Save the Date - Creek to Bay Day - Sept. 21, 2013

Behind Caldecott Lane are natural creeks, two of which flow into public storm drains created by the City of Oakland to catch the water flow and outlet it to the Bay.

We have been invited to participate in CREEK TO BAY DAY on September 21, 2013.

Creek to Bay Day is part of a national event sponsored by the City of Oakland Environmental Services Division and the California Coastal Commission.

This time, we will focus on the creek behind 142 Caldecott Lane.  Further up the creek, there are:

tree trimmings

landscape cuttings

and such debris as discarded tires, metal pipes, a bed frame, bits and pieces of discarded lamps, and more.


Who knows what other "treasures" we will find?

The real treasure is what lay underneath these discarded items and landscape vegetation.

What lay beneath these items is a natural waterway that flows from the hills above us.

This environment houses birds that sing in the spring and summer . . .

Families of deer who seek shelter in the woods behind us. . .

Indigenous wildflowers. . .

Removed of the debris and cuttings is breathtakingly beautiful scenery that -- working together - we can restore to its natural beauty.

PLEASE JOIN US ON SEPTEMBER 21, 2013 TO HELP 
CLEAN UP THE CREEKS BEHIND CALDECOTT LANE!

WHERE: Behind 142 Caldecott Lane and behind 120 Caldecott Lane

TIME: 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 Noon

Water, sports drinks, and tools will be supplied.  Bring your own gloves and sunscreen.  

Unfair Business Practices

Time to provide the garbage "services" that tenants pay for.  High time to provide the six 96-gallon containers for each two residential buildings that tenant's are supposed to have. 

Caldecott Clean-Up Continues

behind 142 Caldecott Lane.

While the storm drain is now cleared, new landscape cuttings appear to have been dumped in the natural waterway that flows down the hill from Tunnel Road above us.

We are making a valiant effort to continue to clean-up and two of us removed about 20 bags of yard waste between us.

We found a bed frame, a large metal pipe, a tire, and a Dish network dish all dumped further up the creek.

And, now the yard bags sit like sentinels, witnesses to our work.  Come join us one early Sunday morning while we put on our garden gloves, bring out our rakes, and continue to beautify and respect our land.