How 1 Oakland Woman Is Building Community in an Increasingly Unaffordable Bay Area
An Oakland retiree responds to rising housing costs, homelessness and isolation by opening her home, helping neighbors and building community.
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JCC East Bay Campus to Add Bike Amenities
The East Bay Jewish Community Campus, soon to be open in Rockridge, is making sustainable transportation a priority with a
Rendered with Care: Summer Solace Brings Traditional Tallow Skincare to Rockridge
When Megan Bre Camp opened Summer Solace on Claremont Avenue in Rockridge, she brought more than a skincare line. She
Tom Chantler Channels a Lifetime of Experience into Art and Design
When you visit Tom Chantler in his Rockridge garage workshop, you’ll see a large workbench surrounded by drawers of
Whole Foods Team Joins FROG for Park Cleanup
As the fog slowly burned off on a recent weekday afternoon, a dozen employees from the Temescal Whole Foods gathered
Ellis Partners Hold Meeting on Trees, Attendees Wanted More
Ellis Partners, the developer of the proposed senior housing project at 6230 Claremont, held a community meeting at the Rockridge
Margaret Dorfman’s Art Begins in the Produce Aisle
Margaret Dorfman’s Rockridge home is chock full of fruits and vegetables—not in her garden (too shady), but in
Aging in Place Workshop
What Kind of Places Do We Want to Live In? This interactive Place It! hands-on workshop invites Rockridge residents
An Accidental Activist: A Doctor’s Fight for Justice
Doug Yoshida came by his activism by accident….or did he? After practicing emergency medicine at Stanford, Alta Bates and
Oakland Tech Students Deliver Comfort and Compassion
Graciela Ortega discovered first-hand how hospital psychiatric clinics can sometimes dehumanize patients when she was forced to wear thin,
Artist Caroline Stern Turns Passion into a Creative Journey
Growing up in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Caroline Stern wanted to be an artist. Life initially took her in a different
What’s Blooming in Rockridge? Clarkia rubicunda, aka Farewell-to-Spring (or just Clarkia)
Annual wildflowers are, by their nature, fleeting, beginning to sprout here in California with the first fall rains and then
