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CY GULASSA “Why bother with a cliché taxi or stretch limo when a one-of-a-kind artmobile is avail- able?” he asks with just a hint of a grin. in Latino neighborhoods that Vives has renamed his “Carnal Cruiser” El Carro de Los Muertos, a kind of rovin...

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Cy Gulassa, Dan Pitcock, Marilyn Citron, Theresa Nelson

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Kent Deverell, Jennifer Edmister, Cy Gulassa, Al Hussian, Hiroko Kurihara, Mike McDonald, Steve Meyer, Mike Taylor, Stephanie Upp, Robert Wiles Among the many deserving to be the recipient of the first RCPC Champion Award is Don Kinkead, who helped establish and has worked over the y...

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Proto’ Cy GULASSA Leslie Gould, Director of Oakland’s Planning and Zoning department, explains the proposed new design review program to a Rockridge/ Temescal audience at Peralta Elementary October 14, sponsored by Councilmember Jane Brunner.

Cy Gulassa, Albert Hussian, Hiroko Kurihara, Mike McDonald, Steve Meyer, Stephanie Upp Newsletter Subscriptions To subscribe to The Rockridge News, send your check for $20, payable to Rockridge News Subscriptions, to: Rockridge News Subscriptions at ...

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Trustee Cy Gulassa, a resident of Rockridge, represents Peralta Board Area Six, which includes North Oakland and the Berkeley hills. He is a former editor of The Rockridge News. ■ ■Come to the rally at Claremont Middle School Friday, May 11, from 9:30 to 10:...

Rockridge resident Cyril “Cy” Gulassa, an English instructor at De Anza College in Cupertino since it was founded 27 years ago, was named the | 995 Faculty Member of the Year by the Faculty Association of California Community Colleges (FACCC).

Edmister, Annette Floystrup, Cy Gulassa, Hiroko Kurihara, Mike McDonald, Steve Meyer, Stephanie Upp RECENTLY? Measure Q, which passed by an over- whelming majority of 77.2% in 2004, paid for staff to open branches six days a week and evening hours, as well as after-school progra...

By Jessica Pitt

Annette Floystrup, Cy Gulassa, Hiroko Kurihara, Mike McDonald, Steve Meyer, Stephanie Upp by Jessica Pitt In June, the RCPC bid farewell to Deborah Weinstein, our past board chair. Deborah joined the RCPC Board in 2002 and served many leadership roles, first as Secreta...

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Kent Deverell, Jennifer Edmister, Annette Floystrup, Cy Gulassa, Hiroko Kurihara, Mike McDonald, Steve Meyer, Stephanie Upps Newsletter Subscriptions For annual subscriptions to The Rockridge News, send your check for $20, payable to Rockridge News Subscriptions, to: Rockridge News Subscriptions at the...

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Adrienne DeAngelo, Kent Deverell, Jennifer Edmister, Cy Gulassa, Hiroko Kurihara, Susan Montauk, Mike McDonald NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIPTIONS For annual subscriptions to The Rockridge News, send your check for $18, payable to Rockridge News Subscriptions, to: Rockridge News Subscriptions at the address below...

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...re where I received immediate professional treatment. Thanks! In the next issue, please have some botanist explain to my husband how to identify poisonous vines no matter how pretty the sea has made them. C. Hernfeld Vienna, Austria PHOTO: CY GULASSA CHECK URGENT CARE COVERAGE FIRST Editor: I’m glad you spread the word about Sutter Health Urgent Care in the recent Rockridge News article by Claire Isaacs (“Urgency or Emergency?” March 6, p. 9). While health-

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Rockridge News Production Cy Gulassa...........................Editor Ortrun Niesar.....................The Muse Claire Isaacs Wahrhaftig.... Writer Barry Kaufman...................Food Jo Ellis...................................Advertising & Community Calendar Theresa Nelson...

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by Cy Gulassa Chanting Q&A riffs like “What’s dis- gusting? Union busting!” and waving picket signs at honking motorists, a group of about 60 Claremont workers paraded on the sidewalk outside the main entrance to the Claremont Hotel at noon on December ...

By Cy Gulassa

Ilana Wexler, Rockridge Kid Who Wowed Boston, is Back Home by Cy Gulassa Ahome in Rockridge. She’s glad to be among old friends again, but is still a bit overwhelmed by the standing ovation and daz- zling notoriety that followed her fiery, 5-minute speech, which fter a stratospheric ride on the wings of fame, 1...

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by Cy Gulassa, Editor, Rockridge News Hsite, meetings and surveys. The board has received numerous e-mail suggestions from community members on the development issue and plans to incorporate them in its future discussions. Issue: Plan vs Zoning Codes ir...

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by Cy Gulassa Rcommitment to RCPC principles. Of par- ticular concern was her prominent role in an organization promoting zoning views at odds with those of RCPC. ockridge voters ousted four incumbents of the Rockridge Community Planning Council (RCPC) ...

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by Cy Gulassa Iservice, being involved in the community, and respecting workers—even if it shrinks the first bottom line. In short, when it comes to business philosophy, he holds that if busi- nesses nurture rather than exploit the com- munity, resident...

By Cy Gulassa

...and is famous for its sandwiches, smoothies and desserts. With free wi-fi access, a place to park toddlers, outdoor tables, hip staff and a sleek, glassy design, Nomad is a great place to read, type that term paper or just hang out. PHOTO: CY GULASSA "SHOULD YOU SAVE FOR YOUR KID'S COLLEGE OR FOR YOUR RETIREMENT? OR BOTH?" In addition, Christopher Waters is a vol- unteer parent gardener at Peralta Elemen- tary School where he teaches children about native plants, growing cycles, compos...

By Cy Gulassa

Rolling Gallery by Cy Gulassa You’ve seen it cruising Rockridge streets: a low riding ’69 Mustang encrusted with dolls, skulls, ghouls, lizards, horns, bullets, Betty Boop, and a thousand other artifacts that provoke humor, admiration, disgust or, on a dark night, even...

By Cy Gulassa

by Cy Gulassa, Peralta boardmember A new chapter in the sometimes turbu- lent leadership of Peralta Community College’s district office has begun. Gone is Chancellor Elihu Harris. The district’s board last June declined to renew his contract because of ...

By Cy Gulassa

... I’ve been an Allstate Agent for 10 years. And riding bikes for 17. That means I can talk all day about insurance features and discounted rates, but I’d just as soon talk about a new route you’ve found. Let’s talk today. Rockridge resident Cy Gulassa represents Area 6 (North Oakland and Berkeley hills) on the Peralta board and was recently elected to the state board of trustees. Susan Bernosky, LUTCF (510) 450 9050 5940 College Ave, #A Oakland

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by Cy Gulassa Condominium supporters, opponents and everybody in between showed up for a community debate on higher-density development last month, sponsored by City Councilmember Jane Brunner, who kept tempers leashed with threats to stop the meeting i...

By Cy Gulassa

the spread and seriousness of the illness and officially label it “chronic fatigue syndrome.” The name, unfortunately, bore pejorative by Cy Gulassa Encounters with the Invisible: Unseen Illness, Controversy, and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Rockridge Writer Dorothy Wall. What would you do if you became seri- ously ill with a sickness that does not appear in the lexicon of ailments, on...

By Cy Gulassa

...its residents; furnish a forum for community involvement, and provide leadership and representation of neighborhood interests. — The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition© 1992 by Houghton Mifflin Company. by Cy Gulassa The Board of the Rockridge Community Planning Council has unanimously decided to begin honoring members of the community who selflessly devote themselves to our collective welfare. With little publicity, they work tirelessly to improve the...

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Rockridge News Production Cy Gulassa...........................Editor Ortrun Niesar.....................The Muse Claire Wahrhaftig-Isaacs.... Writer Barry Kaufman...................Food Jo Ellis...................................Advertising &

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Deborah Weinstein...........Chair Jessica Pitt............................Vice-Chair Adrienne DeAngelo..........Secretary Susan Montauk...................Treasurer Kent Deverell, Jennifer Edmister, Cy Gulassa, Al Hussian, Hiroko Kurihara, Mike McDonald, Steve Meyer, Mike Taylor, Stephanie Upp, Robert Wiles

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by Cy Gulassa Tin the struggles that helped shape Rockridge in the 90s: the fight to keep Dreyers from expanding and demolishing more Craftsman houses; the suit against the City for violating its own General Plan and zoning regulations; the BART battle ...

By Cy Gulassa

PHOTO: CY GULASSA comfortable around adults.” When Nelson settled here in 1984, she was sold on Rockridge but rec- ognized the need for changes that would enhance the quality of life. Many shops were closed and the neighborhood was in recovery. It was parki...

By Cy Gulassa

cisco and Portland — and the roads don’t require Dramamine.” by Cy Gulassa Thomas Wolfe might have been right when he said,“You can’t go home again,” but he over looked the fact you can always visit. That’s exactly what former Rockridge resident and Rockridge News writer Trish West and her husband, Charlie, did l...

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by Cy Gulassa D “Claiming the casino will save your culture and history is truly bogus,” Valerie Winemiller responded. Zee Miller urged the tribe to build a museum if the goal is to preserve the Koi culture. Point Molate and North Richmond. Despite fier...

By Cy Gulassa

Residents Want Community Center, Other Amenities RCPC January Meeting: by Cy Gulassa Rfunded a summer student internship and provided a grant for the library to buy the prestigious Dictionary of National Biog- raphy, which is now on the shelves and will soon be available online. This year it plans to fund the summer intern...

By Cy Gulassa

...y 20 RCPC Town Hall meeting to discuss neighborhood priorities, Rockridge residents cited the need for a community center that would accommodate large crowds and serve as a location for exhibitions and musical and theatrical events. PHOTO: CY GULASSA program and provide new library land- scaping. Residents at the Town Hall meeting also wanted less crime, more affordable housing, greater diversity, and improvements in park- ing and transportation. Of special concern are the needs of sen...

By Cy Gulassa

Councilmember drafts tree-friendly ordinance by Cy Gulassa St. Patrick got s a i n t h o o d by driving the snakes out of Ireland. If City Councilmember Jane Brunner gets her way, she’ll get sainthood by driving the tree cutters out of Oakland. Jane Brunner Stunned by  TREE ORDINANCE, PAGE 7 Scho...

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by Cy Gulassa S RDA funds street sweeping, extra security during holidays, promotes fairs and events, and works with the city to ease parking, improve landscaping, add more benches and remove blight like old news racks. It’s also partnering with RCPC on...

By Cy Gulassa

“It’s all about bottom lines and health benefits,” they say by Cy Gulassa If the big DON’T SHOP SAFEWAY banner doesn’t stop you from trying to shop at Safeway’s giant store on Pleasant Valley Avenue, a knot of pickets will try to convince you to turn around and go elsewhere. But the store is not on strike. What ...

By Cy Gulassa

RCPC Board by Cy Gulassa I Country dance experts David & Sharon Green remodeled their t’s one thing to have a great passion, quite another to share it with Rockridge neighbors. That’s what Harwood Avenue residents David and Sharon Green did on a misty night last J...

By Cy Gulassa

by Cy Gulassa [ does happen: You’re in your modest hill home when suddenly on a small lot across the street a monster house rears up. It not only violates the character of your street, it blocks your view and permanently shades your sunny deck. Or you l...

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... police motorcycles hug the curb next to the Claremont Diner, a clean, well lighted place.  Sheriff’s Department motorcycle training officer Rich Cademartori explains why all these cop motorcycles were cruising Rockridge recently. PHOTOS: CY GULASSA by Cy Gulassa Tof vrooooms. for an intensive, two-week course in basics at the Dublin police training campus, which yearly graduates over a hundred trained motorcycle officers. “What’s up?” I asked the captain. “Motorcycle school,” he said...

After serving nearly 10 years as Editor of The Rockridge News, Cy Gulassa has stepped down to have more time to devote to his workload as President of the Board of Trustees for the Peralta Com­ munity Colleges (Alameda, Berkeley, Laney, Merritt). Don Kinkead, layout manager of the 21-year-old newsletter, will se...

By Ellen Peterson

...rush hour the congested side of the tunnel would still consist of only two bores, the DEIR 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...

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Pilger, Charles Porter, Don Link, and Len Burkhart. F Hero. Pictured with Susan are, from left, Ariel, husband Richard Bruehl, Chloe, and Sophia. PHOTO: CY GULASSA ire Station 8’s firefighters stoked barbecues and cooked burgers at City Councilmember Jane Brunner’s 2004 North Oakland Summer Picnic in Temescal Park. Brunner thanked supporters and honored community activists. At right, firefighters Kev...

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...acter 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. December 31, Inclusive by Cy Gulassa T

...d bruised body, but no broken bones. She was very lucky. Rather than be the next BART victim, keep a firm grip on the BART escalator railing. And let BART know that this record of indifference to passenger safety is, frankly, outrageous. — Cy Gulassa  Harriet Gulassa was treated by San Francisco paramedics after a sudden

... four new board-member majority is scheduled to be sworn in,” he said in an interview. “This is exactly the kind of collusive behavior that has to end.” Coming This Fall: Rockridge Kitchen Tour PHOTO: BRIAN GULASSA New Peralta Board Member Cy Gulassa. Calling all kitchens and friends of kitchens

Several editors have followed in Don Kinkead’s footsteps after he retired on numerous occasions. These include Kathy Walsh, Trish West, Clair Issacs and Cy Gulassa. I am honored to continue Don’s legacy as of September 2019 when the torch was passed to me, Anna Marks. May 1992 The Rockridge Kitchen Tour has been the primary fundraiser for the RCPC since it began 1995. The success of this publication ...

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Gloria Bruce.......................Secretary Susan Montauk...................Treasurer residents. The month- long program, run jointly Jennifer Edmister, Stuart Flashman, Cy Gulassa, Ellen Peterson, Peter St. John, by the Sierra Club and Jeff Small, Richard W. Smith, Danica Truchlikova, Margaret Wahlberg Contact the Board: rcpcchair@rockridge.org PG&E under the auspices of the California Public Utilities Commission A ...

...rsight and veto power over the budget. This model, which has worked well in other state-controlled school districts, is an essential next 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......................................