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. The reason why I decided to come here was because my auntie, Lanita, told my mom about it. I was encouraged b.

[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 Patrol, which then must route it to the city you need, and that can take time.Those with .

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 place many may notknow about, but it is a place for children, with much to do...a dayschool, free.

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 the corner of Lincoln Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard. The Dimond Improvement Associatio.

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. Evanosky wants to write about an unjust policy in Oakland, he should write about the city sewer system. Do p.

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 complete installation of the museum's first-ever summer exhibition. Please join us in a.

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 the Glenview, Dimond, and Laurel districts. The studios represent a rich diversity of styles and prices.

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. So please e-mail your ideas for Onions & Orchids to bpbond\@aol.com.Onions to the U.S. Postal Servic.

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 decidedwrite a tech-help column. We have a family-run computer store and.

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 described as sporadic. In January our school community was frustrated when the local Elmhu.