Redwood Heights Neighborhood News
Denise Davila
Picnic AppreciationsA special thanks to all of the residents and community members who attended the Redwood Heights Picnic.

Maxwell Park Neighborhood News
Sarah Hipolito
Neighbors and Friends, Old and NewAs I made my way to the third annual Morcom and Wyman block party, I wondered who would brave the cool weather.

Laurel Neighborhood News
John Frando and Kathleen Rolinson
Library Bond Measure NOn November 7, city voters will decide the fate of Measure N, a $148-million bond measure that will construct a new main library at the...

Dimond Neighborhood News
Daniel Swafford
Welcome Lincoln Court ResidentsOn October 1 Lincoln Court Senior Apartments, at the corner of Lincoln Ave. and MacArthur Blvd., will be fully occupied.

Friends of Sausal Creek
A Scary Invader

Joan Lohman
What is bright yellow, looks like Silly String or a mess of spaghetti created by Dr. Seuss,climbs trees, and can grow up to six inches a day?

Leona Heights Neighborhood News
Gordon Laverty
With the Labor Day weekend four-day closure to traffic on the lower deck of the Oakland-San Francisco Bay Bridge for earthquake retrofit work, and the adjustments ...

High Street Neighborhood News
Adelle Foley
Welcome Back, SandraSchool is visibly back in session at the Melrose Branch Library. Youngsters are raising the noise level working on school assignments,...

Onions & Orchids
Debbie Francis
To our readers: If you know of a neighbor in our community whose behavior is worthy of note, either good or bad, please contact me at psych7045\@sbcglobal.net.

Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor,
I worked with Toni Locke back in the "heady" days of the MacArthur Coalition as the leader of that group's crime-fighting unit, the MacArthur Community Watch.

The Imperfect Gardener
Adina Sara
Editing the GardenFor most of my gardening years, I subscribed to the notion that whatever plant came my way via stray birds or random winds was a plant worth...

Boulevard Bites
Sheila D'Amico
### Author Rachel Laws found a unique way to acknowledge her Redwood Heights neighbors. She wrote a book for them. Neighbors: Celebrating Folks on the Block...

Claudia Jimenez
Madeline Smith Moore
Intelligent, exuberant, and vivacious just begin to describe Claudia Jimenez, Council President Ignacio De La Fuente's selection for his new District 5 policy...

A Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council Meeting
Gordon Laverty
"Next meeting is Thursday, September 14, 2006," the pink circular said. And that was soon followed by a colorful e-mail on our computer with the same message but...

What's Up at High and Mac?
Sheila D'Amico
What's up at High and MacArthur? Nothing yet at either vacant corner, but plans are in the works for the erection of subsidized senior housing on the former site...

To Your Health
Return of Rickets?

Paulette Avery RN, MSN, IBCLC
I associate the childhood bone disease rickets with the dim past, something I learned aboutyears ago in history class. Unfortunately, this nearly forgotten...

Metro Board Members Wanted
Dear Metro Readers:
The Metro is still looking for a few new Board members, and we welcome new applicants. Whether you have prior Board experience or not, if you love the Metro and...

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