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• Clean chimney sweeps away winter chills, worry about safety 

  ACRACKLING blaze and a warm hearth reminds Jennifer McBride of the holidays, Christmas specifically. The Oakland resident recently bought a...

  Oakland Tribune, 10/14/06 by Laura Casey, STAFF WRITER · More from publication

• Art sense 

  AS THE SEASONS begin changing you will, most likely, be spending more time inside your home. More time, that is, looking at the walls and wondering...

  Oakland Tribune, 10/07/06 by Laura Casey, STAFF WRITER · More from publication

• Gentlemen, start your ...lemons? 

  EMERYVILLE RESIDENT Jay Lam is obviously a little giddy when he asks his passenger to hold on as he speeds over a speed hump on a quiet Oakland...

  Oakland Tribune, 10/05/06 by Laura Casey, STAFF WRITER · More from publication

• HOUSE helps disabled find homes 

  BROTHERS Matt and Adam Pinney live with roommate Kevin Koberg in a special house on Tanager Drive. The cream house with maroon trim is not...

  Oakland Tribune, 10/02/06 by Laura Casey, STAFF WRITER · More from publication

• Plant starts make growing organic easy 

  IF THERE was an instruction booklet that came with Peggy Kass and Helen Krayenhoff's products, the booklet would be rather simple. "You can...

  Oakland Tribune, 09/30/06 by Laura Casey, STAFF WRITER · More from publication

• Taking SMART approach to kids' sports 

  EIGHT-YEAR-OLD Jasmine Benito is interested in all kinds of sports -- swimming, soccer, softball. But her parents, Ben and Sandy Benito of...

  Oakland Tribune, 09/25/06 by Laura Casey, STAFF WRITER · More from publication

• Bay friendly gardens reflect environmental ideals 

  THREE YEARS ago, Grant Minix and Mike Geltz's Oakland backyard was nothing more than a trash heap. What trash the previous owner of their home on...

  Oakland Tribune, 09/23/06 by Laura Casey , STAFF WRITER · More from publication

• Surgery is one man's answer to years of shame 

  LIKE MANY KIDS in middle school, Alameda resident Merle Yost had a nickname. But it wasn't one of those nicknames that kids like, the ones that...

  Oakland Tribune, 09/23/06 by Laura Casey, STAFF WRITER · More from publication

• 3 Blonde Moms say the darndest things 

  COMEDY comes easy to a dream team trio of moms with a funny bone already implanted within. First day of kindergarten? Funny. A colicky baby?...

  Oakland Tribune, 09/22/06 by Laura Casey, STAFF WRITER · More from publication

• Oakland teen's film part of breast cancer fundraiser 

  SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL student Karen Lum picked up a video camera in 8th grade and in the four years since, has made a film that won nearly 20 awards,...

  Oakland Tribune, 09/17/06 by Laura Casey, STAFF WRITER · More from publication