NHCA Board Meeting @ 3:00 p.m. at the Claremont Resort and Club Agenda
Upcoming UC Berkeley Student Project Day – April 12
10 am – 1 pm Firestorm Memorial Garden on Hiller Drive adjacent to Bentley School.
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 […]
Garden News!
We resume our bi monthly weeding and beautification at the Gateway garden and demonstration pavilion. Old Tunnel Road and Caldecott the second and fourth Saturdays of the month! For January, the dates are January 11th and 25th. We have tools, gloves, and green waste bags and water! Bring your thermos. Do you come join us, […]
December 2024 News and Updates
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Great turnout at the Firestorm Memorial garden
We had a great turnout at the Firestorm Memorial garden today. 30 students filled 50 debris bags and 2 large bags of trash and 1 bag of recyclable goods. Thanks again to Andrea Gordon for lunch and Star Grocery lunch!!!!!
Successful UC Berkeley Project Day, Gateway Garden, Nov.2,2024
Another very successful day, clearing out overgrown and crowded plants around the olive trees. We also cleaned out weeds along the granite “rivers”. We collected 39 bags of green debris! A big thank you to Andrea Gordon, Realtor and Star Grocery for providing lunch snacks drinks, and goodies! Thank you too, to our shuttle drivers: […]
WILDFIRE PREVENTION ZONE BALLOT MEASURE PASSES!
The North Hills Community Association (NHCA) has accomplished much in the last few months. With your support, Measure MM, Oakland’s Wildfire Prevention Zone, passed with over 70% approval in the November election. NHCA Board member Elizabeth Stage was the key leader in this resounding win. With its enactment, Oakland has secured funding to manage vegetation […]
Mulch party at Gateway with Chevron
A group of 10 from Chevron +4 from NHCA had a successful mulch party at Gateway on Thursday, September 25. Fred Booker got mulch from Peter Rudy Big chief tree. The worker bees spread it around three sides of the pavilion so it is now in compliance with 10 feet of clearance from the structure. […]
Pictures from NNO 2024
National Night Out 2024 was delightful!
Successful weed-a-thon on Aug 10th
We gathered over 15 bags of weedy stuff: NHCA Board members David Kessler, Nancy Mueller, Anna Sarukhsnov and Fred Booker along with 6 other neighbors helped out too! JOIN US next time!! Weed-a-thon every 2nd and 4th Saturdays from 9-11 am at Gateway
NHCA Newsletter – August 2024 NEWS & UPDATES
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Wildfire Prevention Zone Ballot Measure Q&A
Please view the Q&A document here 1. The full Wildfire Prevention Zone legislative package, including the map, are posted here See three documents labelled “Supplemental.” 2.The Vegetation Management Plan can be found here
Recap: Weed-a-thon clean up!! July 13.
We had a great turnout of 12 eager volunteers and had a blast! We filled up over 25 bags of green waste. Our dear Lia Turk is the last picture of the series! Thanks to board members, David, Fred, Brian, Anna, and Nancy, who came out. Next Weed-a-thon event: Saturday, July 27, 9 to 11 […]
Weed-a-thon! Saturday July 13, 9-11am!
Howdy North Hills Folks! We need to roll up our sleeves for Gateway Exhibit Center beautification! Come join fellow weeders this coming Saturday, July 13, 9am-11am at the Gateway Exhibition Garden, Tunnel Road and Caldecott Lane, just above Hwy 13. Weather should be fine, not too hot. Water is plentiful but bring a water bottle, […]
Two NHCA Board Members met the new OPD Chief
Two NHCA Board Members met the new Chief of the Oakland Police Department.
A message about wildfire vegetation inspections from the oakland fire department vegetation management unit
Oakland Fire Department Vegetation Management Unit Adam Ball, Fire Inspection Supervisor with Oakland’s Vegetation Management Unit, explains the process for the annual wildfire vegetation inspections for 2023 and 2024 that take place in the Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones in Oakland, California.