Toys in park cause division among neighbors
July 28, 2008
“Colby Park is encircled by 61st Street and tucked away in a quiet Rockridge neighborhood. On a sunny day, with children laughing and parents picnicking, it appears tranquil.
But the park is at the center of an escalating neighborhood dispute. Residents are divided on how to handle the communal toys that fill the park, an issue addressed at a July 21 community meeting.”
Click this link for my article on the Colby Park toy dispute, at the Contra Costa Times website, first published in the Montclarion.
My article on the Safeway meeting
July 8, 2008
On the Oakland Tribune’s website.
After it was published, the founders of Concerned Neighbors wrote to me and said they thought it was more like 300. They got nearly 200 on their petition, they said.
Stories about Oakland
June 6, 2008
I’ve got some more stories up at the Contra Costa Times website. All were originally published in the Montclarion, the Piedmonter or the Alameda Journal.
One was a profile of a woman I found quite impressive — though only 27, she’s been a foreign correspondent and runs a non-profit and just won a journalism award.
I’m keeping my audience up to date with the Safeway development on College and Claremont, as well.
And I covered a very touching art exhibit by former foster youth.
