Nate is an East Bay community papers editor for the East Bay Times and Bay Area News Group.
This year’s Oakland Greek Festival, sponsored by the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Ascension, will return this Friday through Sunday.Along with breathtaking panoramic views from the Oakland hills, festival-goers can anticipate their delectable favorites such as gyros, souvlakia, lamb sandwiches, spanakopita, loukoumades, baklava and much more. Celebrating its 52nd year, the festival will kick off the festivities at 4 p.m. Friday and run through 9 p.m. Sunday.
The project, which is intended to improve 9-1-1 response capabilities, will relocate the dispatch center into the space that now jointly serves as the city’s emergency operations center and the Police Department’s conference and interview room. Funds raised will help improve safety, beautification and ensure free family-friendly gatherings continue throughout the year. For tickets and more details online, visitThe East Bay Regional Park District celebrated the grand opening of the new Roberts Pool at Roberts Regional Recreation Area recently with visitors and special guests. The Oakland hills pool is now open to the public for swimming on weekends and holidays from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The pool capacity has doubled from the original size, with additional shallow areas for recreation, swim lessons and training. It is a significant improvement over the previous pool, as the new configuration accommodates lap swimming and swim lessons or other programming simultaneously in the shallow end of the pool.
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