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By Nancy Schaaf

by Nancy Schaaf, Rockridge resident A pledge from Unleashed by Petco has put the long-awaited community renovation of Hardy Dog Park back on track. The project stalled last fall when city planners mandated ADA upgrades costing $10,000 more than anticipate...

By Nancy Schaaf

DaVita Invests Again in Gateway Renovation Project by Nancy Schaaf, Rockridge resident When volunteers from Scenic Streets convinced the city to place three sidewalk trash receptacles along the southern part of Claremont Avenue last fall, it was a mixed blessing; littering along the busy roadway would be ...

By Nancy Schaaf

DaVita Dialysis Breaks Ground on Long-Promised Landscaping by Nancy Schaaf, Local Resident Local residents are pleased to see landscaping improvements underway at last at the corner of Claremont Avenue and Clifton Street. The site of a former supermarket occupied by DaVita Dialysis for the past several years, the...

By Nancy Schaaf

by Nancy Schaaf, local resident Hundreds of orange poppies have brightened up the Claremont Avenue highway ramps this spring, but Mother Nature had a helping hand. Scenic Streets volunteers spread nearly two pounds of seeds last fall hoping for lots of co...

By Becky Alseth

...ty enhancements are currently being considered for the near term, such as enhancing signage and altering traffic light timing. More robust safeguards may take a while longer. The intersection is tentatively slated to receive substantial by Nancy Schaaf, local resident Two vehicles collided at the intersection of Claremont Avenue and Hudson Street on Sunday, July 18, causing a small SUV to roll onto its roof in the crosswalk that spans the entrance to the highway ramp. This latest inciden...

ridge mortgage costs is comparing apples to oranges. Rents and home purchase prices have historically been lower in Temescal than in Rockridge. Mr. Rich ran for the RCPC Board on a slate of four candidates who were endorsed by Mayor Libby Schaaf, State Senator Nancy Skinner, and Assem- blywoman Buffy Wicks. Those three officials received large campaign con- tributions from real estate interests, and, unsurprisingly, all three support bills such as the failed SB50, which would have overr...

By Kathleeen Cha

The program, expertly moderated by Kathleeen Cha of the Oakland League of Women Voters, featured a presentation by Bob Gammon, former East Bay Express reporter and editor and now communications director for tate Senator Nancy Skinner. (Darin anelletti, formerly Acting Director of Oakland’s Planning and Building Department and now Special Assis- tant on Housing Security to Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf — a supporter of the bill — had also been slated to talk about the bil...