Local Organizations on the Web

The number of great local organizations with a Web presence is expanding expontentially. We’ve updated our Blogroll so you can start checking them out.

Free Christmas Tree Recycling

Oakland’s Department of Public Works is offering free pickup and Christmas tree recycling for small apartment buildings. More information available at this Web site. Also see below:

Convenient and Free One-Time Pickup

Free Pickup For 1-4 Unit Residences January 2-11

January 2 – 11:

• Place your clean, green holiday tree at the curb, next to your green yard trimmings cart on your regularly scheduled yard trimmings collection day. (Collection schedule is delayed by one day during the first week of January due to the New Year’s Day holiday.)
• Remove all tinsel, ornaments, nails, and tree stands (metal or wood).
• Place trees curbside by 6am on collection day and no earlier than one day before.
• Trees must be no more than 5 feet tall. Cut taller trees in half.

After January 11:

• Recycle your clean, green holiday tree in your green yard trimmings cart at any time. Lid must close.
• Take clean, green holiday trees to the Davis Street Transfer Station (510-638-2303) for recycling at no charge, limit one (1) tree per household.

Free Drop-off or Fee-For- Service Appointment Pickup for 5-Or-More Unit Residences

• Tenants may take clean, green holiday trees to the Davis Street Transfer Station (510-638-2303) for recycling at no charge, limit one (1) tree per household.
• Property owners/managers may call Waste Management of Alameda County (510-613-8700) to get a price quote for services and to schedule pick up.

REMEMBER: “Snow” flocked trees cannot be recycled, and must be put inside your garbage container.

Neighborhood Food Drive Redux

A big thanks to everyone who helped with the Thanksgiving food drive. Belinda Gilchrist-Day, the founder of Project Darries and the force behind the food drive, said that 38 bags of food and 50 turkeys were given away to people in our neighborhood who needed a helping hand.

Kidnapping on Harrison Street

On August 12, Hayward police arrested Raymond Lee Davis Jr., 27, for kidnapping a 15-year-old girl and holding her captive in an apartment on Harrison Street, starting on July 16, 2007.

According to the court records: “The victim said that Davis provided her with hallucinogen drugs and forced her to have sex with unknown male subjects. The victim said that she left Davis’s residence and stayed in a Hayward Area hotel with an associate of Davis’s who she believed was her friend.”

The girl said that during the morning of August 12, Davis and two accomplices located her in Hayward. The girl said she was beaten and forced to leave the hotel. She said that while she was being driven back to Davis’ apartment, he forced her to call her mother. Davis spoke to her mother and demanded that she bring him a computer, a digital music player and money in exchange for the return of the girl.

Oakland police later arrested Davis, along with Scotty Lee Washington Jr., 19, and Robert Gibson, 20.

A Prowler

This guy was intercepted in the backyard of a neighbor who lives on Harrison Street near Whole Foods on August 4. It is the second time he entered the property in the last few months. He has also been seen trying to open the rear window of another property. If you see him, call the police 1-510-777-3333

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shooting at 27th and Harrison

A male juvenile was shot and critically wounded in front of the Church at 27th and Harrison Saturday evening at 7:30 pm. More details should be available on Monday, when the OPD inspector who is assigned to the case can be identified and interviewed.

HarriOak Rocks

Welcome to our nabe! This is a community blog written by and for folks who live in the neighborhoods between Oakland’s Lake Merritt and Temescal neighborhood and downtown and Grand Avenue. The writers of the blog are committed to providing residents with information on everything from crime to traffic problems to what local elected officials are — and are not — doing to help us. If you live in our community, or are just visiting, please feel free to jump in and participate. One way to do that is to post a comment. Another way is to send an e-mail to harrioak@sbcglobal.net and ask for editing privileges.