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From our friends at Oakland Environmental Services: Oakland celebrates its 27th Creek to Bay Day on Saturday 9/17! Registrations to host a site will close on Wednesday, 9/7 at 5PM. If you are planning a cleanup, visit oaklandcreektobay.org to register and submit a tool request.

The Lake Merritt fish die-off: Can the city help? Can you? Will decimated species bounce back? via Oaklandside buff.ly/3qfbuCb

Grandmother and grandson visit 62 national parks on adventure of a lifetime. Via WaPo buff.ly/3cTa4KO

Join us for a grand garbage-go-getting adventure! For a second consecutive year, we are proud to partner with I Heart Oakland-Alameda Estuary to celebrate Creek To Bay Day on September 17! Learn more » buff.ly/3Qu3GqU

DO YOU HAVE YOUR FIVE-MINUTE PLAN? Evacuation orders mean that you have to leave in five minutes or less. When it’s time to go, five minutes can make all the difference. Visit firefightersonyourside.org for more safety tips. #WildfireSafety #CBODirect

Join us for our first community meeting as we plan to invest $200,000 in grant funding from The Clorox Company for improvements at DeFremery Park: Thurs 9/22 at 7PM, at the DeFremery Park Recreation Center. Can't make it? Find other ways to provide input » buff.ly/3qK5XDT

A big thank you to the Brita team at Clorox for their hard work and enthusiasm during our time together on the Oakland Estuary yesterday. We removed 100 pounds of garbage, much of it small household plastic that would have otherwise washed out into the Bay.

Let's go! Join us for a grand garbage-go-getting adventure this Saturday, September 17! For a second consecutive year, we are proud to partner with I Heart Oakland-Alameda Estuary to celebrate Creek To Bay Day! Learn more » buff.ly/3Qu3GqU

We had such a great time working with our partners Pacific Gas & Electric at the Rotary Nature Center on Lake Merritt last week! An afternoon of weeding, planting and habitat restoration under a beautiful blue sky!

Reminder! Join us for our first community meeting as we plan to invest a $200,000 grant from The Clorox Company for improvements at DeFremery Park tonight at 7PM at the DeFremery Park Recreation Center. Can't make it? Find other ways to provide input » buff.ly/3qK5XDT

Join our partners, Trees for Oakland, for a volunteer tree planting event this Sunday, September 25, from 10:00AM to 12:30PM at DeFremery Park in West Oakland. Arrive on time for an orientation session before the planting begins.

Three cheers for everyone who came out to remove more than 3,000 pounds of trash from our waterways with I Heart Oakland-Alameda Estuary on last Saturday's Creek To Bay Day! What a terrific morning!

When a wildfire strikes, do not wait for an evacuation order—it could be too late. Evacuate early when you see or smell a fire. Stay prepared with a 5-minute plan. Visit firefightersonyourside.org for more safety tips. #WildfireSafety #DisasterPrep

Thanks to all who came out to our first community meeting to share ideas for investing a $200,000 grant from The Clorox Company for improvements at DeFremery Park. We do it again tonight, this time on Zoom at 7:00PM! Register here » buff.ly/3BSffmq

We had an outstanding weekend planting trees at the Martin Luther King Jr Shoreline with Tony Kemp, the Oakland A's, PG&E, One Tree Planted and Players for the Planet! Thank you to all of our volunteers and to the East Bay Regional Parks District for being such a terrific host.

Starting our week feeling really grateful for our longstanding partners McGuire and Hester for their hard work and enthusiasm last week while planting 16 trees in East Oakland! It was so great to be outdoors working together!

This November, Oakland park facilities are on the ballot! The November 8, 2022 election includes Measure U, an $850 million bond fund for capital needs. Learn more » buff.ly/3Mm10Ly

The City of Oakland is currently developing its Fiscal Year 2023-2025 Capital Improvement Program. The public portal for submitting project ideas for this two-year cycle is open now and will close on October 14, 2022, at 11:59pm. Learn more » buff.ly/2SaaPQf

Thank you to all of our donors, sponsors and community partners who joined us for our second annual Autumn Lights Festival preview reception on Wednesday night! And a big CONGRATULATIONS to the Autumn Lights Festival team for selling out all three nights of this year's event!

We had an absolute blast being out at the Autumn Lights Festival over the weekend!