Every week this fall, Oakland North is taking a blogwalk. Usually on weekends, but maybe not. Sometimes we’ll have cameras, audiorecorders, or both; sometimes we’ll just tell you about what we heard and saw. If you want to send us someplace in particular, let us know.
It’s a balmy early Friday evening in North Oakland. [...]
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September 19, 2009 – 8:47 pm
Child Last Seen in North Oakland Still Missing
August 10, 2009 – 10:36 pm
Police are still looking for a five-year-old boy with cerebral palsy who disappeared Monday afternoon in North Oakland.
Lanesplitting 2: Rockridge to Downtown
August 1, 2009 – 11:20 am
By ALEXIA UNDERWOOD
After a recent move to the area and a less-than-relaxing experience biking from Berkeley to downtown Oakland along Telegraph, I did what it seemed like any wannabe commuter (and novice biker) would: try to find a better route. I contacted the city last week to learn about some good North Oakland/ Downtown [...]
Rockridge Residents Contemplate Going Solar
June 19, 2009 – 5:42 pm
By ALEXIA UNDERWOOD
Renewable energy was the topic of the Rockridge Community Planning Council Town Hall meeting on Thursday night; namely, how and why to go solar.
After two short power point presentations, Eric Nyman of Berkeley-based Sun Light and Power and Evan Raymond of Renewable Artistry (both of whom install photovoltaic solar energy panels on roofs [...]
Local Parks Will Suffer From Proposed Budget Cuts
June 9, 2009 – 10:24 pm
By ALEXIA UNDERWOOD
In the murky darkness underneath the 24 Freeway in Rockridge is a little slice of doggie heaven.
On a recent Thursday afternoon, five or six pooches – it’s difficult to keep track – romp inside a large, caged doggie run while their owners chat. The dark, mulched run is not pretty to look at, [...]
Anxiety and rumors at armed robbers’ apparent shopping center of choice
March 11, 2009 – 10:58 am
By Melanie Mason/Oakland North
About a month ago, the North Oakland branch of the San Leandro-based chain Pet Food Express was hit by an armed robber. Two weeks later, it happened again, this time at the Pet Food Express Rockridge store, located in the Safeway shopping center at 51st and Broadway. According to employees, it was [...]
Artist Liz Maxwell invokes nature, math, flight
November 25, 2008 – 7:06 pm
by SAMSON REINY
A few times a year, Liz Maxwell drives from her home in Rockridge up to Calistoga, in the Napa Valley. For the past 40 years, she has walked the scenic little town for inspiration. She’ll bring a point-and-shoot camera and snap everything around her. “It might be a cracked road, moss growing on [...]
At “GO!,” and for Peralta, artists make happy mess
November 13, 2008 – 5:28 pm
Let eight artists loose on a very tight deadline (eight minutes!) for a very good cause–and OK, there’s some mess to clean up afterward. Click here for the story.
Lawyers gearing up for election day polls watch
October 28, 2008 – 6:56 pm
By MELANIE MASON
Oct. 28–In less than a week, the combined efforts of local and national candidates, political parties, activists, and energized citizens could result in a record Election Day turnout. Alameda County has added more than 60,000 voters to the registration rolls since 2004; in all, over 800,000 people could be casting their vote. The challenge [...]
Rockridge’s Lawton: a trick-or-treater’s oasis
October 28, 2008 – 3:05 pm
Story by MAGGIE FAZELI FARD, slide gallery by SAMSON REINY
Oct. 31 — They come from the hills and they come from the east. Every year on Halloween, children from all over Oakland descend in the hundreds on Rockridge’s Lawton Street. Spare in its decorations — just days before the holiday only a handful of homes [...]
Farmer’s market both hurt & helped by money crisis
October 19, 2008 – 9:45 pm
By BAGASSI KOURA
At first it looked like a great Sunday for Samuel Lunes. Just after 9am, when the Temescal Farmers Market opened, customers lined up by the dozen before his produce stand. For hours, working with his son and his son’s friend, Lunes was busy selling organic fruits and vegetables. But by the end of [...]
Cyclists on sidewalk face tickets, complaints
October 16, 2008 – 4:03 pm
by SAMSON REINY
Lined with coffeehouses and bookstores, bakeries and flower shops, College Avenue is one of North Oakland’s busiest streets. Sidewalks are frequently jammed as couples stroll idly side by side, dogs mosey around testing the length of their owners’ leashes, and friends sip café lattes while chatting on the outside tables. Large [...]
Red flag warning lifted, but hills still in danger
October 14, 2008 – 7:09 pm
By ISABEL ESTERMAN
OCT. 14 — The red flag fire warning for the Oakland hills was lifted this morning, but officials urge residents to remain vigilant. The area is no longer being whipped by the 35 mph gusts that raised concerns over the weekend, but conditions in the drought-stricken hills are reminiscent of the weeks before the [...]
Rockridge street festival draws thousands
October 12, 2008 – 5:09 pm
On Sept. 28, the annual “Out and About” street fair turned central Rockridge into one giant fashion show, food fair, and babystrollers convention. Video by CHRISTINA SALERNO and HENRY JONES.