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Press Release Archive ~ March 2004 Park Rises from Freeway Rubble - 03/31/04 Oakland ~ When the Cypress Freeway collapsed during the October 17, 1989, Loma Prieta earthquake, residents from the Oakland neighborhoods around it risked their lives to pull survivors out of the concrete wreckage ... more >> Junior Center's Growth Mirrors Local Interest in Arts, Sciences - 03/31/04 Oakland ~ Many of us worry that children don't get enough exposure to art and science, especially when school budgets are being stripped to the utmost ... more >> City of Oakland Presented with Awards - 03/31/04 Oakland ~ The City of Oakland, Office of Parks and Recreation has been selected as a 2003 California Parks and Recreation Society (CPRS) District III award of excellence and merit winner for five separate Agency Showcase categories, in a population of over 100,000 ... more >> New Goals for Latina Athletes - 03/30/04 Oakland ~ We take for granted today that girls will grow up playing sports. Fields and courts all over America are crowded with girls shooting and throwing and kicking ... more >> Antoine Shoots for the Stars - 03/29/04 Oakland ~ So are about 35 other student government leaders at McClymonds High in West Oakland, which ranks at the bottom statewide and where most students drop out of school ... more >> Oakland's Old Hofbrau Sign to Shine on in L.A. Museum - 03/28/04 Oakland ~ One of Oakland's original bartenders will be immortalized in a Los Angeles museum, and it's not because he pours a fine pint ... more >> Bellevue Club Holds an Open House - 03/28/04 As Women's History Month comes to a close, the Bellevue Club, a longtime Oakland landmark overlooking Lakeside Park and Lake Merritt, is holding an open house from 2 to 4 p.m. today in celebration of its 75th anniversary ... more >> Marathon Spawns Pain, Pride and Poetry - 03/28/04 Oakland ~ Twenty-six Oakland public high school students, their families and supporters came to the Finish Line Dinner and Awards Ceremony last Friday to celebrate. As participants in the Students Run Oakland (SRO) program, they had successfully completed the Los Angeles Marathon earlier this month -- 26.2 miles in 93 degree heat ... more >> Babe Ruth Baseball Opens in Oakland - 03/28/04 Oakland ~ It's happened every spring for the last 39 years and it's happening again right now in East Oakland: Babe Ruth League baseball ... more >> East Bay Regional Park Summer Employment - 03/26/04 Oakland ~ The East Bay Regional Park District is now accepting applications for summer employment in regional parks throughout the East Bay ... more >> Oakland Firefighter Takes Readers Back - 03/26/04 Oakland ~ As a firefighter, you get involved in the local community surrounding your fire station and establish relationships with neighbors ... more >> Lake Merritt Overhaul is Beginning to Take Shape - 03/26/04 Oakland ~ Lake Merritt visitors might not be able to see it, but work has quietly begun on the laundry list of improvements Oakland ... more >> View a Planetary Rarity at Chabot - 03/25/04 Oakland ~ To mark the event, Chabot will host special telescope viewing and a live planetarium show featuring the five visible planets -- Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, Venus, and Mercury ... more >> Youth Orchestra Still Creating Beautiful Music - 03/25/04 Oakland ~ The orchestra still holds the prize for the beauty of its sound, precision of execution and mastery of dynamic ... more >> Annual White Elephant Sale Earns $1.13 million - 03/25/04 Oakland ~ The Oakland Museum Women's Board, a volunteer organization that works throughout the year to collect, sort and clean items for sale in February and March, on Wednesday announced a final tally of $1.13 million ... more >> Naturalist to Lead Hikes When Parks Are at Their Best - 03/24/04 Oakland ~ Now that Spring has officially arrived (the vernal equinox was Saturday), it's a great opportunity to explore some of the East Bay Regional Parks at their most green and beautiful ... more >> 'Friends of Parks' Do the Impossible - 03/24/04 Oakland ~ Director Kathy Raymond wants Oakland residents who love their parks not only to get to know the group, but also to help it improve parks across the city ... more >> Gardening Program Hunts for New Wheels - 03/24/04 Oakland ~ Oakland Butterfly Urban Gardens, a nonprofit group based in West Oakland, teaches children about recycling, nutrition, gardening and cooking vegetables ... more >> Pro-Ject Love Helps Feed the Hungry - 03/24/04 Oakland ~ Imagine the problem of having lots of food to give to needy families, but not enough people who are aware of the service or volunteers to help pass out the goods ... more >> Earth Day 2004 - 03/23/04 Oakland ~ The City of Oakland celebrates Earth Day with an annual citywide Cleanup and Beautification event in April and is proud to support community efforts to keep Oakland beautiful all year long ... more >> Women's Coalition to Honor Four - 03/23/04 Oakland ~ Four Bay Area women will be acknowledged for their community service by the National Coalition of 100 Black Women Inc. at the group's sixth annual Madam C.J. Walker Business and Community Recognition Awards luncheon ... more >> East Bay Foundation Plans its 75th Gala - 03/23/04 Oakland ~ Local residents will be honored this week for their community service at the East Bay Community Foundation's 75th Annual Diamond Jubilee Gala ... more >> Oakland Cop 'Buddy' to Retire Soon - 03/23/04 Oakland ~ After six years of doggedly determined service, Buddy is getting close to retirement age, said his owner and handler, Officer Patrick Mahanay. Buddy won't retire for some months yet, but the police department is raising money to buy another bloodhound ... more >> Park Friends Outline Year's Focus - 03/23/04 Oakland ~ The future of two West Oakland parks is the main focus of Friends of Oakland Parks and Recreation this year, group officials say, along with the next phase of the Rockridge Greenbelt project ... more >> Youth Help Build New Teen Center - 03/22/04 Oakland ~ Alameda County officials have hired young people to help build a youth center in East Oakland, part of an effort to give residents a stake in the facility ... more >> Forum Helps Minority Firms - 03/22/04 Oakland ~ The city is planning two forums on May 17 and June 21 to get out more information on how small firms can do business with Oakland City Hall ... more >> Youth Chorus Inspired by 'Idol' Star - 03/22/04 Oakland ~ The chorus is preparing for its 30th Annual Choral Spring Concert on May 8, entitled "In The Mood" ... more >> The Year of the Monkey - 03/22/04 Oakland ~ Chinese Lunar New Year took place on January 22 through February 8 of this year, the year 4701 according to the Chinese calendar. To celebrate the Lunar New Year Lincoln Elementary School and Lincoln Square Recreation Center held a drawing contest for participating students ... more >> He Measures Oakland's Beat, and Parks Bloom - 03/21/04 Oakland ~ Places, like people, can get the blues. Walter Hood listens to them. Lafayette Park was for years one of those defeated American places. Long known as Old Man's Park, it was a respite of green where codgers gathered to play checkers and horseshoes under the generous boughs of an ancient oak — the kind of tree for which Oakland, in more optimistic times, was named ... more >> Duo Combines Hip, Classical - 03/19/04 Oakland ~ Tonight, the Oakland East Bay Symphony will feature two musicians, Anthony De Ritis and DJ Spooky, who will jointly perform ... more >> Sunday Fundraiser Helps Oakland - 03/19/04 Oakland ~ It was at a Claremont Library "story swap," the tale-tellers' equivalent of an open mike, that Mary Ellen Hill had a premonition of her future. As she listened to the stories pour forth from the intimate circle, she said to herself, "that's what I want to do with my life" ... more >> U.S. Olympic Team Trials Coming to Oakland - 03/19/04 Oakland ~ The City of Oakland, USA Canoe and Kayak and Lake Merritt Rowing Club are delighted by the decision of the United States Olympic Committee and National Governing Body for Canoe and Kayak Sports, to hold the Flatwater Canoe and Kayak Olympic Trials on Lake Merritt/Lakeside Park in Oakland on Thursday, April 15 through Sunday, April 18, 2004 ... more >> Oakland Students Conquer L.A. Marathon - 3/19/04 Oakland ~ You'd think the length of the race was the worst part of running the Los Angeles Marathon. Enduring more than 26 miles of asphalt is quite a feat. But ask the group of Oakland school kids who trained months before running the race on March 6, and they'll tell you it was the 93-degree heat ... more >> Bill Gates Gives Oakland Schools $9.5 Million - 03/18/04 Oakland ~ The charitable organization started by Microsoft founder Bill Gates has written another huge check to help Oakland turn large, factory-like high schools into smaller learning hubs. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, one of the world's largest private donors, will give Oakland $9.5 million to further the "small school" movement in the city ... more >> Oakland Zoo Gets New Bull Elephant - 03/18/04 Oakland ~ Osh is spending his first days in California eating snacks and enjoying the Bay Area spring sun or resting in the shade. He is better traveled than most of us. The 9-year-old elephant was conceived in captivity in India, raised in the United Kingdom and just spent part of last week traveling across the English Channel, through France and Belgium, to the Netherlands ... more >> PAL Honors Tribune Reporter, City Lawmaker - 03/18/04 Oakland ~ Oakland City Councilmember Larry Reid is being honored by the organization as government leader of the year for his efforts to help Oakland youth and his success in persuading his colleagues to reopen the recreation center at Verdese Carter Park in East Oakland ... more >> New Oakland Management Team in Place - 03/18/04 Oakland ~ Oakland has a new management team in place. City Manager Deborah Edgerly on Wednesday filled a half-dozen positions, including a new director for the Parks and Recreation Department as well as an assistant city manager ... more >> Artists with Disabilities Perform at Alice Arts - 03/18/04 Oakland ~ The Art of Disability comes to Oakland's Alice Arts Center on Saturday when New York comic Greg Walloch joins Oakland's Axis Dance Company and spoken word artist Leroy Moore at an event spotlighting artists with disabilities ... more >> Announcement from the Oakland City Manager - 03/17/04 Oakland ~ The City of Oakland, City Manager Deborah Edgerly today announced appointments and promotions in key executive positions in the City structure, stating, “With these appointments, I have an excellent team, one with deep, relevant experience that will help us manage the challenges ahead” ... more >> Beautification Efforts to Benefit Neighborhood - 03/17/04 Oakland ~ The City of Oakland, Office of Parks & Recreation (OPR) is proud to announce that Manzanita Recreation Center in partnership with the Public Works Agency and caring and active members of the community in the San Antonio neighborhood will be holding a ‘Clean-Up Day’ on Saturday, March 20, 2004 from 10:00 a.m. ~ 12:00 p.m. ... more >> Job Help Agency Adds Men's Clothing - 03/17/04 Oakland ~ A local program that helps low-income women dress for job interviews is expanding its services and opening a men's clothing store. Wardrobe for Opportunity (WFO) invites people to donate clothing or volunteer as wardrobe consultants, inventory managers, career mentors, fundraising coordinators and office assistants ... more >> Beat the Heat, Be Cool in the Pool - 03/17/04 Oakland ~ The Aquatics Unit would like to announce the grand re-opening of deFremery Park Pool ... more >> 'A' Team Rows to Win for Strokes - 03/16/04 Oakland ~ The Oakland Strokes novice boys had their first race of the season two weekends ago at the 20th annual Novice Regatta in San Francisco at Lake Merced with a total of 19 crews from Southern and Northern California participating ... more >> Spring & Summer Brochure Available Online - 03/16/04 Oakland ~ The City of Oakland, Office of Parks and Recreation is proud to announce that the Spring & Summer 2004 brochure for the department is available online ... more >> Tibetans' Exquisite Artwork is Not Forever - 03/15/04 Oakland ~ Tibetan monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery will do after finishing their work at the Upaya Center for Wellbeing in Oakland. In a bright, sunlit room, the monks are constructing a healing, sand mandala ... more >> Coalition Urges People to Buy Recycled Paper - 03/15/04 Oakland ~ Bay Area officials are urging people to use recycled paper to promote the Third Annual Buy Recycled Paper campaign this month. Event organizers are encouraging people to request paper with at least 30 percent recycled content ... more >> Scouts Racing at the Annual District Pinewood Derby - 03/15/04 Oakland ~ Troop 201 proudly participated at the annual district pinewood derby on Saturday, March 6, 2004 at Saint Jarlath Catholic Church which is located at 2634 Pleasanton Street in Oakland. The District Pinewood Derby took place on Saturday ... more >> 4th Annual Arts Learning Festival in Alameda County - 03/14/04 Oakland ~ Studio One Art Center in collaboration with Art IS Education* presents an exciting arts exhibit titled ‘Celebrate Oakland’s Youth Exhibit’ from March 14 through March 31 ... more >> Program Shapes Up Young Bodies, Minds - 03/14/04 Oakland ~ Based in Oakland, the nonprofit Sports4Kids program teaches fourth- and fifth-graders about nutrition and all kinds of sports, keeping them busy during recess and after school ... more >> Big Spring Cleaning Boosts West Oakland - 03/14/04 Oakland ~ Three dozen volunteers from McClymonds High School and a Bay Area service group gave a West Oakland neighborhood a boost ... more >> Studio One Offers Art Classes for All Ages - 03/14/04 Oakland ~ Spring classes at Studio One Arts Center, 365 45th Street, get under way March 29 and registration is in full swing. This unique Oakland Parks and Recreation-sponsored center offers more than 100 arts classes each year ... more >> Children's Summer Programs - 03/14/04 Oakland ~ The City of Oakland, Office of Parks and Recreation has been graciously invited to attend the Oakland~Piedmont branch of the American Association of University Women's (AAUW) 22nd Annual Children's Summer Programs ... more >> Youth Orchestra Looking for Boost - 03/13/04 Oakland ~ To share these harmonious skills with the world, the orchestra has planned a June tour of five cities in Australia and New Zealand. But it needs some help to get there. Most members of the award-winning orchestra -- which draws students from 46 different schools throughout the Bay Area ... more >> San Antonio Senior Center Grand Opening - 03/11/04 Oakland ~ The Unity Council and the City of Oakland Department of Human Services cordially invites everyone to attend the Fruitvale/San Antonio Senior Center grand opening celebration ... more >> Presidential Ship Seeks Volunteers - 03/10/04 Oakland ~ Since setting sail as President Franklin D. Roosevelt's "floating White House" in the 1930s, the USS Potomac has had all the ups and downs of an arduous celebrity life ... more >> Skyline to Stage Strings Festival - 03/09/04 Oakland ~ With 185 students from eight schools, the Oakland Public Schools Strings Festival promises to be an exciting night of music, organizers say. Skyline High School will host the inaugural strings celebration Thursday, which features Oakland East Bay Symphony ... more >> Experience of Playing at Arena Won't Be Forgotten - 03/09/04 Oakland ~ Top-level high school basketball games typically take place in tightly-packed and relatively small gyms. So a professional venue like the Arena in Oakland is a whole different experience ... more >> Circle K Beautification Efforts, Promoting Literacy - 03/09/04 Oakland ~ In partnership with caring and active members of the community such as the University of California of Berkeley – Circle K, Berkeley High School Key Club, and Kiwanis held a successful day-long community event on Saturday included beautification efforts, promoting literacy, mentoring underprivileged youths and assisting with displaced adults ... more >> Oakland's 51st Mother of the Year Program - 03/08/04 Oakland ~ The City of Oakland, Office of Parks and Recreation is launching its annual city-wide search for candidates for Oakland’s Mother of the Year for 2004 ... more >> A's Ticket Sales Go to Bat for Local Students - 3/07/04 The Oakland Athletics, a team famous for excelling on a tight budget, have started a new program allowing cash-strapped schools to share in the profits earned from selling A's game tickets ... more >> Women's Hall of Fame Inducts 10 - 3/07/04 Oakland ~ Ten women were honored by the Alameda County 11th annual Women's Hall of Fame Awards luncheon at the Oakland City Center Marriott on Saturday ... more >> Police Activities League & LeapFrog Teaming Up - 03/06/04 Oakland ~ LeapFrog SchoolHouse, the school division of LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc. announced the donation of a LeapTrack Assessment & Instruction System and a wealth of other instructional materials to the Oakland Police Activities League (PAL) Literacy Program ... more >> Lunar New Year a Cherished Tradition - 3/05/04 Oakland ~ On February 1, 2004 the Piedmont Asian American Club helped the Piedmont community celebrate the Year of the Monkey. This was the 16th consecutive year of Lunar New Year activities in Piedmont ... more >> Oakland to Honor Tuskegee Airmen with Special Day - 3/05/04 Oakland ~ Leon Woodie Spears remembers life on an Alabama military base in 1944 where he learned to be a fighter pilot ... more >> Rummage Sale a Bargain-Hunter's Delight - 3/05/04 Oakland ~ Dabblers in the world of collectibles or curios -- or both -- know the 44th annual White Elephant Sale is the place to be this weekend ... more >> Art of Disability - 3/05/04 Oakland ~ The Oakland Mayor's Commission on Persons with Disabilities, City Manager's ADA Programs Division and the World Institute on Disability proudly presents the Art of Disability, a showcase of performing artists with disabilities ... more >> A Sailing Legend in Oakland's Black History - 03/02/04 One hundred and 50 years ago, whaling was a huge industry -- and quite unsafe, as readers of Moby Dick know. Sailors took their lives into their hands as they set off on these multi-year voyages. The men were prey to scurvy, shipwrecks, the chance that their ships would get locked in Arctic ice and thence splinter, and, of course, drowning, especially when whales' strong tails made wreckage of the tiny whaling boats dispatched from larger ships ... more >> Oakland Programs Win Measure B Cash - 03/02/04 The Alameda County Transit Improvement Authority will distribute Measure B money for three Oakland programs as well as improvements and extensions of the Iron Horse Trail, the authority said ... more >> State Society Honors Island's USS Hornet - 03/02/04 The USS Hornet Museum has been recognized by the California Preservation Foundation for its successful restoration ... more >> Math-Science Conference for Middle School Girls - 03/02/04 Girls in grades six through eight are invited to register for a conference at Mills College on March 13 designed to increase girls' interest in math and science courses and careers ... more >> Center Gives Kids a Place to PAL Around - 03/02/04 On Saturday, Dixon, police officers and other program volunteers hosted a block party for neighborhood children that included music and food such as barbecued chicken, cake and soft drinks. Youngsters bounced about in a "jumper" -- an air-filled playhouse -- while others played basketball or logged on to a row of computers that will be made available this week to the neighborhood ... more >> Temescal Pool Renovation - 03/02/04 Oakland ~ Temescal Pool located at (Oakland Technical High School) 371 45th Street will be closed due to scheduled renovations beginning Tuesday, February 24, 2004 ... more >> Young East Bay Nigerians Honored for Achievements - 3/01/04 Deserving young people from the East Bay's Nigerian community received achievement awards earlier this month, presented by Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown and other local officials ... more >> School Turns Focus from Hunger to Academics - 3/01/04 Oakland ~ Breakfast, considered an optional meal by many school kids, is getting a second chance from the hungry minds at Cole Elementary and Middle School in Oakland ... more >> Exhibit Shows China's Gifts to Astronomy Chabot Show - 3/01/04 Oakland ~ "Dragon Skies," an exhibit of the astronomy of Imperial China to debut at the Chabot Space and Science Center in July, is much more than just another starry display, Chabot officials say ... more >> Children's Bicycle Safety Program - 03/01/04 Oakland ~ The City of Oakland, Office of Parks and Recreation, Earn Your Bike Program has created an innovative Children's Bicycle Safety Program designed exclusively for children will take place at Ira Jinkins Recreation Center ... more >> |
Related links: - Contra Costa Times - Convention Center - East Bay Express - KTOP - Oakland Tribune - SF Chronicle - SF Examiner |
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