Out of the Darkness Oakland Community Walk
Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026
Lake Merritt, Oakland, Calif.
Join the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) and the Oakland community for the Out of the Darkness Community Walk, a gathering that brings together suicide loss survivors, families, advocates and supporters to honor loved ones, raise awareness and promote suicide prevention.

Funds raised through the walk support suicide prevention research, advocacy efforts and educational programs in schools, workplaces and communities across California. Participants of all ages are invited to register, form teams and take part in a movement dedicated to saving lives and bringing hope to those affected by suicide.

Registration: Free and open to the public. Register today to take the first step toward helping create a future with fewer lives lost to suicide.

Website: AFSP Out of the Darkness Oakland Community Walk registration page

Our house and Cat Gallery, the home of Patti and Bruce, in Oakland near Grand Lake Theater

October 17, 2026 7pm-10pm
$20 donation all to the artists

We are a full band, drums, bass, keys and guitars, that plays and sings the Beatles, definitely in harmony and we want YOU ALL to singalong. This is a participatory show. Your voice is a part of it. Come on! It’s The Beatles.

Featuring:
Abbey Rd., Magical Mystery Tour, Revolver, and Sargent Pepper psychedelic 

Limited seating, contact Jeannine at 510-846-7631/email jeanninesingsthebeatles@gmail.com to reserve your space and get the address. Optional potluck and Halloween costumes too.

Rockridge Trapezoid Community Traffic Discussion

When: Monday, October 26, at 6:30 p.m.
Where: College Avenue Presbyterian Church, 5951 College Ave.

Join your neighbors Alden Conner, Buffy Wicks, Harley Goldstrom, Jane Brunner, Jeremiah Williams, Julian McCarty, Kristi McKenney, Neil Perry, Star Lightner, Tanya Cope, Tegan Hoffmann, and Tripper Ortman for a community discussion about vehicle, bicycle and pedestrian traffic in the Rockridge Trapezoid—the neighborhood bounded by Alcatraz, College, Telegraph and Claremont.

Organized by neighbors from both sides of the diverter debate, the meeting will focus on sharing experiences, identifying traffic concerns and exploring solutions that don’t shift problems to other streets.

The agenda includes a welcome, defining the problems to address, discussion and next steps. All neighbors are welcome.

Protest Luxury Housing Development: October 24, 11am

Our neighbors at Rockridge Neighbors for Sensible Housing are working hard to negotiate changes to the development proposal at the former Red Cross blood bank site at College and Claremont.

We support their legitimate right to protest inappropriate changes to the neighborhood and the state laws that take away all zoning powers from cities. The laws they are opposing are the same that another developer is using to justify building 26-story and 23-story towers at Trader Joe’s site. 

PLEASE JOIN THEM IN THEIR PROTEST AT THE CORNER OF CLAREMONT AND COLLEGE AVE, ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24th, AT 11:00am. CLICK HERE to RSVP.

A Night with Keb’ Mo’ & Friends

Saturday, October 24, 2026, 7pm (doors at 6pm)
Littlefield Concert Hall, 5000 MacArthur Blvd

Five-time Grammy winner Keb’ Mo’ headlines an intimate acoustic benefit honoring actor and author Peter Coyote for 22 years of partnership with Northern Light School.

Surprise guests will be introduced from the stage.

Seating is limited to 414 and is not on public sale; request an invitation at nlsbenefitconcert.org.

All proceeds benefit Northern Light School.
Info: michellelewis@nlsoakland.com.

Tax Release: Art Installation & Public Shredding Event
by Galen Cranz, Professor of the Graduate School, UC Berkeley
October 25, 2026 | 11 am - 4 pm 
Local Economy | 6028 College Ave., Oakland

Join Galen Cranz at Local Economy for an installation of her tax returns from 1963–2018—a chance to see and share an accumulation of bureaucratic effort that is deeply personal to her, yet relatable to us all. Visitors can view the scale of her returns and bring their own tax documents (older than seven years) to shred manually onsite or drop them in secure bins for free shredding by Berkeley Shreds, before Cranz’s lifetime of documents is released.

The exhibition highlights the collective effort that filing taxes requires, and asks us to think about what uses of our time could be more productive.

The Greater Rockridge NCPC meets on the 2nd Thursday of even numbered months: February, April, June, August, October, and December. 

Next meeting: Thursday, December 10, 2026, 7pm
Rockridge Library conference room

We'll have brief presentations by the Community Resource Officers, and discussion of local crime and safety issues. In-person will meet in the library conference room, masks optional. There will be a hybrid meeting for those who don't want to attend in person. 

Here is the Zoom link for all NCPC meetings through December 2026:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82709204888?pwd=Y3pFQTlWQ3ZiLzd3d3EyK3dPYmxLdz09

Meeting ID: 827 0920 4888
Passcode: 684165

You can find the agenda for this meeting here. Email the NCPC at chair@rockridgencpc.com if you have items you'd like to add to the NCPC agenda.