News & Notes
UC Project Day leaders helped spruce up the Fire Storm Memorial Garden
UC Project Day leaders helped spruce up the Fire Storm Memorial Garden on a brisk Sunday morning, March 2. The 11 students, under the direction of Garden Chair, Fred Booker and others from NHCA, removed 20 bags of green waste. They removed invasives and weeds, pruned some perennials and picked up trash. Lunch was provided […]
Garden Work Party at Gateway
On a beautiful Saturday, Feb 22, 8 of us gathered 16 bags of green waste and 2 large bags of trash and recyclables. Come join us in the festivities and breathe the beautiful fresh air. Spoiler alert: We saw two lovely spotted towhees very busily pecking for seeds! Quite a thrill!
KQED Interview: The Oakland Hills Burned Before. LA Fires Have Many Terrified It Will Happen Again | KQED
David and Nancy Kessler recall how their lives changed when they lost their home in the Oakland Hills in the blaze of 1991, as they stand in the main part of their home on Vicente Drive, on Jan. 13, 2025. They eventually rebuilt their home with fire-hardened measures and David has become the Chair of […]
ARE YOU IN THE NHCA?
Everyone who lives in the area bounded by Ashby/Highway13, Claremont Blvd., GrizzlyPeak/Skyline, and Thornhill is a member of NHCA. Membership is free, but we depend on your support and participation so that we can cover our expenses (mostly for communication, a little for plants), work on issues that are important to everyone, and represent the community’s views when we interact with city officials.
This is the new map of City of Oakland Council Districts. NHCA is part of District 4 now, an all hill district