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...b men who found this red-haired Jewish girl quite a curiosity. Such travel is unthinkable today; cars clot the streets and highways and many ride the speedy new Tel Aviv-Haifa train, which will soon be joined by a Tel Aviv- Jerusalem line. Claire Isaacs Wahrhaftig at the Shrine of the Book in Israel. Photo: Courtesy Claire Isaacs Wahrhaftig Airport, with its Jerusalem limestone and giant windows, welcomes and inspires arriving travelers. The great Supreme Court building in Jerusalem is a near mystic...

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by Claire Isaacs Wahrhaftig Ito climb a mountain, ride a horse, scuba dive or swim, practicing each step leads to competence and security in performance. Many people report that the skills learned at CSS, which include active listening and sensing underlying themes, ...

By Claire Isaacs Wahrhaftig

January 6, 2007 EBMUD Introduces Color Alert System to Avoid Water Rationing by Claire Isaacs Wahrhaftig W

By Claire Isaacs Wahrhaftig

after effects of the massive project. by Claire Isaacs Wahrhaftig Calling All Rockridge Artists R A chapter is devoted to the East Bay Negro Historical Society, a small grassroots history organization with a storefront museum, which eventually evolved into the African-American Museum and Library (AAMLO) ...

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by Claire Isaacs Wahrhaftig Sbuilding the new tunnel. In fact, water is not in short supply — reservoirs are full — but con- necting the new bypass requires that the tunnel be closed until March, 2007. During that time, workers will drill through an additional 30 fee...

By Claire Isaacs Wahrhaftig

by Claire Isaacs Wahrhaftig Ion cable TV. Where conversation once concerned crops and weather, high tech is the talk of today, the economic engine of 21st-century Israel. n March of 1956, it took nearly three weeks for me to reach Israel via train, ship and boat. Thi...

By Claire Isaacs Wahrhaftig

Camp Galileo: A Summer for Discovery and Experiment by Claire Isaacs Wahrhaftig T Camp Galileo Kids visit the countryside. Photo: Camp Galileo to see their kids involved in hands-on education, he said. School is so heavily weighted towards train- ing for testing that there is little time for creativity and problem sol...

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by Claire Isaacs Wahrhaftig Mark Brest van Kampen has been selected from among three finalists to create public art for Rockridge’s FrogPark, according to Steven Huss, Director of the Oakland Public Art Advisory Committee (PAAC). Huss noted that the selection still m...

By Claire Isaacs Wahrhaftig

...two finalists were Mark Bull- winkle and the team of Lauri Twitchell and Tracey Cockrell, selected from a field of 17 at a meeting last summer. The three finalists each received a stipend of $1,000 to develop their original sketches. NOTE: Claire Isaacs Wahrhaftig is a member of the PAAC and served as the non-voting chair of the selection process. Rockridge Rocks! - Average Home Sales are at: $875K Address Bed/Ba. List Price Selling Price Close Date 5355 Miles Ave 2/1 $ 729,000 $ 875,000 7/26/05 73 ...

By Claire Isaacs Wahrhaftig

...he meets people and forms relationships, simul- taneously watching his own skills grow and helping individuals. Contact Crisis Support Services of Alameda County, – “healing hearts, one call at a time” – by phone, 510/420-3204, or e-mail, cwahrhaftig@crisissupport. org. (Crisis Support Services also offers a variety of other counseling and education programs. For full information on programs call 510/420-2460.) It is easier than you think. Weekly training includes step-by-step procedures that become...

...mmitment to social justice led her to march for civil rights in Selma, Alabama, in 1965. Fifty years later, Claire returned to Selma for the 50th anniversary commemoration where she reconnected with several people she had met back in 1965. Claire Isaacs Wahrhaftig, a gener- ous, loving, and exuberant free spirit, open-minded with an amazing range of interests, passed away on

Claire Isaacs Wahrhaftig .... Writer Barry Kaufman ...................Food Jo Ellis ...................................Advertising & Community Calendar Theresa Nelson ....................Neighborhood Merchant Lydia Gans ...........................Photography Susan...

The Rockridge Muse by Claire Wahrhaftig-Isaacs

By Claire Wahrhaftig-Isaacs

Vista College in the 1970s, Gary convinced PHOTO: CLAIRE WAHRHAFTIG-ISAACS Artist Gary Graham mixes paints and coaches technique during restoration of his mural Oceanus. There were also contributors like Roberta Babcock, Oakland’s assistant public art coor- dinator, who assembled the financing for this project, t...

By Claire Wahrhaftig-Isaacs

...tal mural with a political message. Besides the whale, the fish, and the waving seaweed, it depicts divers retrieving barrels of radioactive waste (some had been found near the Farallon Islands about the time the mural was created). PHOTO: CLAIRE WAHRHAFTIG- ISAACS Gary also worked diligently with the less experienced. Cait- lyn and Chelsa Greene, graduates of the Berkeley Arts magnet school, took time between their summer classes and camps to revive purple/yellow sea grasses under Gary’s patient di...

Patty Brunn Danielle Hawn Bluey Janet Somers Dan Ferdelman Sally Fitzhugh Bryan Grunwald Glen Tripp Gregory True Claire Isaacs Wahrhaftig Eric Neville Deborah Larson Weinstein David Hatfield Michael Whitfield Jacqueline Tasch Hiroko Kurihara Jessica Pitt John Potis Greg Yoch Jennifer Edmister Mike Taylor Dulcy Anderson Ehab Bandar Mike McDonald Camille Reed Adrienne d’Angelo...

missing Steller’s Jays. Anyone else notice this? Have we truly reached that “Silent Spring” of Rachel Carson’s prophecy? — Claire Isaacs Wahrhaftig No Need for Parking Permit Fee Increase Editor: I am writing to let you know my housemate and I are adamantly opposed to any increase in the parking permit fees. There is abso- lutely no demonstrated need for an increase in fees for a prog...

By Ellen Peterson

...EIR acknowledges that the project will not provide a meaningful reduction in delays or increase in mobility during peak hours. Rockridge News Production Cy Gulassa...........................Editor Ortrun Niesar.....................The Muse Claire Isaacs Wahrhaftig.... Writer Barry Kaufman...................Food Jo Ellis...................................Advertising & Community Calendar Theresa Nelson.....................Neighborhood Merchant Susan Montauk...................Business Manager Don Kinke...

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...volvement, and provide leadership and representation of neighborhood interests. Rockridge News Production Cy Gulassa...........................Editor Janet Somers.......................Copy Editor Ortrun Niesar.....................The Muse Claire Isaacs Wahrhaftig.... Writer Barry Kaufman...................Food Jo Ellis...................................Advertising & My mother discovered the theft quickly, as mothers do. She told me to return it, and I told her I would. But I didn’t. I couldn’t, I l...

Rockridge News Production Cy Gulassa...........................Editor Janet Somers.......................Copy Editor Ortrun Niesar.....................The Muse Claire Isaacs Wahrhaftig.... Writer Barry Kaufman...................Food Jo Ellis...................................Advertising & Poticha, Mary Lamprech, Peter Ng, Kathy Walsh, Steve Borstad, Theresa Nelson, Ronnie Polonsky, Mary MacDonald, John Thomas, Stuart Dav...

...e Oakland Planning Commis- sion, city staff, developers and project proponents. Rockridge News Production Cy Gulassa...........................Editor Janet Somers.......................Copy Editor Ortrun Niesar.....................The Muse Claire Isaacs Wahrhaftig.... Writer Barry Kaufman...................Food

...ge and its distinctive Craftsman homes and charming College Avenue streetscape. Rockridge News Production Cy Gulassa...........................Editor Janet Somers.......................Copy Editor Ortrun Niesar.....................The Muse Claire Isaacs Wahrhaftig.... Writer Barry Kaufman...................Food Jo Ellis...................................Advertising & An example of the Craftsman style housing which gives Rockridge its character. Op-Ed contributor Robert Brokl says making Rockridge a ...

...volvement, and provide leadership and representation of neighborhood interests. Rockridge News Production Cy Gulassa...........................Editor Janet Somers.......................Copy Editor Ortrun Niesar.....................The Muse Claire Isaacs Wahrhaftig.... Writer Barry Kaufman...................Food Jo Ellis...................................Advertising &

...nt, and let them go blast away at their creation. Some will build contained forms safely glued. Others will aspire to build up and out, testing the balance and security of each attached piece of wood. No two will look alike. That’s art. by Claire Isaacs Wahrhaftig What Art Is Not P The late artist Art Grant used this approach with adults in Oakland night schools. He opened doors to police officers and pipefitters and seamstresses. People who thought they weren’t artists were surprised to see what th...

...ext step for Oakland’s schools as they pursue solvency and academic excellence. Rockridge News Production Cy Gulassa...........................Editor Janet Somers.......................Copy Editor Ortrun Niesar.....................The Muse Claire Isaacs Wahrhaftig.... Writer Barry Kaufman...................Food Jo Ellis...................................Advertising & Schools in the Rockridge/Temescal area and their API rankings are shown in the chart below. The gains were achieved after increasing t...

500 Chabot students. Rockridge News Production Cy Gulassa...........................Editor Janet Somers.......................Copy Editor Ortrun Niesar.....................The Muse Claire Isaacs Wahrhaftig.... Writer Barry Kaufman...................Food Jo Ellis...................................Advertising & To learn more about the musicians, visit http://www.corinnesmusic.com. Visit our website at www.chabotelementary.org for a ticket orde...

...nnifer Stanley, Audree Jones-Taylor, Christine Calabrese, Kristen Zaremba, Steven Huss, Roberta Babcock, Justin Horner, Kate Whitlow, Lisa Ruhland, Gene Mazza, Andrew Otsuka, Denise Martin, Nihan Tiryaki. PUBLIC ART: Mark Brest van Kampen, Claire Isaacs-Wahrhaftig, Cheryl Crawford. Thanks also to the grand re-opening com- mittee: Theresa Nelson, Jennifer Cooper, Jacqueline Kellam, Kristen McClusky and Jennifer Edmister. FROG Park and the new Hardy Play- ground remain a wonderful testament to communi...

...lvement, and provide leadership and representation of neighborhood interests. Rockridge News Production Cy Gulassa ..........................Editor Janet Somers .......................Copy Editor Ortrun Niesar .....................The Muse Claire Isaacs Wahrhaftig .... Writer Barry Kaufman ...................Food Jo Ellis ...................................Advertising & Community Calendar Theresa Nelson ....................Neighborhood Merchant Lydia Gans ...........................Photography Susan...

...ts residents; furnish a forum for community involvement, and provide leadership and representation of neighborhood interests. Rockridge News Production Cy Gulassa ..........................Editor Ortrun Niesar .....................The Muse Claire Isaacs Wahrhaftig .... Writer Barry Kaufman ...................Food Jo Ellis ...................................Advertising & Community Calendar Theresa Nelson ....................Neighborhood Merchant Lydia Gans ...........................Photography Susan...

Rockridge News Production Cy Gulassa...........................Editor Ortrun Niesar.....................The Muse Claire Isaacs Wahrhaftig.... Writer Barry Kaufman...................Food Jo Ellis...................................Advertising & Focus: Rockridge BART Plaza Plans by Bob Franklin, BART Boardmember, and Stephanie Upp, RCPC Boardmember Amunity bulletin board Additi...

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...tice speaking the language, and do bookwork. After that, I go down to my P.E class. We’ve been doing many different activities Rockridge News Production Cy Gulassa...........................Editor Ortrun Niesar.....................The Muse Claire Isaacs Wahrhaftig.... Writer Barry Kaufman...................Food Jo Ellis...................................Advertising &

By Cy Gulassa

Rockridge News Production Cy Gulassa...........................Editor Ortrun Niesar.....................The Muse Claire Isaacs Wahrhaftig.... Writer Barry Kaufman...................Food Jo Ellis...................................Advertising & Community Calendar Theresa Nelson.....................Neighborhood Merchant Lydia Gans...........................Photography Susan Mon...

...its residents; furnish a forum for community involvement, and provide leadership and representation of neighborhood interests. Rockridge News Production Cy Gulassa...........................Editor Ortrun Niesar.....................The Muse Claire Isaacs Wahrhaftig.... Writer Barry Kaufman...................Food

“One City, One Book” Comes To Rockridge Library Library Friends Seek Board Candidates for April Election Spicing up Rockridge by Claire Isaacs Wahrhaftig By purchasing 250 copies of The Mistress of Spices by Indian-American novel- ist Chitra Divakaruni, the Oakland Public Library gambled that its first celebration of the citywide program “One City, One Book” would appeal to a wide audience ...

...al, to foster the continued development of the library so that it can respond to the needs of our diverse population. San Francisco Chronicle food writer Laxmi Hiremath preparing three popular Indian dishes at the Rockridge Library. Photo: Claire Isaacs Wahrhaftig The lucky audience enjoyed a minty raisin rice dish and a yogurt blend of tomatoes, cucumbers, and various spices. Laxmi also prepared a form of chaat, (small plates of

...ecial chairs at the top of the stadium. And thanks to VIP stickers and yellow wrist bands, we could pass through all the security and go into the action up front, yet return to our chairs to watch the large-screen spectacle. Green Day’s by Claire Isaacs Wahrhaftig I Mike Dirnt, t’s all Gravy’s fault. For three years this kitty with the tinkling name tag has been prowling my home and purring my lap. The grey furball has attached himself to me like Velcro in the absence of his master, my neighbor. But...

...N D! Standing so near the stage and its immense Caitlyn and Chelsa in Green Day gear at the Wake me up, Gravy. It must have been an October dream. No, it wasn’t. Caity and Chelsa are still wearing those yellow wrist bands. concert. PHOTOS: CLAIRE ISAACS WAHRHAFTIG 

 
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Elmwood Theatre Offers Free Movies for Kids and Seniors Witches, Goblins And Entertainers Parade on Halloween Storyteller- Witch Dyanna by Mike Taylor Rby Claire Isaacs Wahrhaftig L CPC, the Rockridge District Association (RDA), local mer- chants, and hundreds of costumed children and parents participated in another successful Halloween parade on Sunday, October 30, a tradition that began in 1992. ove the movies? Ou...

...opment), there is still no guarantee that the space would remain open to public pedestrian traffic in the future. The FROG Park Committee is investigating options with the development team. EBMUD UPGRADE UPDATE Claremont Tunnel Progress by Claire Isaacs Wahrhaftig As of November 1, Atkinson Construction completed mining activity on the Claremont Water Tunnel seismic upgrade proj- ect until next fall. Now the tunnel will be lined with reinforced concrete 1'5" to 2'5" thick, cast inside the current ex...

...s, and working with the designer to make every issue the best it can be. Some editors also have served on the board of the RCPC.  FIRE DISTRICT, PAGE 8 PostMark Temescal 94609 Historic site at 49th Street and Telegraph Avenue dedicated by Claire Isaacs-Wahrhaftig Where 49th Street converges with Telegraph and Shattuck

...here were enough marchers from Chabot Canyon alone to hold a neighborhood association meeting on the train. At the bottom of the escalators, neighborhood teens were selling Crispy Cremes for Peace, and business was good. PHOTO AND CAPTION: CLAIRE ISAACS WAHRHAFTIG

By Claire Wahrhaftig-Isaacs

by Claire Wahrhaftig-Isaacs It starts with silence. Next, a sense that someone is there, struggling to speak. Finally, softly blurred, “May I speak to someone? I think I have a problem. I think I want to kill myself.” So might a call begin. It’s a regular occurrence ...

Urgency or Emergency?  Entrance to Sutter Urgent Care on Telegraph Avenue. PHOTO: CLAIRE ISAACS case of bronchitis. Urgent Care is a great resource for Rockridge. A wasp sting reveals an alternative to the emergency room Rather than treat all emergencies in the ER, Alta Bates’ Emergency opened Sutter Urgent Care about a year ago specifically to...

PLEASED TO HAVE LOCAL ARTIST SHOWCASE Editor: Letters to The Editor The Rockridge News 5245 College Ave., PMB 311 Thank you so very much for publishing Claire Wahrhaftig- Isaacs’ article about my photography exhibit at the Rockridge Café (“The Rockridge Muse,” June 4). Rockridge is fortunate to have a quality neighborhood paper and writers like Claire. It is equally fortunate to have Bill Chung as the proprietor ...

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Rockridge News Production Cy Gulassa ..........................Editor Ortrun Niesar.....................The Muse Claire Wahrhaftig-Isaacs.... Writer Barry Kaufman...................Food Jo Ellis...................................Advertising & plies  develop a neighborhood plan follow- ing the CORE II model  sponsor neighborhood training on Community Calendar Theresa Nelson...

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...gainst the appeal of Maison Nouveau. Because RCPC represents the community’s interests, it is important that we hear from you. Rockridge News Production Cy Gulassa ..........................Editor Ortrun Niesar.....................The Muse Claire Wahrhaftig-Isaacs.... Writer Barry Kaufman...................Food Jo Ellis...................................Advertising & Thank you for expressing your views. Planning commissioners were of the view Why Does RCPC Always Seem Opposed to Projects? A Communit...

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...s, and it crafted a development plan that to this day assures all of us and our children a walkable, sustainable neighborhood. Rockridge News Production Cy Gulassa ..........................Editor Ortrun Niesar.....................The Muse Claire Wahrhaftig-Isaacs.... Writer Barry Kaufman...................Food Jo Ellis...................................Advertising & The latest and greatest planning idea to

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... at Hardy, designed by Rockridge resident Lisa Ferrier.  Maintenance Captains  Food Coordinator (for maintenance days)  Phase Two Coordinator for Frog- Rockridge News Production Cy Gulassa ..........................Editor Ortrun Niesar, Claire Wahrhaftig-Isaacs.... Writers Barry Kaufman...................Food Jo Ellis...................................Advertising & built projects (new plaza and others)  Communications Coordinator  Gardeners and Horticultural Coordinator Community Calendar There...

...gurates “Plant 1,000 Trees” for Oakland neighbors at the Rotunda Building on June 22. Call her office at 238-7001 to arrange tree planting on your block. Select the species from a variety of approved street trees. Plant 1,000 Trees! PHOTO: CLAIRE WAHRHAFTIG- ISAACS YOU MAY LIVE 30 YEARS PAST RETIREMENT.  
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...quality of life of its residents; furnish a forum for community involvement, and provide leadership and representation of neighborhood interests. Rockridge News Production Cy Gulassa ..........................Editor-in-Chief Ortrun Niesar, Claire Wahrhaftig-Isaacs.... Writers Barry Kaufman...................Food Jo Ellis...................................Advertising & The continuing success of the Kitchen Tour is due not only to the magnificent kitchens on display, but to the enthusiastic volunteers...

...ntrolled detonations blast through hills Many applications that require conditional use permits have 7- to 10-day public comment periods. For the most up-to-date information about applications on file at the city, go online. Here’s how: by Claire Wahrhaftig-Isaacs If alarm horns start sound- ing while you are driving near Chabot Road and Golden Gate, don’t panic. The horns alert neighbors that controlled blasts will occur within five

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...ncilmember Jane Brunner said. “It’s whether or not we want to support the spread of urban gambling.” In addition to San Pablo’s existing casino and the proposed one in Oakland, two more are planned for CULTURAL NOTES: “CASINO,” the Play by Claire Wahrhaftig-Isaacs

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...o deal with concerns from tenants and neighbors but also depends upon OPD. Neighbors of OHA properties often experi- ence negative fallout from these projects and are frustrated in their attempts to mediate their complaints through OHA. by Claire Wahrhaftig-Isaacs Astrange thing happened in our neighborhood on Saturday, New Year’s Day, 2005. A big explosion went off below our home in the hills, and no one in authority seemed to know anything about it. It was so loud and sudden that my heart beat rap...

...s to disabled and depressed seniors along with home visits. Many of these tasks are performed by graduate student interns under the supervision of the CSS counseling staff. Teens in crisis, seniors in grief find support in times of need by Claire Wahrhaftig-Isaacs my nieces told me about a friend who was mutilating herself, dressing strangely, getting failing grades and saying she had nothing to live for. Her friend’s parents are very strict and had been treating their daughter with ever-stricter so...

By Claire Wahrhaftig-Isaacs

by Claire Wahrhaftig-Isaacs It’s 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, December 15, at Lanesplitters Pizza Parlor at 48th and Telegraph. A lively crowd is enjoying beverages and snacks. The group of developers, residents, lookers-on, friends and city officials moves as one across ...

By Claire Wahrhaftig-Isaacs

Jeff Norman, artist, (left) and architect Tom Dolan show off a photo (c.1895) of a Telegraph Avenue streetcar, now part of a historical display at Temescal Place. PHOTO: CLAIRE WAHRHAFTIG-ISAACS

By Claire Wahrhaftig-Isaacs

by Claire Wahrhaftig-Isaacs Oconflicts of interest, violation of procedures, lack of vision and poor judgment. The Board sat with frozen faces while many in the audi- ence of 200 or more cheered the critics. by EBMUD Director Bill Patterson, Gulassa said that his dec...

...n, you may know, is a first-rate serious dance studio. Many greats of the dance world, such as Charles Weidman, May O’Donnell and Margy Jenkins, have taught master classes there, and currently Reginald Savage uses it as a home base. PHOTO: CLAIRE WAHRHAFTIG-ISAACS Dance in the P.E. Department. She invited me to her class at Live Oak Park. I was much younger then, and very self-conscious

...years. However, Roberta Babcock, Assistant Director of Public Art, arranged funds from other sources for this restoration, saving the public art funds for a project within the park itself. Liaison from PAAC to the FROG Board is PAAC member Claire Wahrhaftig-Isaacs, of Roble Road. She has considerable experi- ence in public art, having worked before retirement as Director of the San Francisco

By Claire Wahrhaftig-Isaacs

Neighborhood Tails Betraying Mr. Grey Letters, from previous page sional arborist to correct its botched jobs. by Claire Wahrhaftig-Isaacs Mr. Grey Beautiful street trees are one of the defining characteristics of Rockridge and a big reason why our neighborhood is so highly valued. I encourage the Rockridge Community Planning Council to work with PG&E to remedy this situation...

By Claire Wahrhaftig-Isaacs

by Claire Wahrhaftig-Isaacs Ior died, stuff gathering dust in closets, or being thrown away during a house move. Many grateful recipients write checks. n a dimly lit subterranean passageway, canes, crutches and commodes dangle from the low ceiling while wheelchairs c...

By Claire Wahrhaftig-Isaacs

by Claire Wahrhaftig-Isaacs North Oakland has seen 12 homicides this year compared to four last year. Domestic violence has increased 16% and auto burglary by 24%.

creativity. He said the effort and the results were an inspiration to his entire Public Works staff as well as to his grandsons. Both departments contributed funds and Claire Wahrhaftig-Isaacs, member of the Public Art Advisory Committee that helped coordinate the project, introduced the speakers, including Theresa Nelson of RCPC’s Board, Runyan, and Joel Blondeau, representing the artist, Gary Graham, who had a prior teaching c...

By Claire Wahrhaftig-Isaacs

by Claire Wahrhaftig-Isaacs Tprovided snacks and drink, and painted with zest. Amid the comings and goings along the orange-coned area, with tarps and paint cans spread along the sidewalk, Gary counseled and cautioned, taught and urged, painted and checked from close...