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Rockridge Halloween Parade Cancelled due to Power Outage

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Saturday, October 26, 2019
It’s highly likely that power will be shut off to College Avenue around 5 PM today, continuing through tomorrow.
 
As a result, the Rockridge District Association and the Rockridge Community Planning Council are very sad to announce that Rockridge Halloween Parade, originally scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 27 noon-2 pm, is cancelled this year.
 
Without power, traffic signals won’t operate, making street crossings unsafe for parade-goers.

Special Town Hall - 15th Assembly District Candidates' Night - video now available on YouTube!

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Sunday, October 21, 2018

There was a packed auditorium at College Preparatory School on the evening of October 18th to hear a candidate forum featuring the two candidates for the California Assembly 15th District:  Jovanka Beckles and Buffy Wicks.  The forum was moderated by the Oakland League of Women Voters and also co-sponsored by the East Bay Housing Organizations.

RCPC September Town Hall - Rockridge Transportation Issues

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Monday, October 1, 2018

A sizeable crowd gathered at the Rockridge Library meeting room on September 20th to hear speakers address numerous Rockridge transportation issues.  While there was no official representative of Oakland's Department of Transportation ("OakDOT") present, a variety of speakers, including RCPC's transportation committee chair, Alden Conner, provided information on topics ranging from the reconfiguration of the Rockridge BART's Ford Gobike bikeshare station to mini-roundabouts on Shafter Ave.

RCPC to Consider Housing Policy Recommendations for Rockridge

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Saturday, January 21, 2017

Unless you're Rip Van Winkel, if you live in Rockridge you are probably aware that Oakland is facing a serious housing crisis.  The supply of housing has not kept up with the fast-increasing demand.  As a result, home prices and rents have been rapidly escalating, and it's becoming harder and harder for anyone except the very well-to-do to find Oakland housing they can affort.

Time Capsule: The Bilger Quarry, 1962 and Today: The Rockridge Shopping Center/Shops at the Ridge

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Saturday, April 9, 2016

Bilger Quarry. The Oakland Paving Company mined a body of traprock (mapped as Franciscan quartz diorite, a near-basalt), crushed it, and shipped it out via a rail spur that crossed Broadway at 42nd Street and curved toward the former depot at 41st and Shafter streets (you can see the trace in Google Maps).
- From the blog "Oakland Geology, focused on, near and under Oakland, California," written by Andrew Aiden, geology@andrew-alden.com. Used by permission of the blogger.

A Look to the Past: Rockridge Residents Recall Impact of the Coming of BART and Highway 24

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Sunday, February 7, 2016

When I moved to Rockridge in 1977, it never occurred to me to ask when the Grove-Shafter Freeway (Highway 24) and BART were established, and how different the neighborhood might have looked and felt previously. One day my neighbor Pat Nolan, a resident since 1957, told me about the freeway's devastating impact and described the Rockridge of 50 years ago. From then on I started looking anew at my neighborhood.

Four Oakland Tech Boy Scouts Achieve Eagle Scout Rank

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Sunday, February 7, 2016

Oakland Tech 2015 graduates Cheyenne Jacobsen, Kyle Merritt, John Oberholzer, and current Tech senior Connor Prime recently received their Eagle Scout Award, the highest honor in Boy Scouting. In addition, the family of Jack Lewis, the Rockridge teen killed when a tree limb broke near Children's Fairyland in December, received special honors. All five boys had been part of Cub Scout Pack 274, made up primarily of boys from Chabot and Peralta elementary schools prior to joining Boy Scout Troop 202. The awards were presented at a special ceremony in early January.

7th Annual Pancake Breakfast to Support Claremont Middle School

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Sunday, February 7, 2016

North Oakland flapjack fans are invited to chow down at the 2016 Claremont Middle School Pancake Breakfast on Saturday, February 27, at the Rockridge Masonic Lodge, 5449 College Avenue at Kales Avenue.

This annual community event is generously hosted by the Oakland-Durant-Rockridge Masonic Lodge #188 in association with the Rockridge District Association (RDA) and the Claremont Middle School Dads Club. Proceeds from the breakfast support educational enrichment programs at our neighborhood public middle school.

Security Patrols to Continue in 2016

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Sunday, February 7, 2016

Did you know that lower Rockridge is patrolled by professionally trained private security guards in marked vehicles more than 100 hours every week? These patrols are coordinated by the nonprofit group Safer Rockridge and funded by more than 560 residents and five commercial sponsors, including Rockridge Market Hall, Cole Hardware, Daniel Stea/Stea Realty Group, Ron Kriss/Lawton Associates, and Simon & Saraya Motley/The Motley Team.

Presbyterian Church Hosts Its Annual Thanksgiving Meal

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Monday, November 16, 2015

We are faced these days with great challenges whose magnitude can push us toward apathy, indifference and inaction: gentrification; failing schools; ecological collapse; food injustice; racial profiling; homelessness; financial inequality; and the deafening isolation of social media. These forces can make us believe we are impotent to make a difference, or to have a voice in our world. We can"t let this boisterous brouhaha keep us from being present. There is no room for apathy in our great and changing city of Oakland.

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