I also got to rescue a cat who was stuck in the collonnaded section right next to the stairs, which let me pretend I was a superhero for the afternoon.

The new photo was taken at Glen Echo Creek. On Richmond Boulevard, shortly below 580, around the 3300 block I think, there’s this cool little stone…I don’t know the right word…pavilion, maybe? And then there’s some pretty steps that lead down onto this bridge that goes over the creek. It’s beautiful. I find it incredibly peaceful there, and like to take a book and sit on the steps and read.

Loved the Jack London News. Your writing was prefect. Can understand your reasons for stopping it though.

The East Bay Express…well it is what it is. With blogs like this, who needs that rag for “news.”

The Edgerly story is the story in Oakland now. If the Mayor is back peddling (shocking..not), then it might be time for the Council to step up, though honestly I don’t know what they can do. I’m not holding my breath. Someone needs to do something.

I used to have print issues each month, but stopped in December. I couldn’t keep running my business and the paper. Too many hours and just enough bounced checks for ads for me to feel some pain. Plus, I was getting trapped in my store (still am getting trapped despite not doing the paper) from people wanting to complain about the neighborhood. If people have solutions, I don’t mind listening and trying to point them in the right direction, but some wanted me to solve problems like the trash strike when it happened; they wanted me to work towards getting barriers along Embarcadero when a woman was hit and killed by a train; and then there are the constant emails that I still get asking me to do something about the train horns. Hello? You moved to an urban area that includes trains, a freeway, a produce district (which I personally love despite all the trash) & the port. I was trying to report on the news, not become the “unofficial mayor”, as I have been called. I am NOT cut out for politics. I’m way too willing to say what I think!

But at least I researched what I wrote (or write since I’ve started posting on the blog). If I sell the business, I may go back to printing the paper…maybe. It’s a lot of work. And I’m not a great writer.

No where in the article did I say “worst kind of bureaucrat” or “sucking up to her bosses” – it’s unfortunate that he has to sensationalize everything. Grr.

It’s too bad he can’t just the direct quote and be done.

There was a group called the Oakland Newsletter Network that I was a part of for a while. PANIL, MacArthur Metro, and a few other neighborhood news types showed up to chat about story ideas. I was always shocked that my neighborhood newsletter did okay in print because I honestly thought it would only get read online. The bizarre thing is that people are still coming in to ask for it six months later. There is a new JLDA Call that is in print each month. It’s just different.

People are thirsty for local news. (imho) They just like to have it hand delivered.