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By Cindy Murphy

Female Scout Troop Empowers Future Community Leaders by Cindy Murphy, Scoutmaster, Troop 305G Rockridge resident Kayla Fukatsu- Ishida is a spunky and driven 12-year-old at Claremont Middle School. She is also on her way to becoming one of the youngest female Eagle Scouts...

I hope that the powers that be can use some or preferably all of these sugges- tions.

Council’s powers with regard to budget preparation are also | \t increased by authorizing them to set the time, manner and form perrere., 6

... Wolff. Are You Ready for an Earthquake? y y Thurs, 4/30, 6:30pm. Marian Lindberg: The End of the Rainy Season: Discovering My Family’s Hidden Past in Brazil. y y Sun, 5/3, 3 pm. Chris Scofield: The Shark Curtain. Joined in conversation by J.L. Powers.

...g Coronado Avenue for dog Patricia Yusuf WE ARE ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS! M.O.M. is your neighborhood preschool serving children from 32 months to 6 years of age. Rooted in the Montessori method and philosophy, our comprehensive curriculum empowers children to grow intellectually, socially, and emotionally. We offer a distinctive TK program for 4-year-olds. EMAIL US AT myownmontessori86@gmail.com OR CALL (510) 652 -5979 TO SCHEDULE AN IN-PERSON TOUR!

...d receptacles for discarded fishing line. WE ARE ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS! M.O.M. is your neighborhood preschool serving children from 32 months to 6 years of age. Rooted in the Montessori method and philosophy, our comprehensive curriculum empowers children to grow intellectually, socially, and emotionally. We offer a distinctive TK program for 4-year-olds. EMAIL US AT myownmontessori86@gmail.com OR CALL (510) 652 -5979 TO SCHEDULE AN IN-PERSON TOUR!

...am, raised through its annual Kitchen Tour fundraiser, toward the mosaic tile artwork project. (Right) Mosiac tile art of neigh- borhood peackock ‘Kevin.’ “I love how this project enhances a central thoroughfare of our neighbor- hood and empowers young people to express themselves through art while caring for our community,” said Star Lightner, RCPC’s Kitchen Tour chair. Over the course of two weeks, Fitz-Faulkner, students, and volunteers used mortar to set the mosaic panels on trash c...

...ge 9 Community Feedback Received by RCPC WE ARE ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS! M.O.M. is your neighborhood preschool serving children from 32 months to 6 years of age. Rooted in the Montessori method and philosophy, our comprehensive curriculum empowers children to grow intellectually, socially, and emotionally. We offer a distinctive TK program for 4-year-olds. EMAIL US AT myownmontessori86@gmail.com OR CALL (510) 652 -5979 TO SCHEDULE AN IN-PERSON TOUR!

...ens on Ada to Bryant, even numbers along WE ARE ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS! M.O.M. is your neighborhood preschool serving children from 32 months to 6 years of age. Rooted in the Montessori method and philosophy, our comprehensive curriculum empowers children to grow intellectually, socially, and emotionally. We offer a distinctive TK program for 4-year-olds.

WE ARE ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS! M.O.M. is your neighborhood preschool serving children from 32 months to 6 years of age. Rooted in the Montessori method and philosophy, our comprehensive curriculum empowers children to grow intellectually, socially, and emotionally. We offer a distinctive TK program for 4-year-olds. EMAIL US AT myownmontessori86@gmail.com OR CALL (510) 652 -5979 TO SCHEDULE AN IN-PERSON TOUR!

By Shea Zerbino

...ou are going to get. ● BEST OF 2025 2025 WE ARE ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS! M.O.M. is your neighborhood preschool serving children from 32 months to 6 years of age. Rooted in the Montessori method and philosophy, our comprehensive curriculum empowers children to grow intellectually, socially, and emotionally. We offer a distinctive TK program for 4-year-olds. A R C H I T E C T U R E EMAIL US AT myownmontessori86@gmail.com OR CALL (510) 652 -5979 TO SCHEDULE AN IN-PERSON TOUR! amatoarchitectu...

...s,” he said. “No question about that.” ● WE ARE ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS! M.O.M. is your neighborhood preschool serving children from 32 months to 6 years of age. Rooted in the Montessori method and philosophy, our comprehensive curriculum empowers children to grow intellectually, socially, and emotionally. We offer a distinctive TK program for 4-year-olds. EMAIL US AT myownmontessori86@gmail.com OR CALL (510) 652 -5979 TO SCHEDULE AN IN-PERSON TOUR!

...m Lollini, Zac Unger, Zack Walton infrastructure bonds with a 55 percent vote. This measure removes a systemic barrier that has for too long blocked communities’ ability to meet their affordable housing and infrastruc- ture needs. Prop 5 empowers local communities to fund projects that will directly benefit their residents, ensuring that decisions about building affordable housing and improving infrastructure are made at the local level by the people who know their communities best.

...ll been hard at work for the past month and a half putting together the best experi- ence possible. Juliet (Dannys Lumpkin) is from the house of Capulet. She is accom- panied throughout the play by her parents, Lord and Lady Capulet (Aviva Powers and Jordan Jerrels), and her nurse (Rafael Davis). Lovesick Romeo (Carlos Hernandez) is a Montague, accompanied by his parents, Lord and Lady Montague (Joseph Keys and Bryah Gallagher), and Romeo’s The Rockridge News was founded in March 1986 b...

ADUs from page 1 truly significant about this state law is its intent: it empowers families to build these appropriately-scaled dwellings in all of our neighborhoods. Plus, it explicitly forbids local jurisdictions from making the law more stringent locally — they can only make it less so. Pretty remarkable! munities we inves...

...nds complicated, it 1s. Further, some of its provisions are, as yet, not well defined, and it is likely there will be numerous amendments during the legislative process. Nevertheless, given the bill’s support by many of the major political powers in Sacramento, and barring a groundswell of popular opposition, most political observers expect the measure to pass — in one form or another.

By Melissa Davis

...king with others.” with an assembly led by Principal Cannon and a performance by the Fruitvale History Project, which tells the story of how one neighborhood organized to create better conditions for the people living there. “Their story empowers our students to know that they have the ability to join with others and make a difference. It also celebrates the resilience of a part of Oakland that is home to some of our students and that others have

If the city completes its underground work, PG&E powers the new signals and the weather cooperates, contractors will have paved the area on Saturday, February 4. Best case is that the temporary striping is sufficient to then lift the detour. Otherwise, per- manent striping will occur as soon as poss...

December Meeting Notes: Marc Pilotin, Oakland Public Ethics Commissioner, spoke at our December meeting. He explained that Oakland Measure CC, passed in 2014, granted the ethics commission more powers and more money. The purpose is to make sure Oakland city government is fair, transparent, and open.

.... Three cheers to Erica Siskind (Rockridge Children’s librarian), Nina Lindsay (Children’s Services Coordinator, Oakland Main Library), and the teen library volunteers who made popcorn for a full hour to feed the hungry masses. Their super powers made the event a rousing success. This year, two of the films were the brainchild of a 12-year old director who enjoyed two impressive distinctions: First, he was the first Oaklander to submit a

Claire Lomax: It had brass window grilles, marble floors. Austere, classical. That bank was built to last forever. city legislative powers to the state. Catherine Griffing: I remember being in third grade at Rockridge Elementary School on Broadway Terrace [1965-66]. Representatives of BART came to the school doing their PR. They showed us pictures of BART and talked about how fast...

y Play Art Games During International Games Day. Saturday, 11/21, 3 to 4pm. Kids ages 5 to 12. Play games that stretch your powers of observation and creation. All materials provided. FOR TEENS y y Yosemite 2016 Preview: Bring your roommate and learn about our signature trip to Yosemite by Amtrak in May, 2016. We have 15 rooms reserved in Yosemite Lodge for 3 days/ 2 night...

... rough surface and the potholes on the west side of the street, not only our cars, but also now our bicycles, can ride without needing to swerve to avoid the hazardous and pitted pavement. It’s not only nicer, but safer. Many thanks to the powers that be. — M C Haug P. S. Now to get the traffic signals at College and Claremont straightened out!

...race to watch. Stay tuned, do your research and get out and vote. EBMUD Elections from page 8 of Piedmont, and 16 years on the Alameda County Local Agency Formation Com- mission representing special districts. She represents EBMUD on joint powers agencies with the Sacramento area and the counties of Amador, Calaveras and Alpine. Challenger Young has worked as director for Clean Water Action California and has led successful campaigns at the local, state

what you wish for. Your prized landscap- ing, important for screening, aesthetics, and habitat has also come to be defined as blight. Because of the extraordinary powers of the City to collect heavy fines and fees on seemingly open-ended blight investigations, the ordinance has been redefined. But most Oakland residents no doubt assume the ordinance, enforced by the Community and Economic Development Agency’s (...

By Matthew Wadlund

...opments, such as Temescal Place and the recently approved CIVIQ project (see The Rockridge News, April 8, 2006). Informed and active resi- Complete architectural services since 1970 Temescal residents’ strong neighbor- hood participation empowers community involvement in Rockridge and neighbor-

...in Antioch with his wife, Monica, an OPD dispatcher. During his five years in North Oakland, Green became known for re-vamping police culture here, vastly improving communica- tion between police and residents. of Jonathan Sprague and Kate Powers community is thanking her and appreciating her. And so it’s sort of like this natural kind of buy-in. I think over time, the citizens of North Oakland became more and more supportive of police in general.” Sgt Darren Allison worked for Green fo...

... has been anything but “delightful,” I’ve found that if there isn’t some place to go, let yourself read, read, read! Diesel Fiction:  Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell: A Novel by Susanna Clarke tells the story of two magicians who use their powers to help the British win the war against Napoleon. head attended East Carolina University in Greenville, North Caro- lina, where she

The board’s nemesis is the State Education Code, amended after the collapse of the Richmond District a decade ago. It provides that upon granting the loan, the state Superintendent assumes “all the legal rights, duties, and powers of the governing board” [Ed. Code: 41326 (b)], and appoints an administrator to act on his behalf. And get this: While serving as mere advisors, “no member of the governing board shall be paid or entitled to any stipend, benefits, or other comp...