Oakland Running Festival
John Frando
Expect to see some excited race contestants running, jogging, and walking streets and sidewalks throughout Oakland on March 27 and 28. The inaugural Oakland Running Festival will bring marathon, half-marathon, and other races on course routes throughout Oakland.

Dimond Neighborhood News
Kathleen Russell and Daniel Swafford
New Businesses in DimondFlavor Brigade, Italian Ice and Ice Cream, opened at 3540 Fruitvale Ave. Roni Deutch Tax Center is nearby at 3544 Fruitvale Ave.

Laurel Neighborhood News
John Frando
Spelling Bee WinnersAmerican Indian Public Charter School sixth-grader Bryan Zheng and eighth-grader Kevin Covarrubias were middle school division winners at...

Disaster Preparedness'
Pat Patterson
Maxwell Park Readies Itself with a Walkie-Talkie Network'Did you know that Maxwell Park has a network of walkie-talkies and procedures to keep communication open ...

High Street Neighborhood News
Adelle Foley
Miracles of Music for MLK' When I arrived at Miracles of Faith Community church on Virginia for the fifth annual musical commemoration in honor of Dr.

Leona Heights Neighborhood News
Gordon Laverty
Signs of spring are here! Flowers and trees have started to blossom. Wild animals like deer, raccoons, skunks, and opossums are being seen more often.

Redwood Heights Neighborhood News
Denise Davila
RHNA Annual Meeting: Protecting Your Investments from Natural DisastersOn March 16, the Redwood Heights Neighborhood Association (RHNA) will host the Annual...

Boulevard Bites
Sheila D'Amico
### One of more than 50 people who deliver this paper to homes and businesses, longtime Metroite Dal Sellman is the face of the MacArthur Metro when he...

Count and Be Counted
Toni Locke
This is the year of the census—2010. It's time to be counted. Only about two-thirds of Oakland's residents were counted in the 2000 census, Norman Brown,...

Nutrition: Key to Good Health
Paulette Avery, R.N., M.S.N., I.B.C.L.C.
March is National Nutrition Month. I find the more I read about attaining and maintaining optimal health, the more essential good nutrition becomes to me.

Strategic Plan for the OPD
Chief Batts released his Strategic Plan for the OPD too late for the Metro to cover the story. He is looking for community feedback.

Imperfect Gardener
Adina Sara
Be Careful What You PlantI have had a love/hate relationship with a bamboo hedge since I first took possession of my home, nearly 30 years ago.

Neighborhood Coalition for a Positive Change Beat 22X
Angela Haller and Renee Sykes
What is an NCPC? For over a decade, residents who participated in NCPCs (Neighborhood Crime Prevention Councils) throughout the city believed the main focus of...

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