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Karen Ivy enjoys a cookie at the Hudson Bay Cafe. and is a past member of the Oakland Symphony Board. “We like Rockridge so much,” Ivy said. “My husband is a regular at Cole Hardware. I’m in and out of the library all the time.” No, she’s never been...

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— by Karen Ivy, Secretary, Greater Rockridge NCPC, beats 12Y and 13X Epresent his vision for community- oriented policing. Join us to discuss crime and public safety issues in your area. Bring your neighbors to come hear what he has to say, and feel free...

After the Arrest — By Karen Ivy, Greater Rockridge NCPC Secretary Tpossible. Before COVID-19, it wasn’t unusual for suspects to spend several months in custody waiting for trial. Locke noted that our criminal justice system isn’t really based on tri- al-by-jury, but more...

Crime Report — by Karen Ivy, NCPC Secretary

NCPC Crime Report Update — by Karen Ivy, NCPC Secretary Crime in 13X rose slightly except for auto-related crime (1 in July, 6 in August). Property Crimes in 12Y are down by roughly half a dozen inci­ dents from July’s numbers. Aliquor to a minor, and drug dealing. Quality of Li...

— by Karen Ivy, RCPC Secretary She notified us when local groups asked to address the NCPC meetings, which has brought us some very com­ pelling, thought-provoking speakers. She also sent us notices of new active charitable solicitations in the area, as ...

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Youth ALIVE! to Deliver an Inspirational Presentation on Violence Prevention and Healing at Rockridge NCPC Meeting by Karen Ivy

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Taking an Inside Look at the City’s Crime Reporting Process by Karen Ivy, NCPC Secretary Talso seemed low: 60 in beat 12Y and 22 in beat 13X. When I downloaded the February data, on March 5, I found that the rest of the January data had magically appeared: 12Y now had 90 reports in January and 13X had 36. So I ...

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How, When and Where to Report Crime by Karen Ivy, Secretary, Greater Rockridge NCPC

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Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council Discusses Local Crime and Fireworks by Karen Ivy, Secretary, Greater Rockridge NCPC O

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Kitchen Tour Countdown OPD System Upgrade Affects Some Data by Karen Ivy, Secretay, NCPC I notified the group on May 10 that no complete crime report for April 2019 was available due to the unexpected con- sequences of a system upgrade at the city of Oakland. The data feed we lost has been partially restored, w...

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What About Those Scooters? by Karen Ivy, Secretary, the Rockridge Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council You must have noticed by now the electric scooters littering Oakland streets. They appeared earlier this year. They’ve been touted (by the vendors) as “the solution to our tra...

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gmail.com for more info. Also: mark your calendar for Saturday, June 16, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., when a Mulching Madness event is planned. More next month. by Karen Ivy, Secretary, Greater Rockridge NCPC Readers of Nextdoor see a fairly constant discussion of crime in the Rockridge area. But on a week-to-week basis, how much crime is there really, compared to the rest of North Oakland – or even the rest o...

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Auto-Related Crimes in Rockridge; a Brief Review by Karen Ivy, NCPC secretary Iwhich reduced certain nonviolent, non- serious crimes to misdemeanors when the stolen property value was less than $950, and permitted resentencing of inmates based on new t seems like every time we turn around, someone is...

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by Karen Ivy, secretary Th e G r e a t e r R o c k r i d g e Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council ( NCPC) rem inds residents that we are changing our meeting frequency. Effective January 1, 2016, we will meet on the second Thursday of every even-numbe...

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by Karen Ivy, secretary, Greater Rockridge NCPC (GRNCPC) The board of the Greater Rockridge Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council has decided, after discussion with our Neighborhood Services Coordinator Patricia Rose, to meet every other month, beginni...

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by Karen Ivy, secretary, Rockridge NCPC Neighborhood Crime Prevention Councils (NCPCs) are part of the community policing program in Oakland. In the words of the authorizing resolution by the City Council, community policing is to “create a working par...

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by Karen Ivy, NCPC secretary At the September meeting of the Greater Rockridge Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) meeting, residents complained again about bicyclists riding on College Avenue sidewalks, often nearly running people down. Elder...

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by Karen Ivy, NCPC secretary and information officer, and Denise Boisvert-Jorgensen, treasurer Neighborhood Crime Prevention Coun- cils (NCPCs) are part of Oakland’s Community Policing program. In 1996, the City Council established a community policing...

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NCPC Meeting from page 5 by Karen Ivy, NCPC secretary Oakland issues two kinds of permits to solicit in the city: 1. Commercial peddler’s permits, allowing sale of items, issued by the OPD Records Division. Very few people actually have these permits: the list has only 23 name...

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to North Oakland Area 1 by Karen Ivy, NCPC steering committee member Odollars in overtime. At issue was the length of individual shifts and the timing of days off. In 2007 and before, officers worked 10-hour shifts four days in succession, followed by three days off. Beginnin...

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...blish each month twice to the NCPC website — once with the first month’s data, and again with a second report marked “revised.” We will also do a larger review, at longer intervals, to check whether the delay times are getting worse. Email Karen at karenivy@ mindspring.com. To view the most recent statistics, see https:// rockridgencpc.com. n

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ovid did us in.” That’s Karen Ivy’s take on the seeming lack of public interest in attending meetings of the Greater Rockridge Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council (NCPC), despite Oakland’s upsetting crime statistics. “They just stopped coming,” said Ivy, even though meet...

So when I saw, via our neighborhood listserv, that Karen Ivy, secretary of the Greater Rockridge Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council (NCPC), was looking for someone to take her place interviewing OPD candidates, I signed on. As it turned out, Ivy herself was able to attend, as was another Rockridg...

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...dor previews and event updates, follow us on Insta- gram: @bricolellc. n Student Justine Balon envisions a wraparound housing project with an inner courtyard/greenspace. Rockridge Triangle, see next page Greater Rockridge NCPC Elections by Karen Ivy, Secretary, Greater Rockridge NCPC Secretary: The Secretary maintains records of the proceedings from community meetings and Steering Committee meetings, and also keeps membership records for the Council and Steering Committee. Treasurer: ...

...ils of the measure are available at the Alameda County Reg- istrar of Voters website. The October 2024 minutes are available on the NCPC website at https://tinyurl.com/2etr5zmf. n Rockridge Organizations Hold Joint Meeting on Measure NN by Karen Ivy by Katrina Brekke-Miesner

ockridge Community Planning Council (RCPC) and the Greater Rockridge Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) held their annual joint meeting at the Rockridge Library on October 10. NCPC Secre- tary Karen Ivy began the meeting by highlighting recent statistics from the two most current crime reports (avail- able at https://www.rockridgencpc. com). She noted that the bulk of crime in Rockridge is either auto-related property crime (thefts and bu...

By Carol Kasparek

... and make recommendations to the Police Commissioner. Morris described the difference For Zoom link, visit: https://www.rockridgencpc.com/ To suggest meeting topics, send an email to: chair@rockridgencpc.com. was also asked. NCPC Secretary Karen Ivy noted her own study using data from 2019 that showed Oakland, when compared to San Francisco, had about 20 percent fewer officers per 100,000 residents. Morris responded that the OIG is conducting a staffing study which will be critical to...

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the Inspector General to comment on the negotiated settlement with the OPD. Secretary Karen Ivy will present a summary of the past 60-day crime statistics. Since the meeting, two crimes have • Call 510-777-3211 from your cell phone, which routes directly to OPD dispatch. • File a report online with as many details as possible: www.oa...

...local news reports: try the East Bay Times, or the S.F. Chronicle. Or subscribe to Nixle.com for OPD and they will mail them out promptly. For meeting details and information, visit the Greater Rockridge NCPC at www.rockridgencpc.com. n by Karen Ivy, Secretary, Greater Rockridge NCPC Early in January, a local resident asked me where he could find a daily record of homicides in Oak- land, year to date. I suggested he subscribe to the city’s Nixle account and get the weekly crime report...

...ld allow for hybrid meetings — some people attending in person and some via Zoom. We hope their plan to buy these devices and loan them to neighborhood meetings The Greater Rockridge Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council Meeting Notice: by Karen Ivy, Secretary, Greater Rockridge NCPC L The NCPC meets on the 2nd Thursday of even numbered months.

...ertising in the public right of way including bus shelters, “big belly” trash cans, and digital kiosks, to fully understand their associated mainte- nance and staffing costs. n Oakland City Council Meeting: Updates Relevant to Rockridge by Karen Ivy, Secretary, Greater Rockridge NCPC by Aly Bonde, RCPC Board Member Alameda County has invested more than $340 million to assist the nearly 8,000 residents who need a place to call home. Despite the pandemic, the rate of increase in the cou...

By Angela Moore

...pired me. The lyrics and intense emotion paint a clear picture of madness and longing in the high seas.” The video appears on Fire Whale’s YouTube channel as of Oct 8. Follow @ firewhalemusic on all social media. n For information, contact Karen Ivy at: secretary@rockridgencpc.com. n Chabot Fall Carnival: A Rockridge Tradition Experience * Knowledge * Performance The Fall Carnival fundraiser for

RCPC & NCPC Joint Town Hall Meeting — by Robin McDonnell, Vice Chair RCPC, and Karen Ivy, Secretary Greater Rockridge NCPC The Rockridge Community Planning Council and the Greater Rockridge Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council will hold their annual joint Town Hall this year on Thursday, August 19, at 7pm. In light of this ye...

Peralta Elementary Online Auction & Magic Show T Oakland Police Walk Through Rockridge by Karen Ivy, Secretary, Greater Rockridge Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council grounds and gardens; sustain our vibrant art program; bring music to the students; and ultimately keep it all together in one of the hardest teaching years yet — so we’re ...

Happy Trails Lead to College Avenue Greater Rockridge Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council — Youth Alive! — By Karen Ivy, Greater NCPC Secretary O — By Jorja Siemons Atarot card deck, Rosie the Riveter Band-Aids, and match- ing salt and pepper shakers — these are the nifty, vintage-inspired goods that can be found at Happy Trails Home, Rockridge’s newest gif...

Joint RCPC-NCPC Town Hall, June 2020 — By Karen Ivy, Secretary, Greater Rockridge NCPC O LETTERS TO THE EDITOR to walk to essential services — food distribution, grocery stores, COVID testing. Slow Streets is now working on improving intersection access in those areas, and they have some ne...

By Don Kinkead

NCPC & RCPC Joint Town Hall Meeting — By Karen Ivy, Greater Rockridge NCPC Secretary The Rockridge News was founded March 1986 by Don Kinkead, and is published monthly (except August). It is sponsored by the Rockridge Community Planning Council (RCPC), a nonprofit public benefit organizati...

... and food service workers, among others, has allowed the majority of us to be safe. For now, sheltering-in-place is our contribution to the COVID-19 virus story. We look forward to the day when this experi- ence is a distant memory. n — by Karen Ivy, NCPC Secretary & Information Officer The Greater Rockridge Neighbor- hood Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) met with Dan Kalb and other concerned Rockridge residents via Zoom last month to review the current crime data. The statistics show ...

Golden at amgolden@yahoo.com. n Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council Meeting —by Karen Ivy The Greater Rockridge Neighbor- hood Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) will hold a virtual meeting on Thursday, April 9, via Zoom, thanks to the cooperation of Vivek Bhatia, of the Bhatia Group. The meeting begins at 7pm. Click on the link h...

...eck payable to RCPC and write “Rockridge News Classified Ad” on the memo line. Mail to: RN Classifieds, 4123 Broadway, PMB 311, Oakland, CA 94611. The deadline for the April issue is March 19, which will be available on April 3, 2020. — by Karen Ivy, NCPC Chair The April 9th meeting of the Greater Rockridge Neighbor- hood Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) will be held at 7pm at the College Preparatory School, 6100 Broadway at Brookside. Please join us for neighborhood discussions on the

...the officers are running to continue in their current positions. We’ll hold the election at the April meeting. This year’s candidates for NCPC offices are: Chair, Michael Ubell; Vice Chair, Jon Travis; Treasurer, Eric Nev- ille; Secretary, Karen Ivy. Any resident of Oakland police beats 12Y and 13X is eligible to run for an office in the Rockridge NCPC. n The new venue has plenty of free parking. For more information, visit www.rockridgencpc.com. Pilates Availabilities 6am Wednesday; ...

JANUARY TOWN HALL Laptop Thefts in Rockridge? — by Karen Ivy, Greater Rockridge Residents Learn About Three Significant Topics of Interest N NCPC Secretary Eearly 100 residents attended the January Town Hall meeting to hear from speakers regarding Measure Q, Census 2020, and local transportation. an...

...your phone, you might make eye contact with a neighbor and say hello. the world? As we enter a new decade, here’s what some of our fellow residents, each involved in the community, expressed as their predictions and/or hopes for Rockridge. Karen Ivy, Greater Rockridge Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) Secretary: Annalee Allen, City of Oakland tours coordinator: In the new decade, I hope that crime, especially crimes against the person and auto break-ins, will de­ crease. Bu...

...thin,” Waterman said. “That’s where Safer Rockridge as a private patrol service is needed to fill that gap and send a signal to would-be criminals or troublemakers that someone in our supplementing our understaffed police department,” said Karen Ivy, Secretary of the Greater Rockridge Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council (NCPC). Aycock, Curbelo and Waterman didn’t know one another. Each sepa­ rately answered Liu’s plea for new lead­ ership — without which, he warned, the service woul...

as they are confirmed. — Karen Ivy, Secretary, NCPC/secretary@rockridgencpc.com

... Rockridge beats, all categories of crime went up in January 2019 except auto-related crimes and quality-of-life crimes in beat 13X. Watch for the monthly crime statistics from the Greater Rockridge Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council. — Karen Ivy, Secretary, NCPC

...ring companies, including fees to the City, in December, 2018. You can see the actual document setting out the condi- tions and fees on the OakDOT page on the City website under E-Scooters. We'll have to see how this works out over time. — Karen Ivy, Secretary

...llege Avenue would fix the problem. Audience suggestions to keep the idea alive included circulating a city-wide petition, contacting cycle groups for support, and police support communicated to OAKDOT. Attendees agreed with NCPC Secretary Karen Ivy that the issue should be kept on the organization’s active list. Your Rockridge Specialists -JUDITH GLASS & SHEILA SABINE- The Grubb Company Now may be the right time for a move. Your home says a lot about you and we are here to listen. Ca...

...holiday favorites to R&B and soul. This year’s concert pays tribute to Prince and Leonard Cohen and features local artists Linda Tillery, Kugelplex, Ellen Hoffman, and Vocal Rush. Our local Rockridge artists are also well represented, with Karen Ivy, Becky Bob-Waksberg, and Paula Aparicio in the chorus, and violinist Carla Picchi and Craig McAmis on trombone in the orchestra. The concert aims to bring together people from diverse communities and backgrounds both onstage and in the aud...

rockridgencpc.com. all for volunteers to help staff the NCPC booth at Rockridge Out & About on Sunday, September 17. At least two of the NCPC officers who would normally help with that will be out of town on the date. Email Karen Ivy, NCPC secretary at: secretary@rockridgencpc.com

Unforced Error ate in production of the April issue of The Rockridge News, a careless edit in the story on Oakland’s new police chief erased the name of Carolina Juarez and seemed to attribute her remarks (which were quoted) to Karen Ivy. The Rockridge News regrets this error.

“I thought the chief was very poised and confident,” said Karen Ivy, secretary of the Rockridge NCPC. “I was reassured by her reaction to the new civilian police commission. She said that she’s worked with those before and thinks they are no big deal.

...nder, who asked about the best types of security cameras (Hutzol likes ones that attach to your doorbell), and “He’s the best CRO that we have ever had,” says Jackson, who is known for his own patrols of College Avenue. That’s dit­ toed by Karen Ivy, secretary of the Greater Rockridge Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council (NCPC).

... NCPC Treasurer: NCPC Treasurer Molly Singer spends her last meeting with us in April. We’re still looking for a volunteer to take on the Treasurer’s role; email chair@ rockridgencpc.com if you are interested, or know someone who may be. — Karen Ivy, Secretary, Greater Rockridge NCPC (secretary@rockridgencpc.com)

...neral property crimes and auto-related property crimes. Both types of crimes are definitely up in 2015 (through October) over 2014, and will very likely continue to increase through the holidays. NCPC Takes a Look at 2014 and 2015 Stats by Karen Ivy, secretary, Rockridge NCPC, secretary@rockridgencpc.com How’s crime in the Rockridge beats? The board of the NCPC realizes that all crime is upsetting, and it is upsetting to the NCPC boardmembers, too, who also live in the neighborhood. B...

By Mike Udell

by Mike Udell, NCPC Chair, and Karen Ivy, Secretary This summer, NCPC hosts speakers at its July and August meetings who will speak of local reflections of national news. Details are in the boxes below. Plan to attend and participate in these presentations. The meetings will be i...

...tim: “Leave nothing in your car; 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.

For several reasons, police speakers said, Rockridge robberies and burglaries are down (generally) while car burglaries are up. Karen Ivy seconded that, saying recent NCPC statistics showed 13 cars burgled in one week. “And that doesn’t count the BART lots,” Brandwood said. Reduced penalties for non-violent crime, the ease of breaking car windows, and the likelihood of escap...

... how the public can benefit. Visit www. bart.gov/policeauditor for more information prior to the meeting. Find more information about NCPC, including how to volunteer to help, at http://www.rockridgencpc.com. — Material from NCPC secretary Karen Ivy by FROG Steering Committee The viral “Ice Bucket Challenge” that swept through social media this summer generated millions in donations to the ALS Association. Frog Park isn’t asking you to dump ice cold water on your head (we’re in a drou...

...total of $10,778 from 301 contributors, with 70 percent of this recurring monthly. That will enable us to increase coverage in April to two patrol officers at least 6 days a week, NCPC to Host ‘Safer Rockridge’ Founders at April Meeting by Karen Ivy, NCPC secretary Crime in Rockridge was pretty bad last fall; everyone was worried. A few concerned citizens organized crowd-funding

...s recovered. Captain Anthony Toribio, in charge of the newly designated Area 2 which covers North Oakland and the Oakland Hills, will present the two arresting officers with commendations at a special public ceremony at 6 p.m. Thursday, by Karen Ivy, NCPC Secretary With eight robberies taking place in Rockridge in less than a three- week period, it was especially good news to hear that the Oakland Police Department (OPD) captured a pair of robbery suspects on August 26. OPD Officers G...

By Stuart Flashman

...ard Police Chief Sean Whent and Mayor Jean Quan discuss plans and financing for improved police service and response in Oakland and Rockridge. Above, from left, Chief Sean Whent, NCPC Chair Frank Castro, Mayor Jean Quan, and NCPC Secretary Karen Ivy. /Don Kinkead ➧➧Kitchen Tour Opportunities, page 2 An Early Look at Rockridge Kitchens for Volunteer Tour Docents Bolton, filled the crowd in on the latest crime statistics and trends in Rockridge. Problem Solving Officers (PSOs) Lane (Bea...

Letters to the Editor Skateboards Are Noisy, Annoying Editor: I read Karen Ivy’s article in the October Rockridge News about riding bikes on the sidewalks. She neglected to mention another problem: Skateboarding on sidewalks is noisy and annoying. I wish the article had also mentioned how disturbing this noise is. Pa...

WhistleStop passes its remaining funds to NCPC boardmembers. Karen Ivy, left, and Barbara Minton, NCPC; Margaret Wahlburg and Christine Acker, WhistleStop; Frank Castro and Denise Jorgensen, NCPC. /D. Kinkead

... Donation The Greater Rockridge NCPC (Neighborhood Crime Pre- vention Council) thanks everyone who attended last Thursday’s meeting for the special pre- sentation by Logitech on their state-of-the-art surveillance cam- eras. NCPC Secretary Karen Ivy REPT: NCPC Meetings will soon announce when the meeting’s minutes are available on the NCPC website at www. rockridgencpc.com. (See camera purchase details at end of article.) February’s meeting, set for Thursday, February 9, at 7 p.m.,

...ations in the beat? • Push Neighborhood Watch, get more groups involved, and get block captains regularly in touch with the NCPC and with each other. The biggest obstacle here is people’s rooted habits and unwillingness to get involved. by Karen Ivy, NCPC secretary When Oakland Chief of Police Anthony Batts spoke with federal law enforce- ment agencies about their help after recent officer layoffs in the city, he heard, “Oak- land doesn’t seem to think public safety is important.” The...

the lone vote to go forward, and the nays carried the day 12-1. Frank Castro, Vice Chair Denise Boisvert-Jorgensen, Treasurer Karen Ivy, Secretary and Information Officer Money in the bank The RDA, with an approximate annual income of $140,000, has an administration contract for $50,000 with their primary consultant, Marco Li Mandri, and his firm, New City America. Of the ...

| Report | Greater Rockridge Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council May Meeting Violence prevention in schools by Karen Ivy, NCPC secretary Following a number of aggressive incidents involving middle- and high-school age stu- dents fighting on College Avenue, vandalizing College businesses, and screaming threats at passers-by, the Greater Rockridge Neighbor- ho...