Piedmont News

Beach School got a big boost in fulfilling its refurbishing dreams, thanks to an aggressive capital fundraising campaign and hard work by its parents.

Piedmont police Chief John "Rusty" Hunt is retiring after 25 years of service to Piedmont, starting as an officer and working his way through the ranks to become chief for the past four years.

Piedmont Center for the Arts will feature the works of five Piedmont artists this weekend and next as part of the popular ProArts Open Studios 2012 .

For co-chef-owner of Oenotri Restaurant in Napa Valley, Tyler Rodde , the concept is simple:A Southern Italian cooking technique with a farm-driven menu .

Men wearing masks and armed with a gun robbed a Piedmont family in their Oakland Avenue home early Monday morning, Piedmont police said today.

If you missed reading Piedmont Patch over the three-day holiday, catch up on the weekends top stories and blogs here: Sue Caro, chair of the Alameda County Republicans and past president of Piedmont Area Republican Women , writes about being "occupied" at a GOP fundraiser .

Bay City News -Firefighters extinguished a two-alarm fire Monday that damaged eight apartments and displaced about forty residents of a four-story building in Oakland, a battalion chief said.

On-Air Challenge : Every answer is a phrase in the form "___ in the ___." You'll be given rhymes for the first and last words, and you give the phrases.

With summer quickly approaching, the city of Oakland's Office of Parks and Recreation wants to improve the experience for residents interested in playing one of the most physical outdoor recreational sports.

Rather than cut hundreds of classes and turn away thousands more students, the board of trustees of the Peralta Colleges -- Berkeley City College, College of Alameda, and Laney and Merritt Colleges in Oakland -- recently voted to place a local parcel tax, Measure B, on the June ballot.

As is often the case in Piedmont, a private/public partnership is in the works to create a landscaped median that will not only beautify but also provide a safer crossing for children walking to school and other pedestrians.

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It's not too late to sign up for fresh local produce and meat through the Full Belly and Tara Firma farms to raise some funds for the Piedmont schools.

Carole Parker tried to buy 400 shares of Facebook last week through her Fidelity account, ended up with 800, and is now waiting to find out who'll make good on her $3,400 loss.

City of Piedmont department heads will see smaller paychecks under resolutions approved by the city council this week.

The Piedmont City Council is expected to select a recruiting firm tonight to lead the search for a new police chief.

The U.S. men's eight crew earned the top seed Sunday by overpowering New Zealand and France at 2012 Final Olympic Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland.

On-Air Challenge: This week's challenge is a twist on "Characteristic Initials." We will gives clues for some famous people, past and present.

Al Janske sparkles when he talks about Graphic Fantasy, the comic book store at the corner of Broadway and 40th Street in Oakland that he owned back in the 1970s.

Barney's Gourmet Hamburgers on Piedmont Avenue was the clear winner of this week's Readers' Choice 2012 poll, with 45 percent of the vote.