Inaugural Bentley School Volunteer Garden Day – Firestorm Memorial Garden Sept 26th If you have been following the ongoing work-in-progress highlighting a string of garden event posts this season (over the past 6-months), you’ll know that we have just finished the Gateway Garden ’22 program in September. We recently had a mulching event that covered […]
To kick off the Fall season, Vicki & Dan welcomed an energetic young group of 20 volunteers from Sequoyah Community Church on September 24th to help complete the garden maintenance plan to get ready for Winter. MISSION – Finish mulching the remaining Zones 6, 7, 8, plus 11A/11B and 12 at Gateway Gardens. This effort follows the […]
Chevron Day @ Gateway Gardens & Pavilion – Sept 15, 2022 On a beautiful early Fall Thursday morning, Vicki & Dan welcomed 18 hard-working Chevron volunteers to help at the Gateway Garden. The objective was to follow the garden maintenance plan in getting the garden ready for Winter after a Summer of garden clean-up and detailing with the help of […]
The North Hills Community Association has partnered with the League of Women Voters of Oakland to invite our residents to their three candidate forums. For each of these events, you can pose your own questions to candidates. The events are: Sep 27, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM PDT: Candidate Forum: Oakland Unified School District 4 Virtual Zoom Webinar Click here to […]
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Oakland Parks & Recreation Foundation/ Schnitzer Steel Conquer Gateway Garden! On a bright and sunny August 25th afternoon at Gateway Garden & Pavilion NHCA gardenco-chairs Vicki Oliveira and Dan Conolly held their first corporate garden volunteer event with Oakland Parks & Recreation Foundation and partner Schnitzer Steel from Oakland. It was a hard-working Schnitzer group […]
HUGE SUCCESS – 1st Annual Garden Ice Cream Social & Fundraiser Ice Cream, Raffle Prizes, Music, Balloons and most importantly, a beautiful, refreshed Gateway Garden to wander through and enjoy!! We had a warm sunny day with some cold and sweet ‘free’ ice cream in hand, chatting with 100+ of your other NHCA neighbors, friends and garden partners. Local […]
City of Oakland police Officer John Grubensky was killed as he tried to evacuate a family from their home during the deadly Oakland Hills Fire on October 20, 1991. When his body was found he was laying on top of a woman’s body whom he was trying to rescue. The firestorm was due to an […]
Tuesday Aug 2nd, 5-7pm @ Gateway Garden & Pavilion National Night Out – Ice Cream Social ‘Huge Success’ Video! KTVU interview (Carolyn & Vicki)
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North Hills Community Association is acknowledging and commending BrightView Landscape Services and the personal commitment of Mr. Jeroen Wright and staff to enhance our NHCA Gateway Garden Pavilion. Read Full Statement here
Dear North Hills Neighbors, As you drive along Caldecott Lane and turn onto Tunnel Road, you are greeted by the beautiful Gateway Gardens & Pavilion which both serves as a grand entrance to our homes but also a reminder of the grave responsibility we have in living in these hills. The Gateway Gardens are maintained by us, […]
Just ask the Goats, Garden Volunteers and the BrightView Landscaping team. Over the past few months, the Gateway Garden Committee has solicited these services to remove the garden’s invasive grasses and plants. The garden is in great shape for the North Hills Community volunteers to maintain the Gateway Garden moving forward. Join us each Friday […]
Useful Links for Information Compliance Standards for Vegetation Inspections https://www.oaklandca.gov/topics/compliance-standards-for-vegetation-inspections Vegetation Management Inspections Frequently Asked Questions https://cao-94612.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/VegWebsiteFAQs-2021.pdf To find the tentative or scheduled date for the inspection of your property: https://aca-prod.accela.com/OAKLAND/Default.aspx Wildfire District Inspections When private property inspections are over, people should call Fire Inspection Supervisor Adam Ball to report possible infractions. His number is […]
As announced two weeks ago, the North Hills Community Association (NHCA) will host its quarterly public safety meeting this Thursday, May 26, starting at 7:00 p.m. The meeting will take place virtually via the Zoom platform or phone. To join the meeting via Zoom, copy and paste the following web URL in your browser: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8233106183?pwd=L1FGMDdiODJacy90NDRNZ3M1V1c1UT09. This should […]
The data attached represents MACRO’s efforts in the pilot’s two impact zones, while operating during a day shift (0700-1500 // 7AM-3PM) seven days a week. MACRO Responder crews have been doing “on-view” engagements/interventions with a focus on wellness checks, sleepers, and behavioral health concerns. The purpose of “on-view” engagement is to identify a potential call before it […]
Location – Hiller Drive & Tunnel Road Activity – Weeding and mulching What to bring? Gloves, weeding tools, clippers Bring your friends and spread the word! The Gateway Gardens is a wonderful North Hills asset and Gardening Friday’s are a wonderful way to get some fresh air, a little exercise, and to meet new and […]
The Berkeley Project Team strikes again! The week started with everyone carefully studying the weather. Should we, or shouldn’t we? California hasn’t received much rain all year, but with a 90% chance of rain in Berkeley on Saturday, we weren’t sure if we could pull this off considering it could turn out to be a […]
“This website documents wildlife and wild plants found in the hills on the border between Oakland and Berkeley, California. The area covered is roughly bounded by Tunnel Road, Domingo Avenue, Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve, and Grizzly Peak Blvd., with emphasis on Claremont Canyon and the surrounding hillsides” Check it out here
On a beautiful sunny day, Saturday, March 12, about 20 UC Berkeley volunteers helped with weeding in the Demonstration Garden on Old Tunnel Road. The North Hills community Association garden committee, led by Celine Gyger, organized the event. It was a great success as the students are very energetic and bagged several dozen giant green […]