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Odds and Ends – June 2023
A couple of weeks ago, Dhon Dup Gift Shop opened in the Urban Indigo Space. It’s a Tibetan Gift Shop with a Dalai Lama tapestry that hovers over a large selection of Bali silver jewelry and, very colorful natural fabric clothing. Upstairs you’ll find a wide variety of Tibetan Singing Bowls. It’s a great addition…
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Grand Avenue Merchant News – June 2023
by Ken Katz The future of the Grand Avenue business district is continuing to look brighter than ever with folks starting to turn out for special events in pre-pandemic numbers. To cite one example, last Tuesday I popped into the Alley to order their Special Steak Dinner––pricier than it used to be, but still a…
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Splash Pad Calendar – June 2023
Splash Pad Calendar by Sheila McCormick June 1, Thursday, 5:30-7pm *IN PERSON at Children’s Fairyland* Oakland Rotary Club #3. Speaker: Randal Metz, Puppet Director at Children’s Fairyland. Register here. June 2, Friday, 7-8:30pm. Oakland Public Library. Oakland Youth Poet Laureate Performances and 2023 Announcement *IN PERSON* Oakstop, 1721 Broadway, Suite 201 June 2, Friday, 7-8pm *ZOOM*…
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Armed Robbers Have Neighbors Up In Arms
After three plus years of Covid-mandated Zoom meetings, the Grand Lake Neighbors Crime Prevention Council’s meeting on May 17 was held in-person and hosted by Pastor Jim Hopkins in Lakeshore Avenue Baptist Church’s Sanctuary. At the request of Council President Nikki Fortunato Bas, the agenda was focused exclusively on crime issues —prompted by three separate…
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Farmers Market Update – June 2023
by Ken Katz We’re very pleased to report that Chase Pennington has been selected as the Agricultural Institute of Marin’s Operations Manager and in that capacity, he’s responsible for overseeing all of AIM’s eight Farmers Markets. In addition, he is continuing to serve as the lead manager at the Sunday Marin Farmers Market at the…
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154 Edna Brewer 8th Graders Tour DC
by Pamela Erickson On March 28, 2023, after months of fundraising, 154 eighth graders and 20 teacher and parent chaperones from Oakland’s Edna Brewer middle school boarded red-eye flights on two planes bound for the nation’s capital. It was the largest group of students to ever go on the trip, which explores many of the…
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