Rockridge Roundup
The Rockridge Roundup is a community blog for posting factual articles about or of interest to the Rockridge community. You will also find select articles from previous issues of The Rockridge News.
How to submit Blog articles:
Articles should focus on issues that are important to our community, for example: safety, housing, sustainability and transportation.
Topics will evolve to reflect current concerns of the community.
Articles should be fact-based without bias or opinion.
Submit your articles to rcpcwebeditor@gmail.com for light editing and review to ensure they meet criteria. Please include original images you have the rights to use, your full name, and the street you live on.
Views expressed in published blog articles and events do not necessarily reflect those of The Rockridge News, its editor, or the board of directors of the Rockridge Community Planning Council.
Recent Blog Posts
The proposed project will be subject to Oakland’s standard review process with public hearings.
Navigating the complex, six-way intersection of Claremont and College avenues can be a harrowing experience.
The project involves redeveloping a large residential parcel into 14 for-sale town homes, each three stories, with a mix of two- and three-bedroom homes.
Aurora school is preparing to expand their educational offerings through a new collaboration with Mills College Children’s School (MCCS).
This measure focusses on two particular categories of business: small retailers grossing less than a million dollars per year and new businesses just starting out in Oakland.
Seeking volunteers to be the new Block Captains for the residents of Coronado and Golden Gate Avenues.
RCPC asks Claremont Country Club to mitigate pesticide use.
Her quiltwork came to the attention of the adult services librarian Anita Bowen, who urged Alpert to exhibit them there.
We wanted to build our community (not destroy it). We wanted to spend time with each other, to hang out and to work together to make something better.
Today, within the land that the Rockridge border fell on, there are few visible clues of the deep history beneath the neighborhood’s sidewalks, shops and tree-lined streets.
The RCPC is spearheading a food drive in Rockridge to benefit the Alameda County Community Food Bank and will match up to $2,000 in total donations.
Ironically, a death blooming agave plant has brought plenty of life to Manila Avenue. It has captured the hearts of residents — even tourists from as far away as New Zealand — in a remarkable way.

