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Guest Post, June 2023 · May 29, 2023

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 […]

April 2023, Guest Post · March 31, 2023

The Ins and Outs of Lake Merritt’s Tidal Gates

by Dr. Richard Bailey Lake Merritt is a tidal estuary controlled by tide gates, operated by Alameda county. The controls are based mainly on flood control, which is why they were built after a nasty Oakland flood in the ’60’s. The gates are controlled by setting a computer to one of four modes, and have […]

2022 November, Guest Post · October 27, 2022

Update on the Grand Avenue Complete Streets Paving Project.

By Celina Chan and Charlie Ream, Oakland Department of Transportation In case you missed it last month, the Splash Pad News shared a background article about the Grand Avenue Complete Streets Repaving Project led by the Oakland Department of Transportation (OakDOT). This project focuses on Grand Avenue between Broadway and Elwood Avenue, a vibrant commercial […]

2022 October, Guest Post · September 29, 2022

The 11th Annual Autumn Lights Festival Lights the Night

by Samee Roberts Art, nature, and urban gardening enthusiasts from all over the region will flock to Oakland’s Lake Merritt to immerse themselves in the 11th Annual Autumn Lights Festival, a one-of-a-kind interactive art experience that is always the talk of the town. Following last year’s sold-out in-person return, the wildly popular festival takes place […]

2022 June, Guest Post · May 31, 2022

I Said “ADEY-os” to Ethiopia and “Selam” to Oakland

My name is Adey Hagos. In 1982, I was born in Mekelle, the largest city in the Tigray Region of what is now the northernmost part of Ethiopia. One of six children (three boys and three girls), we had a comfortable upbringing as my father was a contractor who built houses as well as farmed.  […]

2022 May, Guest Post · April 30, 2022

A Proper Goodbye and a Hearty Hello

Editor’s Note: Gary’s departure from the Grand Lake Farmers Market is like the second half of a double-whammy that began when Doug Stonebreaker concluded that he could no longer raise grass-fed cattle when the surrounding hillsides were parched from successive years of drought caused by global warming. While we’re going to miss Gary, we’d also […]

2022 March, Guest Post, Ken Katz · February 28, 2022

One Less Bridge to Cross?

by Ken Katz Chances are you know more about the fictional “Bridge on the River Kwai” than you do about the pedestrian overcrossing that spans 580 from MacArthur at Van Buren to Santa Clara at the westbound 580 on-ramp. That will likely change now that Caltrans has announced plans to tear it down as part […]

2021 April, Guest Post · March 29, 2021

A Resilient and Equitable Food and Farming System in California

by Andy Naja-Riese March 16– Assembly Member Robert Rivas (D- Hollister) made an exciting announcement about a bill he introduced called the Equitable Economic Recovery, Healthy Food Access, Climate Resilient Farms and Worker Protection Bond Act (AB 125). If you missed it live, you can watch the press conference here.  Agricultural Institute of Marin is […]

2021 March, Guest Post · March 1, 2021

AIM’s 5-Year Strategic Plan

The Agricultural Institute of Marin (AIM)–an educational 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization serving the San Francisco Bay Area through the Grand Lake Farmers Market, seven other Certified Farmers Markets, and other food- and hunger-related social programs–released a new, far-reaching 3-Year Strategic Plan that seeks to create a model for a local and regional food system that is healthy […]

2021 March, Guest Post, Uncategorized · February 28, 2021

Rotary Nature Center Friends Lakeside Chats

ROTARY NATURE CENTER FRIENDS LAKESIDE CHATS by David Wofford Our next Lakeside Chat with Hilary Powers of the Golden Gate Audubon Society will be on Friday March 5th, 7:00pm-8:00pm. Join us as Hilary takes us to some of her favorite birding spots at Lake Merritt. She will share her perspectives on the species and ecological […]

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