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Bite Off Bod ret Fid night, M 11-Ot 12

ThE vOIcE OF nOrTh OaklanD’s TEMEscal nEIghBOrhOOD

Bites O Broadway, 45th Street between Lawton and Broadway, last October. Photo by Carolina Abolio

M/Je 2012

O ver 2.5 billion people ea sree ood

everyday and so shall hose o you

who enjoy Bies O Broadway. Your

neighborhood yummy pod is back May 11h or

year wo. Sroll down 45h S. o enjoy he bes in

mobile grub and o be par o an inernaional ood

movemen.

his year Bies will again bring he vibe o a

neighborhood block pary and picnic o he ron

o Sudio One, a 465 45h S. beween Lawon

and Broadway. You can enjoy a roaion o over

15 ood rucks including many reurnees rom

las year such as Oakland rucks ina amale,

Doc’s o he Bay, Fis o Flour, Nick’s Breakas

ruck, Breads o India (Annakoo), as well as

some o he aco rucks ha make Fruivale

heir home. he word has goen ou o he

larger ood ruck communiy and newcomers wih amed repuaions like Suzie’s Lunch Box

and Conklin’s Caering (Indonesian, Malaysian,

Singaporean and Halal) are iching or you o ry

heir lavors as par o our emescal ood renzy.

For me he even has always been as much

abou he communiy as he ood, and I have

received posiive eedback rom almos everyone,

including parens who old me hey make i heir

“dae nigh” or send heir eenagers here by

hemselves. Neighbors mee and gree on blankes

and olks rom adjoining ciies come o sample

our repuaion as Oakland’s rs recurring ood

pod. Also every week we will have a hula hooper,

ace-painer, and some amily movies, boh a 6pm

indoors and a dusk ouside, sponsored by Sudio

One. Look or live music as well.

Who comes o Bies? Tis wrier or he Bay

Ciizen described he crowd well:

And it looked like Oakland: amilies o

all races and sexual orientations with

babies in Bjorns or SUV-style baby

carriages, hippies, college kids in ip

ops, a ew shirtless weirdos and Pixar-

ish looking creative-class types.

How did Bies go rom being a rebel andrule-bending operaion o a business model

embraced by Ciy Hall? Te answer is ha he

local neighborhood suppored he vision o Bies

and came ou Friday aer Friday. Ten he Ciy

Council oces o Brunner and Kaplan recognized

he poenial income and communiy building

ha ood pods could provide and championed our

cause. Oakland ood ruck owners and producers

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lanes o 4 lanes o ravel o beter mach

he exising demand or rac. rac en-

gineers call his a road die, and i is no

only good or cycliss: i will be saer or

pedesrians as well. Sudens a Oakland

echnical High School and Park Day

School will really appreciae he improve-

men. Te Ciy is acceleraing he projec

o mee a Federal unding deadline and

nal approval is expeced in May, wih

emescal’s ree oudoor movie

series eauring work by Bay Area

lmmakers is gearing up or is 5h

season, which begins Tursday, June 14h.

We are very graeul o our neighbors,

ans and local businesses or conribuing

o a successul undraising campaign ha’s

made our upcoming season possible. We’re

orunae o work in a neighborhood ha

values he ars and communiy evens.

Special hanks o 17 Jewels Salon

and Spa, Lapham Realy Company, Reed

Brohers Securiy, Ron Kriss o Lawon

Associaes and emescal Square or heirsignican conribuions o our eors.

We’d especially like o hank he emescal

elegraph Business Improvemen Disric

or supporing us in ull or he las our

such as mysel worked wih Ciy sa

dra a emporary mobile ood policy ha

passed he Ciy Council las Decembe

Te ordinance sill has some uninende

resricions ha I hope can be amende

in he permanen version. We especial

need a new policy or he individual ruck

ha should be serving all over own. I hop

Bies O Broadway has shown ha oo

rucks are good or our neighborhood

hey employ olks, bring ood culure in

ood desers and add o he qualiy o li

ha is he beauy o Oakland.

o be added o he Bies mailing lisplease visi htp://www.biesofroadwa

com or nd us on Facebook or witer. u

— Karen Hester, owner Bites Of Broadwa

Bicycling coninues o grow inOakland, and he Ciy is keeping up

wih he rising demand by paining

or “sriping” addiional bike lanes. Bicycliss

are no he only ones enjoying he new ac-

commodaions; many businesses recognize

he imporance o good bike access or heir

cusomers.

emescal has one o he highes raes

o bicycling in Oakland. New “bikeways,” or

bike lanes, are coming soon o Shatuck Ave.,

Piedmon Ave., and W. MacArhur Blvd., as

well as upper Broadway.

Te Ciy o Oakland is acceleraing

plans o repave Broadway and sripe bike

lanes rom 38h S. o Broadway errace as

par o he Oakland Bicycle Maser Plan.

Te new bike lanes are possible because

he Ciy is aking Broadway down rom 6

EBBC member Garner Chung. Photo by Karen Hester

years and conribuing $1,000 owards

our curren season. Te BID’s invaluable

suppor has enabled us o grow ino a local

insiuion, gaining he broader suppor

o he neighborhood ha made recen

undraising eors a success.

Te Sree Cinema, which Caarina

Negrin and I sared our years ago, has

evolved ino a well-atended annual even

ha is currenly organized by a small nexus o

local ariss. Films are shown or six Turs-

days each summer a dusk on he side o

he Bank o he Wes Building a elegraph

Avenue and 49h Sree. We open each week wih live music and ree popcorn. Seaing is

limied, so come early and bring a chair! u

— Suzanne L’Heureux,Temescal Street Cinema

repaving beginning in 2013.Tis srech o Broadway is a key ga

in he Broadway Bikeway Corridor b

ween Rockridge and downown Oakland

Currenly, bike lanes exis souh o 38h S

and run all he way down o 14h S., v

Webser S. and Franklin S. downown.

In addiion, miigaion money rom

he Caldecot unnel Fourh Bore Projec

is being used o sripe bike lanes o

Broadway along Highway 24 all he way u

o he K overcrossing o he reeway an

back down unnel Road ino Berkeley.

You can nd ou more abou he pro

ec a www.ebbc.org/broadway. And don

orge o paricipae in Bike o Work Day o

Tursday, May 10! u

— Dave Campbell, Program Directo East Bay Bicycle Coalitio

Bod Bike coe to competio

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TEMEscal nEws & vIEws 3

new lit Bite Teep nit

hile you may already enjoy

he quarerly emescal Ar

Hops, did you know ha Firs

Fridays are happening in emescal every

monh? Every Firs Friday in he wo

alleys along 49h S. (beween Clarke and

elegraph) you can enjoy live music, deliciousarisanal ood and monhly ar exhibis.

As recenly highlighed in he Temescal

News & Views, he New York Times and

he San Francisco Chronicle Sunday Syle

Secion, boh alleys are currenly eeming

wih a creaive mix o independenly

owned shops, wih more on he way. Te

alleys, aecionaely named emescal

Alley and Alley 49, are par o a broader

Fit Fid i the ae of Teme sqe

complex o properies known as emescal

Square, which includes he buildings

ha house Sagrada, resaurans Dona

Tomas and Pizzaiolo, and Aricle Prac.

Tis pas Firs Friday saw he opening o

Minds Eye Vinage and Bouny and Feas

along emescal Alley. Hannah Homan,owner o Doughnu Dolly, o be locaed in

Alley 49, enjoyed a successul Kicksarer

campaign and raised 105% o he unds she

needed o open her doughnu shop.

Mos o he shops along boh alleys

hos heir own monhly ar exhibis,

which debu every Firs Friday. From June

hrough Augus here will be several ar

exhibis a he Willis C. Kauman Fine Ar

N

ew pedesrian-oriened sree

lighs are now raining heir LED

radiance upon elegraph Ave.

beween 40h and 42nd Srees. Te clas-

sically-inspired sree lighs, wih he laes

LED warm-glow echnology, acually repre-

sen Phase One o a long-held vision o he

emescal elegraph Business Improvemen

Disric (BID) Board. Aer years o planning,

pursuing unding opporuniies, and massag-

ing he ciy’s bureaucracy, he rs 13 lighs are

aglow. And lovely hey are o behold!

An Oakland redevelopmen gran -

nanced Phase One o he eor, procured by

he BID. For Phases wo and Tree, he BIDis leveraging all is available asses, including

borrowing agains uure revenue, o bring all

he lighs on board sooner raher han laer.

“We hink his should have a big im-

pac on he securiy and aesheics o our

disric,” said Darlene Drapkin, he BID’s

execuive direcor. “Te board was eager o

ge i compleed as soon as possible, even i

i mean borrowing he money.”

Phase wo, which includes an addi-

ional 42 lighs coninuing up elegraph

rom 42nd S. and across 52nd S. o he

emescal Library, should ge sared in a

couple o monhs and be ully online in

2012. Phase Tree will add lighs down

52nd S. oward Dover S. and Children’s

Hospial, and may ake a bi longer as i’s

par o he Fourh Bore mediaion eors.

All old, he lighs are by ar he BID

bigges projec o dae. Once compleed, i

will be a crowning achievemen in eoro make he elegraph/emescal corrido

Oakland’s mos enlighened desinaion. u

— Gary Turchin or thTemescal Telegraph BID

Temescal Street Fair July 8th

The 9th annual Temescal Street Fair

returns on Sunday, July 8 rom 12 pm

- 6 pm on Telegraph Ave. rom 42nd

to 51st Streets. This amily-riendlyair eatures three ood courts, our

stages showcasing local perormers,

and 140 booths teeming with hand-

made crats and local artistry that rep-

resent the area’s culturally rich milieu.

To have a booth or become a sponsor,

visit http://www.temescaldistrict.org/

hip_happenings.

W and Aniques gallery space beore Proesso

Kauman reires in Sepember, when h

space will ransiion ino anoher gallery.

All o his complemens he emergence o

so many grea ar venues in emescal, including

Smokey’s angle, Rise Above Prin Shop, T

Royal Nonesuch Gallery and Te Arbor.Te nex Firs Friday, May 4h, is righ

around he corner. Make a nigh o i in

emescal! Sar a Alley 49 and emesca

Alley where each Firs Friday you will alway

nd somehing yummy o ea, ree liv

music, inriguing monhly ar exhibis, peopl

o mee and unique shops o explore! u

— Suzanne L’Heureux

Telegraph street lights. Photo by Darlene Drapkin



❏ Yes, I wan o help.

Enclosed is my conribuion in he amoun o:

❏ $10 ❏ $25 ❏ $50 ❏ Oher $

TEMEscal cOMMunITy calEnDar

Ee sd, 9 m – 1 pm. emescalFarmers’ Marke, 5300 Claremon Ave., DMV parking lo. Please bring your own bags. Tearmers’ marke also acceps WIC coupons.

sudy, 9 m. Keep emescal Clean &Beauiul mees o pick up rash and clean gra-i. 43rd & Shaer. Rain cancels. Gloves, bagsand liter pick-up ools are provided. Call im Anderson a 698-2393 or [email protected] wih quesions. More inormaion a htp:// www.acebook.com/KeepemescalClean.

Ee Mo - Fi, 9 m - 3 pm. Te NorhOakland Senior Cener is open or members o he communiy. Te annual $12 membershipeniles seniors 55 and older o qualiy ordiscouns on aciviies and rips. Come enjoy

ars and cras, healh insurance counseling,exercise and dance, rips and ours and compuerclasses a 5714 MLK Jr. Way, 597-5085.

Tuedy & Turdy, 3 – 6 pm. Te EasBay Children’s Book Projec, which gives booksree o charge o proessionals who work wihchildren in need, is open in is new locaiona he Mosswood Recreaion Cener, 3612 Webser S. Ino: 408-READ or www.ebcbp.org.

wededy, 10:30 m. Preschool sory ime.emescal Library, 5205 elegraph Ave., 597-5049.

weded M 2, 7 pm. Friends o he

ool Lending Library mee a he Kingshpub, 5227 Claremon Ave. Repeas June 6.

std M 5, 11 m - 1 pm. Firs Sa-urday playdaes a Emerson Elemenary. Comeo he kindergaren playground on Shaer omee neighborhood amilies, play ogeher andlearn abou all ha’s happening a Emerson.Free coee and bagels! Repeas June 2.

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Ted M 8, 5:30 pm. Emerson Elemenary monhly PO meeing. Poluck dinner a 5:30;meeing in he library a 6 pm. Childcareprovided and everyone is welcome. 4803Lawon Ave., 654-7373. Repeas June 12.

Fid M 11, 5:30 - 8:30 pm. Bies O Broadway. Mee your neighbors and and enjoy delicious ood rom local ood rucks in heron o Sudio One, 465 45h S. beweenLawon and Broadway. More ino a www.

biesofroadway.com.

Fid M 11, 7:30 pm. Poery Saloonmees a 472 44h Sree. Poluck dinner a 6pm, reading a 7:30 pm. Bring poems by youand ohers o share, or come jus o enjoy.Repeas June 8 and second Friday o every

monh. Call 654-6495 wih quesions.

std M 12. Ride or a Reason, a bikeride rom Oakland o he Sae Capiol odraw atenion o he budge crisis or publicschools in Caliornia. Tis year’s ride hopes oraise $60,000 and he unds will be spli evenly

beween Emerson Elemenary, ClaremonMiddle, Oakland echnical High Schooland Oakland Inernaional High. o regiser,

voluneer or donae go o: www.rideorareason.dojiggy.com.

weded M 16, 7 pm. Te emescalNeighborhood Crime Prevenion Council

(NCPC) mees a Faih Presbyerian Church,49h and Webser. For more inormaionconac Lee Edwards a 507-7929.

Thd Je 14, dk. Tis summer’semescal Sree Cinema begins, wih lmsshown on he side o he Bank o he WesBuilding a elegraph Ave. and 49h S. Seaingis limied, so come early and bring a chair!

Are your adult children bugging

you to move out o that big house

and into a retirement home? Do

you hate the idea o leaving the

home and neighborhood that youlove? Check out North Oakland Vil-

lage, a membership support net-

work that provides a variety o ser-

vices or people who want to stay in

their own homes as they age.

About 150 o these villages, each

independent rom the others, have

been established in communities

across the nation, and more are in

the process. Members call a central

number when they have a need and

are connected with a volunteer who

will give them a ride to the doctor,

take them grocery shopping, do mi-

nor repairs in the house, drive them

to the airport, help with a computer

issue, or myriad other personal or

household needs.

The Village concept o ag-

ing in place is a cost-eective plan

that provides an enhanced social

network as well as the services al-

ready listed. The Beacon Hill Village

in Boston, established in 2002, was

the frst. North Oakland Village wasorganized fve years ago. We have

about 20 members and serve all o

Oakland. There is a ee; or one per-

son, it’s $600 a year.

The North Oakland Village ofce

is located in the Rockridge Shop-

ping Center at 51st and Broadway,

between Starbucks and CVS. It is

open rom 10 am to 2 pm Monday

through Friday. On Mondays, join

others as you do your mending or

handwork. Come to a drop-in inor-mation session on the last Saturday

o every month. Or stop by during

regular ofce hours or more inor-

mation, to pick up a brochure, or to

talk to some o our volunteers. You

can also call us at 547-8500 or visit

our website at www.northoakland-

village.org. u

— Ruby Long, board member andvolunteer with North Oakland Village

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