Poll on Mayor Dellums Shows Widespread Dissatisfaction

KTVU commissioned a poll of 500 residents to find out how Dellums is doing a year after his election. The poll, by David Binder, found that 42 percent thought Dellums was “all talk and no action.” On crime, the most important issue, they rated him a 3.8 on a scale of one to ten. (Ten being the highest.) You can watch the clip here.

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.

Singing For Your Life, December 30, Noon – Midnight

This is the culmination of Arts First Oakland’s circle singing. Sing & meditate, gather & reflect, become inspired by the spirit of peace in music and transformation. at First Congregational Church, 2501 Harrison Street (at 27th), Oakland.

Suggested Donation $10 and up, sliding scale, no-one turned away for lack of funds.

Telephone 510-444-8511 x15

January 9, Regular APAC Meeting

The Adams Point Action Committee is holding its regular meeting at 7 p.m. in the Veterans Memorial Building on Grand Avenue at Harrison Street.

Among other things, we’ll be talking about crime and some recent thuggery at Whole Foods.

$187,000 Caltrans grant for HarriOak

This is somewhat belated (but still wonderful) news about a Caltrans grant HarriOak won in October. The money will be used to help city planners figure out how to re-engineer dangerous areas of Oakland Ave and Harrison Street. Planners will be focusing on slowing down traffic and making the area more inviting to bicyclists, pedestrians and public transit
commuters.

The grant is part of $8.3 million that was given to 49 local governments, community groups and native American tribes in California. A big thanks to the City Planning Department and to Wlad Wlassowsky, the transportation services director, who helped make this happen.

We’ll be posting further details about the grant and how you can participate to make sure it leads to real change.

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.

Neighborhood Food Drive

Belinda Gilchrist-Day is organizing a neighborhood food drive for the holidays. She’s collecting cans and whatever else you’d like to donate (boxes of stuffing, turkeys, etc.) and will give away bags of food on Nov. 17 from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. from her house at 339 Oakland Avenue. She’s looking for folks to help with the giveaway and also for donations.

She’s got a box outside her door if she’s not home. If you’d like to donate turkeys or hams please drop them off  on Nov. 16 so they will be fresh.

Belinda’s numbers are 510-978-1909 and 510-663-1231. Please call her if you’ve got any questions or would like to help.

Scary Stuff near the A&M store on Oakland Avenue

Neighbors who live right next to the A&M store came home last night to find the cylinder to the dead bolt lock on their door hanging out of the lock.  Nothing else was disturbed or out of place.  Then Tuesday, when they returned from errands it was yanked out again.

Mohammed the store owner told them he had chased a  a big black man with a white teeshirt and blue jeans from the side of their house.  He seemed to be checking out the door and windows.

Can everyone please keep an eye out for suspicious people around the store and report them right away?

Neighborhood Watch Meeting Sept 24

Folks who live on Fairmount and Harrison are starting a neighborhood watch. The first meeting is at 7 p.m. tomorrow at the First Christian Church of Oakland, 111 Fairmount Ave.,Oakland, CA 94611

If you are attending the neighborhood watch meeting, please come in the glass door entrance by the parking lot–it will lead you to the appropriate meeting room.

Sorry for the last minute posting, we didn’t get details until just now.

Whole Foods Gala is tomorrow

Whole Foods Gala Invite to the HarriOak and Adams Point neighborhood

 

When: Monday, September 24^th, 5:30pm to 8pm

Enjoy live music, sample delicious food and visit with your neighbors!

 

Where: Whole Foods Market~ Oakland , 230 Bay Place , at the corner of 27^th and Harrison

$20 donation per person suggested.  All funds raised will be donated to Oakland Parents Together.

 

We hope to see you!

 

The store will have its Grand Opening on Wednesday, September 26^th (Bread Breaking at 8:45am, doors open at 9am).