Metro Celebrates 20th Anniversary
Sheila D'Amico
Metro Celebrates 20th Anniversary ### We are 20! I know in the big picture, 20 years is not all that much. A recent trip to Rome reminded me of that. Standing in the midst of ancient ruins does give one perspective on the passage of time.

Dimond Neighborhood News
Kathleen Russell
Groups Help Make Dimond Sparkle Keep Oakland Beautiful (KOB) is working with several organizations in Dimond to develop a pilot program encouraging merchants to ...

Laurel Neighborhood News
John Frando
Music Festival ComingMark your calendars now for the Fourth Annual Laurel Summer Solstice Music Festival on Saturday, June 20.

Maxwell Park News
Pat Patterson
Great News on Maxwell Park Renovation Project The Friends of Maxwell Park group was awarded a $30,000 Community Development Block Grant from District Four.

High Street Neighborhood News
Adelle Foley
Melrose Branch Welcomes Rachel Spalding' After many months without a Children's Librarian, Melrose Branch is happy to welcome Rachel Spalding, who has joined...

Leona Heights Neighborhood News
Gordon Laverty
Starting in the grand year of 1851, laundry from the metropolis of San Francisco was ferried across the Bay to Oakland and then hauled by horse-drawn wagon up to ...

Above the Fold—a Meeting with Andreas Jones, Metro Graphic Designer
Meredith Florian
I suspect most Metro readers take for granted the design and layout of the paper, not aware of the complex skills and artistic talent required to produce such a...

Imperfect Gardener
Adina Sara
A Few of My Favorite ThingsI recently visited a friend who had placed a bouquet of fresh-cut flowers from her garden on the table.

Book Review:' The Imperfect Garden—A Memoir
Dominique Peytraud
The Imperfect Garden—A Memoir draws from the same deep well of humor, grace and wisdom thar has nourished Adina Sara's Imperfect Gardener readers on this...

Lipstick, Candy, and Charm Enliven MacArthur
Julie Scheff
A DJ spun 12-inch vinyl, traffic slowed, and a crowd gathered. Clearly a scene had arrived at 2710 MacArthur near Coolidge.

Glaucoma
Paulette Avery, R.N., M.S.N., I.B.C.L.C.
If asked which sense you would most hate to lose, you'd most likely say your vision. With that in mind, I'm focusing this month's column on glaucoma, which,...

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