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By Susan Montauk

teer spirit to take it on. Susan Montauk: What do you like best about your current job as District Captain? Ray Craun: Well, it’s really easy since my bundle drops are primarily on three blocks, Keith, Lawton and Susan Montauk: Thank you for your decades of volunteer work! It’s p...

By Susan Montauk

Susan Montauk: Ray, how long have you been a volunteer with the Rockridge News? Ray Craun: I volunteered when the newsletter first started back in the late 1980s. When I moved to Rock- ridge in 1976 the freeway had just been built, leaving the neighborh...

By Stuart Flashman

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By Erica Siskin

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Susan Montauk Rockridge design firm providing creative, livable design solutions •  Residential Remodels •  Kitchens + Baths •  Green Building Design •  Color Consulting Make a direct connection via your smart phone to RCPC’s web page for donations: Sca...

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By Robert Brokl

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September 17 – available on October 2, 2020. For more information, email Susan Montauk at smontauk@gmail.com. Please contact Susan at smontauk@ gmail.com or (510) 547-3855 if you would like to discuss hosting the bundling or taking on a route. n Penelope’s Aesthetics Skin Care Salon is located in a serene garden setting in t...

— By Susan Montauk, The Rockridge News Business Manager Host Home Needed to Bundle The Rockridge News

Community Calendar Susan Montauk �������������������Business Manager Don Kinkead �����������������������Graphics & Layout RCPC Board of Directors, 2018-19 Leonora Sea ������������������������Chair Vacant ����������������������������������Vice-Chair Vacant ����������������...

Kent Deverell, Jennifer Edmister, Dan Ferdelman Cy Gulassa, Hiroko Kurihara, Susan Montauk, Mike McDonald, Mike Taylor, Robert Wiles

Jennifer Edmister, Cy Gulassa Hiroko Kurihara, Susan Montauk, Mike McDonald, Theresa Nelson, Camille Reed NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIPTIONS

Place a classified ad: call Susan Montauk, 547-3855 Jazz and Classical Piano Lessons Rockridge jazz pianist with UC Berkeley music B.A. offers lessons in jazz, blues, classical, music theory, ear-training, technique. Experienced, patient teacher, all ages/levels. Janet 653-6783. P...

Jennifer Edmister, Cy Gulassa Hiroko Kurihara, Susan Montauk, Mike McDonald, Theresa Nelson, John Potis, Camille Reed

By Claire Wahrhaftig-Isaacs

Jennifer Edmister, Cy Gulassa Hiroko Kurihara, Susan Montauk, Mike McDonald,

Jennifer Edmister, Cy Gulassa Hiroko Kurihara, Susan Montauk, Mike McDonald,

By Gary Lippman

Jennifer Edmister, Cy Gulassa Hiroko Kurihara, Susan Montauk, Mike McDonald,

By Jessica Pitt

Jennifer Edmister, Cy Gulassa Hiroko Kurihara, Susan Montauk, Mike McDonald, Theresa Nelson, John Potis, Camille Reed NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIPTIONS Annual subscriptions to The Rockridge News can be obtained by sending a check for $18, payable to Rockridge News Subscriptions to: Rockridge News Subscriptio...

By Jessica Pitt

Jennifer Edmister, Cy Gulassa Hiroko Kurihara, Susan Montauk, Mike McDonald, Theresa Nelson, John Potis, Camille Reed NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIPTIONS

By Jessica Pitt

Jennifer Edmister, Cy Gulassa Hiroko Kurihara, Susan Montauk, Mike McDonald, Theresa Nelson, John Potis, Camille Reed

Dulcy Anderson, Jennifer Edmister, Hiroko Kurihara, Susan Montauk, Theresa Nelson, Mike Taylor

Dulcy Anderson, Jennifer Edmister, Hiroko Kurihara, Susan Montauk, Theresa Nelson, Mike Taylor NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIPTIONS Annual subscriptions to The Rockridge News can be obtained by sending a check for $18, payable to Rockridge News Subscriptions to: Rockridge News Subscriptions at the address below.

By Jacqueline Tasch

David Hatfield, Hiroko Kurihara, Susan Montauk,Theresa Nelson, Chad Thompson, Michael Whitfield

By Jacqueline Tasch

David Hatfield, Hiroko Kurihara, Susan Montauk,Theresa Nelson, Chad Thompson, Michael Whitfield NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIPTIONS

By Jacqueline Tasch

David Hatfi eld, Hiroko Kurihara, Susan Montauk,Theresa Nelson, Chad Thompson, Michael Whitfi eld NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIPTIONS

By Jacqueline Tasch

David Hatfield, Hiroko Kurihara, Susan Montauk, Theresa Nelson, Jessica Pitt, John Potis, Chad Thompson, Michael Whitfield

Rockridge Kitchen Renovation in Progress PHOTO: SUSAN MONTAUK

Leadership Changes for RCPC RCPC Board Elects Susan Montauk to be Chair

By Susan Montauk

Rockridge News Route Available Along Taft Avenue by Susan Montauk, Rockridge News Distribution Manager Taft Avenue Block Captain Ruby Naughton is leaving Oakland to start her first year of college. Thank you, Ruby, for your service, and best of luck! Ruby’s departure leaves a vacancy for her delivery rou...

By Susan Montauk

Rockridge News is Adding a Distribution Route on Woolsey by Susan Montauk, Rockridge News Distribution Manager We are expanding! The Rockridge News has added a new route to our already widespread Rockridge network… it’s an easy but important one. The new block captain will deliver to about 15 houses on Woolsey S...

By Susan Montauk

Help Deliver the Rockridge News: Two Blocks up for Grabs by Susan Montauk, Rockridge News Distribution Manager Thanks to Lynn Delaney for her service as Block Captain on Broadway Terrace, and Leila Heid, Block Captain of the 400 block of McAuley. Both Lynn and Leila are ready to pass the baton and hope someone w...

By Susan Montauk

Stroll the Avenue and Deliver the Rockridge News by Susan Montauk, Rockridge News Distribution Manager Many thanks to Josh Aycock (with help from his daughter, see photo) who has been delivering the newsletter to businesses along College Avenue. He is ready to pass the route on to someone who enjoys walk...

By Susan Montauk

Shop, Visit Local Businesses While Delivering the Rockridge News by Susan Montauk read the description below and let us know if you’re available for her route. CAv1: Businesses and apartments along College Avenue from Claremont Ave to BART. Stacks left at various stores along the route. The Rockridge News relies on more...

By Susan Montauk

by Susan Montauk, Rockridge News Business Manager M Many thanks to Coley Florance’s teenage boys who have been delivering the paper for the past several years. They are both soon off to college, and Coley and her spouse will be splitting their time between...

By Susan Montauk

by Susan Montauk Thank you, Cristin Williams! Cristin Williams has just informed us that she is going back to school full-time and sadly has to pass the torch as Marshal of the Alcatraz Avenue area of distribution. Williams has been a very dedicated marsha...

By Susan Montauk

Two Spots Open for News Distribution by Susan Montauk, Rockridge News Distribution Manager

By Susan Montauk

District Captain Opening Available by Susan Montauk, Rockridge News Distribution Manager et ready for a night of fun, ele- gance, and giving back at the Claremont Middle School Golden Gala. The event is being held on April 19, 2025, at the Rockridge Masonic Center, from 6:30-10pm. This exci...

By Susan Montauk

Bill and Kathy Garcia Need Your Help by Susan Montauk, Rockridge News Distribution Manager Sincere thanks go out to Bill and Kathy Garcia for their service to the community over the decades. They have been Rockridge News block captains of Rockwell for over two decades and served as docent vol...

By Susan Montauk

Rockridge News: Block Captain Routes Available by Susan Montauk, Rockridge News Distribution Manager I

By Susan Montauk

A Rockridge Nonagenarian Retires as Block Captain by Susan Montauk, Rockridge News Distribution Manager For Adults Rockridge Book Club: Saturday, 4/8; 3:30 – 4:30 pm. Join the Rockridge Book Club every 2nd Saturday for a lively discussion. April’s book is Finding the Mother Tree by Suzanne Simard. Please ...

By Susan Montauk

Interview with Ray Craun, District Captain for The Rockridge News by Susan Montauk, Rockridge News Distribution Manager

By Susan Montauk

Two Volunteer Block Captains Needed Now by Susan Montauk, Rockridge News Distribution Manager T S Taking office during the Covid-19 pandemic, Davis and his fellow board members, along with school trustees across the country, have struggled with the problems inherent in virtual learning, includin...

By Susan Montauk

Hermann Street Needs a New Block Captain by Susan Montauk, Rockridge News Distribution Manager

By Susan Montauk

Stroll the Avenue and Deliver the News by Susan Montauk, Rockridge News Distribution Manager J

By Susan Montauk

...e photo on front page), must be the youngest delivery person. He keeps trying to eat the papers, but we still manage to get them out :)” Their route is the 500 blocks of Forest and Martin. (The author thanks Rockridge News business manager Susan Montauk for soliciting these responses, which have been slightly edited, and for the work she does keeping track of all of us [yes, me too] who deliver the News.) n Jan Howland: “I think I started delivering The Rockridge News soon after I moved t...

By Susan Montauk

Open Delivery Route for College Avenue by Susan Montauk, Rockridge News Business Manager J On December 21, 2021, the Oak- land City Council unanimously approved an ordinance, written by North Oakland representative, Dan Kalb, that prevents Oakland residents who are not fully vaccinated from acc...

By Susan Montauk

Eucalyptus Calls, Who Will Answer? by Susan Montauk, RCPC Distribution Manager Thank you to the entire Rockridge community for a successful Claremont Middle School online auction that ran from November 1st through the 12th. As a result, the Claremont PTA raised over $39,000, which will dire...

By Susan Montauk

Seeking a Volunteer to Lighten My Load by Susan Montauk, Rockridge News Distribution Manager

By Susan Montauk

Keith Avenue Block Captain Relocates by Susan Montauk, Rockridge News Distribution Manager Kby Eric Lombardo, RCPC Parks Committee Chair Gyour application to ensure it is on public property and compliant with the program rules, and then you are set to start. During COVID, the City is limiting...

By Susan Montauk

Five-Year Old Volunteer Distributor Retires by Susan Montauk

By Susan Montauk

by Susan Montauk, chair, Oakland Parks Coalition S

By Susan Montauk

by Susan Montauk, chair, Oakland Parks Coalition (OPC) We’re sure it is not news to you that Oakland is in a financial bind, facing extraordinary deficits in 2010 and 2011 and scrounging for ways to cut the budget or raise revenues that do not irreparably ...

By Susan Montauk

by Susan Montauk, Kitchen Tour co-chair Rockridge is known for its many attrac- tions including restaurants, shops, and residential architecture. Among the many businesses, specialty food and beverage stores occupy a special place in residents’ and visitor...

By Susan Montauk

12:30 – 8 p.m. 10 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. 12 – 5:30 p.m. CLOSED by Susan Montauk, Oakland Parks & Recreation commissioner With the November election so close, Oakland citizens need to get the facts about Measure OO, which will be on their ballots. Its informal name, Kids First 2, will surely appeal to the better side o...

By Susan Montauk

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By Susan Montauk

Contact us at one of the following: Editor: editor@rockridge.org www.rockridge.org The Rockridge News, 5245 College Avenue, PMB 311, Oakland, CA 94618 RCPC Voicemail: 510/869-4200 Susan Montauk is a former RCPC board member. The views expressed in this column are her own and do not necessarily reflect the views of RCPC or its current board. <title>RCPC Nav bar</title> If the line of text above talks to you, RCPC can use your help...

By Susan Montauk

by Susan Montauk On August 5, Oakland joined the nation in the 25th anniversary celebration of National Night Out (NNO), an event cel- ebrated across America by people sponsoring block parties to make their neighborhoods safer. The phenomenal growth of thi...

By Susan Montauk

Rockridge NCPC Sets Elections! Candidates: Step Forward, Please by Susan Montauk, NCPC chair The Greater Rockridge Neighborhood Crime Prevention Coun- cil (NCPC), police beats 12Y/13X, will hold elections for executive officers at its February 28 Town Hall at the Rockridge Branch Library. Candidates are needed for the ...

By Susan Montauk

by Susan Montauk, NCPC Chair Tground by a mugger who ran off when he heard people yell- ing and was chased by a neighbor; that evening passers-by and several residents prevented a mugging of a woman at 63rd and Colby. The mugger fled the scene. he Rockridg...

By Susan Montauk

Rockridge News Seeks Delivery Volunteers by Susan Montauk, Rockridge News business manager W Music That Cooks by Albert Hussian Music That Cooks is a concert series whose proceeds help feed the less fortunate residents of Oakland and Berkeley and, as a fringe benefit, help support local artists. ...

By Susan Montauk

December 2, 2006 Holiday Safety Requires Extra Vigilance Against Crime Report from the Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) by Susan Montauk, NCPC Chair A

By Susan Montauk

by Susan Montauk, GRNCPC Chair October brought more than the usual late blast of Indian summer to Rockridge: it also brought hot flames from fires set to two houses on the 5300 block of Locksley Avenue late on the eve- ning of October 9. Police believe one...

By Susan Montauk

by Susan Montauk, NCPC Chair I This is one of the suspects wanted for forced entry at gunpoint on Lawton Avenue between Cavour and 51st Street on December 30 and in the 400 block of Cavour Street. He is about 6' 2" tall and weighs about 240 lbs. His accomp...

By Susan Montauk

by Susan Montauk, Greater Rockridge NCPC Chair F 6, it was difficult for some attendees to see how that goal could be achieved. It would take 3,000 appli- cants, three times more than currently apply in one year, to reach the goal of 802 in spring of 2007....

By Susan Montauk

...cies in the police department will be filled; how Oakland conducts criminal investigations; and how the “Riders” case has hurt Oakland. Chief Wayne Tucker, at left, Lt. Jim Meeks, Don Link, Amy Lemley, Patrick Caseras, Bob Valledon. Photo: Susan Montauk Chief Tucker, appointed just a year ago by Mayor Brown, said he hoped that OPD would reach the Measure Y authorized number of police, 802, by spring of 2007. (But with a current force of 690 police officers, plus 22 trainees in the current...

By Susan Montauk

Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council Works for Rockridge Taking a bite out of crime: a look at this year’s GRNCPC crime-fighting activities by Susan Montauk, Chair, GRNCPC Tcomplaints about litter and noise problems at the Oakland Housing Authority (OHA) project on Colby Street. The council invited OHA representatives to attend meetings with these neighbors to discuss their complaints. Conditi...

By Susan Montauk

by Susan Montauk Fciation will provide drinks and dessert. Earth Day Projects pruning, and cutting. Tree limb saws come in handy. A map of the work areas will be available at the sign-in table. or those who derive a certain satisfaction in taming the wild,...

By Susan Montauk

by Susan Montauk, Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council Ra responsibility to its tenants, which it takes seriously. The OHA mission is to “assure the availabil- ity of quality housing for low-income persons, to promote the civic involve- ment and economic ...

By Susan Montauk

...federal funding, the probability of speedy resolution appears dim. OHA Panel l to r: Executive Director John Gresley, Director of Housing Management Tim Jones, West District Manager J.W. Jackson, OHA Chief of Police Carel Duplessis. PHOTO: SUSAN MONTAUK Eviction is the last resort.” The Rockridge area has five OHA hous- ing projects, four of which are located north of Claremont Avenue; the fifth is located on the 5100 block of Shafter Avenue. Gres- ley said that annual federal funding, wh...

By Susan Montauk

by Susan Montauk Tswered and they fear retaliation. They have asked the NCPC to intervene. he Greater Rockridge Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council will hold a Town Hall Meeting on Tuesday, February 15, at 7:00 pm, in the Rockridge Library, to discuss pr...

By Susan Montauk

by Susan Montauk, NCPC Awindows. He steals electronic equipment and jewelry and probably has a car parked nearby to carry off the goods. ment. As two examples, he cites a lack of communication up and down the chain of command and a shortage of personnel th...

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