The area resident is organizing work parties to clear combustible vegetation from open space along Skyline Boulevard.
Beloved former television news anchor and Oakland hills resident Wendy Tokuda, in foreground, recently rallied a group of volunteers to tackle a thicket of brush and non-native saplings near Chabot Space & Science Center.Heat advisories continue to dominate the news this week as firefighters remain vigilant — especially in the parched East Bay hills. A one-woman force of nature is on duty too, organizing work parties to help mitigate the fire danger along Oakland’s Skyline Boulevard.
“This area we worked in is close to homes in Piedmont Pines in a high-fire-risk area,” she said, adding the area was a tangle of brush and invasive acacia trees that had fallen downhill on top of each other. “It was a mess. For a moment, I wondered if it was simply hopeless. Then I realized you could easily pull the saplings with a weed wrench. I thought, ‘What the heck — let’s just do what we can.
“Cleaning up our open spaces doesn’t just make our homes safer,” Tokuda said. “We are lucky enough to live in a beautiful area, and these parks are little green oases — treasures, really. But they need stewardship to keep them healthy and to keep us safe.”Montclair’s Sliver Pizzeria will soon make margaritas. We’re not talking margherita pizzas, but rather the frosty tequila-based beverages that go so well with summer.
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