All the News That Fits EDITOR’S NOTE This month’s Splash Pad News is venturing into the kind of issue we’ve rarely, if ever, broached: namely, a serious discussion about Oakland’s homelessness crisis with content provided by myself and photographer, Joanne Devereaux, with much needed input from Pastor Jim Hopkins. I’d preface this discussion by noting […]
Splash Pad News – January 2019
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Splash Pad News – December 2018
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Splash Pad News – November 2018
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Splash Pad News – October 2018
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Splash Pad News – September 2018
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Introducing Perfusion Vineyard Owner John Bry
John Bry wears two different hats – one that’s broad-brimmed to ward off the sun when he’s working outdoors in his Wildcat Canyon Vineyard and the second, a scrub cap he wears as a long-time vascular surgeon. Dr. Bry finished his medical training in Boston and launched his medical practice in Berkeley in 1994. Prior to […]
Splash Pad News – August 2018
About Us: The Splash Pad News is typically published the first of each month. You can sign up for our blast email notice by clicking on the SUBSCRIBE link at the top of this page. GRAND AVENUE Grand Avenue was very much in the news the past several weeks beginning with a July 9 […]
Splash Pad News – July 2018
About Us: The Splash Pad News is typically published the first of each month. You can sign up for our blast email notice by clicking on the SUBSCRIBE link at the top of this page. LAKESHORE AND LAKE PARK AVENUE Last month, I used a 1935 photo of Lakeshore Avenue to launch a discussion […]
Elida Scola – Celebrates 35 Years on Grand
In 1983 when I met Michael, the owner of Donoho Gallery at 3421 Grand, we had dark brown hair. We were both skinny and anxious, he as the caregiver to a partner with a mysterious disease and me on the brink of self-employment. Mothers with children were no longer forced to cross the street since […]