Adams Point Playwright at the The Marsh

Rebecca Fisher, a playwright who teaches at Westlake Middle School, has had her play, “The Magificence of the Disaster,” held over at The March in San Francisco until April 28, 2007. The Grand Lake Guardian gave this rave review.
The Marsh is at 1062 Valencia Street (between 21st and 22nd). It’s three blocks from Bart at 24th Street and Mission.

Tickets are available on a sliding scale $15, $18 and $22.

Oakland Police Narcotics Tip Line

Among a steady drip of bleak news reports about lack of follow-through by the Oakland Police Department is one ray of hope: The anonymous narcotics line. According to this MediaNews report, 80 percent of the tips lead to drugs. That means that at least 80 percent of the tips are being investigated — a major step up from the way the department has been handling home invasions and routine robberies. Last Tuesday, an anonymous tip lead to the seizure of more than $250,000 worth of marijuana at an apartment in the 1300 block of East 32nd Street, near Highland Hospital. To provide information call 1-510-238-3784.

HarriOak Rocks

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