Dimond Neighborhood News
Carol Lundgaard
Dimond Improvement AssociationOn Saturday, March 25, the DIA and the Dimond Business and Professional Association mounted a large volunteer effort to clean the...

Laurel Neighborhood News
Kathleen Rolinson and John Frando
MacArthur Development ProjectsCouncilmember Jean Quan and her chief of staff Richard Cowan accepted our invitation to address residents at the March 30 Laurel...

Maxwell Park Neighborhood News
Sarah Hipolito
Partners Promote School SuccessI met Ruben Aurelio at an Adopt-a-School press conference when Maxwell Park Neighborhood Council (MPNC) and United Parcel Service ...

Friends of Sausal Creek
Bringing Back the Natives

Joan Lohman
If you've been hiking recently between rain showers on Dimond Canyon trail, you've noticedthe lattice of erosion-control blankets on the west side of Sausal...

High Street Neighborhood News
Adelle Foley
Learning at the LibraryThe calendar of special events at Melrose Branch Library reads like a menu of free help for everything from high school to home ownership.

Leona Heights Neighborhood News
Gordon Laverty
"The walls have ears and the streets have eyes" may well describe the surveillance activity of Leona Heights residents in response to recent crime in our...

Redwood Heights Neighborhood News
Denise Davila
Your Opinion, PleaseThe Redwood Heights Neighborhood Association (RHNA) wants to hear your opinion about traffic safety on Redwood Road/35th Avenue and about...

Cycles of Change Riding into a Better Future
Meredith Florian
Do you want to help youth increase their self-esteem and feel more connected to their communities? Learn about Cycles of Change, a nonprofit youth bicycle...

Metro Board Members Wanted
Dear Metro Readers:
The Metro is still welcoming new applicants for the Board. Whether you have prior experience on a board or not, if you love the Metro and are willing to attend...

Manos: Helping Hands
Toni Locke
We all need to know a little Spanish these days! Mano means hand in Spanish, corazon means heart, and cabeza, head. Hand, heart, and head inspired Otto Rodriguez...

Shenanigans on the Boulevard
The Dimond Oak: A Witness to Our History

Dennis Evanosky
Like a beached whale that has lived out a very long life, the majestic Dimond Oak lies on itsside next to Lions Pool in Dimond Park.

Boulevard Bites
Toni Locke and Sheila D'Amico
### Anne Fox alerts us to Adina Sara's online story, "Traveler's Mind" (restlessme.com home page or archives), about her trip to Costa Rica with her husband.

To Your Health
Are You Going Organic?

Paulette Avery RN, MSN
My 18-year-old daughter has been asking my husband and me to buy organic foods forseveral years now, but I'll admit that until recently I wasn't persuaded it was ...

Looking Back and Driving Forward
Denise Davila
Did you know that MacArthur Blvd. (once known as Hopkins) was a major business route until the late 1960s?Did you know that until the mid-1970s, 35th Ave.

May 22 is the last day to register to vote in the June 6 Primary Election.
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