Cell Phone Companies Bypass City Laws
Check out this article in today's Oakland Tribune. The cell phone companies are way smarter than we are. They've figured out a way to bypass the cities. (#*%#(#%*(#!
Posted 8/19/2006

Community Input Sought by New Developer
Ian Birchall & Associates (IB+A) of San Francisco are the architects for a new project slated for the Jack London District. The project will be located between Embarcadero and 2nd Street where the Mingles & Rolanda's space is now. (Mingles has a lease through 2009, so don't assume this will immediately happen.)

The architect and developer will be showing off the latest proposed design on Wednesday, 8/16 at 6:30pm at 229 Harrison - NOT at Covenant House as previously reported in the Jack London News August print edition.

Please take time to see what the developers have in mind and provide feedback. And if someone could help point out that the last thing we need is yet another wall block along the Grand Embarcadero Canyon, I'd appreciate it. I'll be at the Planning Commission Meeting to find out why, yet again, the conditions of approval are not being inforced by City Staff. (This time in regards to historic preservation mitigation funds that were required by Signature Properties and Pulte Homes.)

Please go and speak! See what's on the table and make suggestions. They don't have to listen, but give them credit for at least having a meeting.
Posted 8/14/2006

August Print Edition of Jack London News Available
Stop by one of these locations for your August print edition of Jack London News:

Cuckoo's Nest
Jack London Inn
Jack London Mail
Kincaid's
Mignonne
Sierra Deli
Sierra Salon
Subway at Sierra
Urban Grind

Please let the retailer know that you appreciate being able to pick it up.

Unless you can't pick it up - and we have a solution for that! We are now offering a subscription service for $12.00 for a one-year subscription so that you can receive the paper at your door via first-class mail. Some local residents are lucky to receive it at their door, but others aren't so lucky. That's why we came up with a solution to help you get a copy.

We'll have the low res version up on the site for download in a few days, but if you would like to subscribe, send a check for $12.00 made out to Jack London Mail (not News) to:

Jack London News
Subscriptions
248 Third St., PMB 746
Oakland, CA 94607

Also - in between print time and delivery, there are always things that happen.

The pro-referendum movement for the Oak to Ninth Avenue project is heating up and they have left a petition at Jack London Mail for anyone that wants to sign. Jack London District Association is recommending folks sign the petition, as are the Sierra Club, the League of Women Voters, and other organizations. The project is complex with many issues that will have an effect on our area. You can learn more by checking out A Better Oak to Ninth.

If you haven't seen the 288 Third project lately, they're showing more skin... it's starting to look like a real building, not just a swathe of black covering. Cool!

Special thanks to local food blogger, Fatemah Khatibloo-McClure for writing a fabulous restaurant review on Tamarindo. I like the addition of a restaurant review and hope that we can provide more in future issues.

Please patronize the advertisers - they keep the paper in print!
Posted 8/04/2006

Photos from National Night Out
A few photos from National Night Out can be found on Flickr.
Posted 8/04/2006

National Night Out HUGE Success
Over 100 local residents turned up for free Fenton's ice cream last night at the Jack London District Association's National Night Out. We had visits from OPD several times, from our Neighborhood Services Coordinators, Monique Tsang and Sandra Sanders-West, our District 3 Council Member Nancy Nadel (towards the end), and a special visit from the Fire Department.

We got through a LOT of that ice cream! Good job!

And kudos to Paul Anderson and Lynne Huntting for winning Apple iPod Shuffles, courtesy of Jack London Mail. I hope you got to know 20 new people! (really, just 19, since you both left one blank)

Hope to see all of you and more for National Neighborhood Day, Sunday, September 17th! We'll be providing more info closer to the date.
Posted 8/02/2006