At-Large Candidates for City Council
Two candidates are in a run-off election for the At-Large seat on the Oakland City Council. The Metro asked Rebecca Kaplan and Kerry Hamill to introduce themselves to Metro readers.

Dimond Neighborhood News
Daniel Swafford
Dimond Hosts Oakland's First Oktoberfest, Saturday October 4Beer gardens will once again line MacArthur Blvd., recreating the scene from the 1894 photo, taken...

Laurel Neighborhood News
John Frando and Kathleen Rolinson
Senior Housing Project To Be ResubmittedAlexis Gevorgian intends to reapply to build affordable senior housing at High St. and MacArthur Blvd.

Leona Heights Neighborhood News
Gordon Laverty
The images were familiar but still unbelievable. Hurricane Ike slammed into Texas and Louisiana last month, doing incredible damage.

Redwood Heights Neighborhood News
Denise Davila
Creek to Bay Day SuccessA special thank you goes to the neighbors who participated in Creek to Bay Day at Lion's Creek at McCrea Park on Carlsen St.

High Street Neighborhood News
Adelle Foley
Welcome Chris Logwood and Mary Wilson' When I checked in at the Boys & Girls Club I discovered that the Anna Marie Whalen Branch (on High St.

Laurel District Association
Ada Chan
Mills College students in the Public Policy program are working with the Laurel District Association (business improvement district) to look at the current...

Maxwell Park News'
Sarah Hipolito
Time to Say GoodbyeThirty-five years ago, as a VISTA Volunteer in Columbus, Ohio, I was a community organizer performing any task needed to publish the South...

Boulevard Bites
Tracey Rolandelli
### Bret Harte Middle School, at 3700 Coolidge Ave., has brightened up the neighborhood tremendously with new paint for their campus.

Reducing our Impact on the Environment: House and Garden Audit Workshop
Karen Paulsell
As part of the State Water Board Grant for the Friends of Sausal Creek's (FOSC) Watershed Assessment Project, I have been bringing a PowerPoint presentation to...

Letters to the Editor
Dear Metro,While all the other neighborhood columns in the September Metro contained neighborhood news, I was distressed to see the Redwood Heights column...

What's Out There for Children and Young Adults?
A recent flurry of messages on the Laurel listserv talked about the need for youth activities in the Laurel. The dialogue raised the familiar question: is there...

Offices for Lease'
Move your home office to a professional building in the Laurel District. 3215 MacArthur Blvd., Oakland. Janitorial, parking, utilities included. $300 per month.

Celiac Disease Awareness Month
Paulette Avery, R.N., M.S.N., I.B.C.L.C.
October is Celiac Disease Awareness month. Celiac disease occurs in people who cannot tolerate a protein called gluten, which is found in wheat, barley, and rye.

Vote
Are you a citizen?Are you registered to vote?If you moved, changed your name, or just turned 18, you will need to register to voteby October 20.

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