News

Editor’s Note: As we turn the calendar page marking the end of the worst year ever, it’s a bit ironic that the December 2020 issue of the Splash Pad News was likely the best ever thanks to C. J. Hirschfield’s article about Oakland’s Lakefest which generated an incredible amount of traffic and also due to the […]

Editor’s Note: This month, inspired by the election of Kamala Harris, a child of immigrants who was born here in Oakland, we’re extremely pleased to be sharing articles by Marcia Lam and the Patel Family – the first in a series of posts about some of the many immigrant families who own and operate Grand […]

Editor’s Note: We have lots of interesting info to share in this month’s News but none is more critical than the message conveyed by neighborhood resident Melissa Barron, via what she has described as an ephemeral “VOTE Land Mural” that was inspired by the Know Justice, No Peace memorial that we reported on in the June […]

If You Can Remain Calm… You Probably Don’t Understand the Seriousness of Our Situation! Since 2005,  the Splash Pad News or “Newsletter,” as it was originally called, has been reporting on the park, the Farmers Market, the surrounding commercial district, and happenings in the surrounding neighborhoods. On very rare occasions, we have also written about […]