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2023 March, Odds and Ends · March 1, 2023

Odds and Ends – March 2023

Ordinarily, an event such as this wouldn’t warrant more than a passing note in the Splash Pad News but the Treasure Sale at Piedmont Community Church on March 11 and 12 is the exception. For the past twenty-five years, they’ve had students and adults venturing to Tijuana and Tecate during Spring Break where they’ve constructed […]

2023 February, Odds and Ends · January 31, 2023

Odds and Ends – February 2023

We’re very sorry to report that, early on the morning of January 15, Ikaros, Neecha Thai, Modigliani, and Qi Dumpling were all burglarized. According to George Adranly, owner of Ikaros, the perpetrator was in and out of his restaurant in less than a minute and walked away with a roll of dimes. Replacement of the […]

2022-December, Odds and Ends · December 1, 2022

Odds and Ends – December 2022

On November 14, KQED broadcast a six-minute PBS report about a nonprofit called “The Living New Deal” that’s been actively documenting public works projects constructed during the heart of the Great Depression throughout the United States. This particular segment talks specifically about major projects in the Bay Area, including the Bay Bridge and Berkeley High, […]

2022 November, Odds and Ends · November 1, 2022

Odds and Ends – November 2022

The City of Oakland celebrated the opening of an EVgo fast-charging station at 519 Lake Park Avenue in Oakland with a news conference on October 12. Partially located on a sliver of Splash Pad Park east of the parking lot entrance, the public electric vehicle charging station features six 200kW fast chargers, capable of charging […]

2022 October, Odds and Ends · September 30, 2022

Odds and Ends – October 2022

This is the third straight month that we’ve gone down the rabbit-hole created by “Howard” — the mentally ill, homeless individual who’s been creating havoc in the Grand Lake business district for a very long time. In this latest installment, we’re sorry to report that Urban Indigo is closing and moving to Castro Valley. Cynthia […]

2022 September, Odds and Ends · September 1, 2022

Odds and Ends – September 2022

Did you know that the City of Oakland has a Film Office whose website claims that “More and more, the film and television industries are deciding that Oakland is the right place for them”? Judging by what we’ve been seeing with our own eyes, that’s not an idle claim. A couple of weeks ago, a […]

2022 August, Odds and Ends · August 1, 2022

Odds and Ends – August 2022

What Happened to Norman Needn’t Be Normal, the article I wrote for the October 2021 Splash Pad News, discussed the current state of affairs in which it’s nearly impossible to get medical assistance for people who are severely mentally ill, and clearly unable to care themselves. Governor Newsom’s proposal designed “to prod mentally ill homeless […]

2022 July, Odds and Ends · June 30, 2022

Odds and Ends – July 2022

The EVgo Electric Vehicle Charging Stations in the Lake Park parking lot were initially approved by the City Council in mid 2018 but the project was plagued by a string of obstacles (literally and figuratively), including PG&E delays, vandalism, an underground gasoline storage tank adjacent to Vegan Mob, and complications due to the pandemic. In […]

2022 May, Odds and Ends · May 1, 2022

Odds and Ends – May 2022

On May 25, the Grand Lake Theatre will be hosting the Oakland premier of  American Justice on Trial, followed by a panel discussion that includes producer/author Lise Pearlman and HueyNewton ‘s brother, Melvin.  This documentary tells the untold story behind the murder trial of Huey Newton and the landmark case that put racism on the […]

2022 April, Odds and Ends · April 1, 2022

Odds and Ends – April 2022

The Chronicle‘s Elena Kadvany scooped everybody on March 21 when she reported that Vegan Mob is going to relocate to 1500 Broadway but was unclear as to the circumstances of their moving. Tessa Quintanilla, the Project Manager for EAH Housing, responded to an inquiry from Eric Hughes, the Co-Chair of the Grand Lake Neighbors Group, […]

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