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American Indian Public Charter School
Paris Roberts, eighth grade
Hi, my name is Paris Roberts and I am 14 years old in the eighth grade. I have attended American Indian Public Charter School for two years.
Boulevard Bites
Three Short Walks
Toni Locke
### You are more likely to have one of those "nice days" people offer if you get out and takea walk. Here are three of my favorite, easy, half-hour hikes right ...
Virgina Avenue Head Start
Sheila D'Amico
A letter from a Metro reader sent us over to Faith American Lutheran Church, the site ofVirginia Avenue Head Start: "I'd like to suggest for your next paper a...
Neighbors' Testimony Puts Motel on the Ropes
Tim Chapman and Ann Nomura
On Monday, May 12, forty or fifty Dimond neighbors attended a hearing at City Hall on the blight and crime spread for many years by the 50-unit Hillcrest Motel at ...
Letter to the Editor
In response to Dennis Evanosky's "Tale of Two Tires," would it not have been easier just to
pick up the two tires and take them to a service station or tire business, pay four dollars, case
closed?
We have our problems with garbage, also, in front of our business, but I find it easier just to pick it up and dispose of it myself.If Mr.
Neighborhood Artists Open Studios
Rita Sklar
Several neighborhood artists are participating in Pro Arts' Open Studios this year. Plan to drop by and visit their studios, which are all close to each other in...
Restaurant Review
A Bit of Haight Street on High Street
Meredith Florian
Razzo's, or "rocket" in Italian, is the hip new pizza parlor at the corner of MacArthur and HighStreet that has taken off with a blast.
Mills College and E. Morris Cox Elementary School Collaborate to Create the MillsCommunity Tennis Program
Peter Stiepleman
How did this program come to exist?E. Morris Cox Elementary School has over 1,000 students (K-5), and after-school opportunities outside of the school can be...
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[Photo credit: Larry Laverty]
The May Metro's "Bird at the car mirror" photo led us inexorably to this "Birds in the hand are
worth two in the bush" photo the same photographer.
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Crime Watch Tip
Renee Sykes, Neighborhood Services Coordinator for the Dimond
When using a cellphone, it is best to call the nonemergency number 777-3333 rather than 911. Dialing 911 from a cellphone connects into the California Highway...
To Your Health
The Pain Frontier
Paulette Avery, R.N., M.S.N.
I'll bet you didn't know that Congress has declared this to be the "Decade of Pain Control andResearch." Neither did I until I read a recent article in Newsweek, ...
The Imperfect Gardener
Adina Sara
Guilt-Free GardeningI was recently introduced to a new Laurel resident, who hoped I could offer her some friendly neighborhood gardening advice.
Reflections in Black at the Mills College Art Museum
Shauna Jones
While students are handing in their final exams and professors are preparing for their vacations, there's still a din in the Mills College Art Museum as the staff ...
Onions & Orchids
Peter Bond
Dear readers: This writer does search for individuals and businesses worthy of inclusion in this column, but he relies mostly on input from others.
Tech-Help Column
Computer Viruses
Carlos Salazar
After Toni Locke's writeup about us in the April edition of the Metro, we here at S.I.Computers have had such a fabulous response from the community that we have ...
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