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By David Lori

Friday: 12 – 5:30 p.m. Sunday and Monday: CLOSED; Also, Tues 9/10 by David Lorié While Rockridge may lead the city of Oakland in charm and character, it lags behind many of Oakland’s neighborhoods in replacing overhead utility lines. Neighborhoods such as Crocker Highlands, Trestle Glen and Piedmont Pines have worked ...

Food, by David Thompson (photos by Earl Carter)—but I find them fascinating. Win- ners of James Beard Best Cookbook awards, the books are a glorious combination of travel, history, cultural anthropology, and culinary tastes. Another in that category is Claudi...

...; leave your car locked, even if you plan to be gone for only a short while.” For the meeting itself, Lt. Brandwood and CRO Hutzol had joined panel members Chantal Cotton, city of Oakland Measure Z Oversight; Karen Ivy, NCPC Secretary; and David Lorie, Safer Rockridge organization, for a presentation on “How to be Safe in Rockridge,” moderated by Zabrae Valentine, RCPC Co-Chair.

...R ADULTS y y Writers Support/Critique Group: All writers wel- come. Bring 15 copies of up to 5 pgs. (double-spaced, MS margins) of any prose for reading/discussion (or come empty-handed). Third Saturday/month, 1 to 5pm; crime in Rockridge. David Lorie, a founder of Safer Rockridge patrol service, told how he and other concerned Rockridge residents, dismayed by the amount of crime, formed the crowd- funded unarmed area patrol service that would serve all the residents of Rockridge. Acco...

... of active Neighbor- hood Watch groups and other public safety efforts share ideas about how Rockridge neighbors can make our streets safer. The discussion was moderated by Rockridge resident Allie Rasmus of KTVU News, panel- ists included David Lorie, Andy Young, Frank Castro, and Don Link. OPD’s Capt. Anthony Toribio and Lt. Chris Bolton and Neighborhood Services Coor- dinator Patricia Rose were also

By Judith Doner Berne

Romance of Elsewhere, subtitled A Half-Century of Connecting By Sea, By Air, By Rail, is a memoir of her travels. “At some point, no matter what career you have, you can be Photo by Judy Berne Bil Banks, Marcelline Krafchick, David Berliner, Ruth Feldman and Dick Williams are among the senior residence’s “book people.” hooked into saying something important about what you are doing. There is something that reaches out and grabs you.” After retiring, she moved first to Eme...

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 Kent Deverell Robert Wiles Stephanie Upp Steven ...

which came like a bolt from the blue that freed them to a new way of seeing, just as “The Society of Six: California Colorists,” pub- lished by the University of California Press (who also issued Boas’ biography of painter David Park), is available through the Oakland Public Library. In Rockridge since 1997 Have you reviewed your business insurance lately? Carl Schmi...

By Stuart Flashman

...litators said there was “a wide range of opinions.” Althought most topics were in the “alignment” category, the facilitators claimed there was divergence over: size of structure (including use of ■ ■ gas station parcel); whether a cafe, a florist, and a ■ ■ bakery would be included in the store; location of parking (rooftop or ■ ■ surface or underground). The audience questioned what “a wide range of opinions” meant. With that introduction, Safeway architect David Blair presented stree...

... and 7 p.m., but some work — particularly work done to the station — will have to go on during the night. Also of concern was the effect the construction would have on nearby Clare- mont Middle School. BART has met with Claremont principal David Chambliss three times to discuss security and safety for students. Halting construction during school hours was not practical, McArthur explained. “The faster this construction plants to provide sufficient habitat for that wildlife. In addition...

Fitzhugh, Bryan Grunwald, Glen Tripp, Gregory True, Claire Isaacs Wahrhaftig, Eric Neville, Deborah Larson Weinstein, David Hatfield, Michael Whitfield, Jacque- lyn Tasch, Hiroko Kurihara, Jessica Pitt, John Potis, Greg Yoch, Jennifer Edmister, Mike Taylor, Dulcy Anderson, Ehab Bandar, Mike McDonald, Camille Reed, Adrienne d’Angelo, Kent Deverell, Robert Wiles, Step...