusiasm, — Chuck Afflerbach Worst Fears Realized Editor: The Safeway on College and Claremont is now open, and the worst fears about the loading bay abutting Claremont Avenue are realized. What do we now have? Tractor-trailer trucks idling on Claremont Avenue (in som...

By Safer Rockridge

...and guests on our streets and in our public spaces. The security patrols will do this by: Security officers from Premiere Protective Service (www.ppsguards.com) will provide the patrols. They will patrol the region shown in the map below. /Chuck Afflerbach It is sometimes difficult to know what is happening at the construction site for Safeway on College. They work, they stop,

...es planning, and it takes a community. So when someone is willing to do the work of the Rockridge Community Planning Council, the least I can do is get up and vote. Thanks for the wake-up call; sorry I was caught napping in my back yard. — Chuck Afflerbach So we finally elected a new RCPC board, and it only took us two tries. [Rockridge News, June 2011.] The candidates were unopposed; all we had to do was show up and give them our okay. But we couldn’t even manage a quorum in the first attem...

Oakland in Budget Solution Quandary, Mayor Tells North Oakland Meeting ROCKRIDGE BRANCH LIBRARY 5366 College Avenue 597-5017 HOURS: Mon, Tues: Weds, Thurs, Sat: Friday: Sunday: Library program details: See Calendar, page 15. by Chuck Afflerbach, Rockridge resident Mayor Jean Quan came to North Oak- land for her first town hall meeting, and her message could not have been clearer: there’s a new mayor in town and things are going to be different. “We’re trying to reorganize governm...