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Sunday, August a 1999 Parish hall in Brooklyn bne of countys oldest ftn HE HISTORIC churches of pointed arched windows and board and batten exterior was constructed for $2,300. It was consecrated in January 1861 by Bishop William Kq. For the next eight years. Akerty made his way back and forth between the two churches on foot Grateful parishioners eventually gave him a horse for the trip which he named "Brooklyn." In 1886, a larger church, still -in the Gothic mode, with steeple and flligee cross and multiple arched stained glass windows, was constructed cm the comer of 12th Avenue and Foothill V. The earlier structure was moved next door to serve as a parish hall and Sunday school A State Historical Landmark, and city of Oakland Landmark, the parish hall is considered the second-oldest church building still standing in Alameda County.

tour is from 2 pan, to! 4 p.m. and meets at the pavilion in San Antonio Park, 17th Ayenue and East 19th Street Othef churches featured will Be the Romanesque Revival Brooklyn Presbyterian Church, and Julia Morgan's Medlterra-: nean-style First Swedish Baptist YYY 4 1 There is a suggested donation of $7. CaU Oakland Heritage Alli-. ance (51Q) 763-9218 for more information. V.

Y'' Brooklyn in East Oakland are the focus of today's Oakland Heritage Alliance walking tour led by Chris Lobas and Xandra Grube. According to Beth Bagwell's book Oakland, The Story of a Chty." the district east of Lake Merritt came to be known as Brooklyn Township in the 1850s after settlers bought land from Antonio Peralta and started fhrms and businesses. A number of villages, including Clinton, San Antonio and Lynn consolidated as one township in The name Brooklyn Was pd forward by one of the town super-; visors, Thomas Eager, "who was r. proud of the fact that he had ar- rived on die ship Another eariy settler, James Busklrk Larue, arrived in 1849, purchased acreage from Peralta and opened a general store and wharf at thefoot of 14th Avenue. In the hills, taU stands of red-.

woods, so conspicuous they were used aa navigational land- Sharks by sea catkins entering Bay, says Bagwell, were Being harvested for The vtogfn redwood togs were hauled down what is now Park Boulevard to 13th" Avenue and Landmarks LaRue's wharf, which he called Embarcadero de San Antonio. Because of frequent fires In the 1850s, demand for lumber by rebuilding San Franciscans en- sured a steady market for East Bay trees. Within 10 years, reveals Bag-WeH "nothing but stumps remained of the original forests." Hardly a single tree remained. LaRue donated lots for two early Brooklyn houses of worship, in- -eluding an Episcopal Church at East 14th Street and 17th Avenue. According to Oakland Library History Room files, die Rev.

Ben-; JamtoAkerty of SL John's! Church on Eighth and Grove streets made nis way to Brooklyn to hold services fn a private v. v-' LaRue hosteda fund-raising festival so a church could be bullt von the donated parcel. A simple, wood-frame, one- 4 story Carpenter Gothic-style church with steep gable roof, 4 court man A pedestrian admires St James Episcopal Church ln Oakland. ona of tha historic Oakland churches on today's Oaklaiid Heritaga Alliance walking tour. Y'Y YY.

V'YV'y Yv Y'; 4- the TRIBUNE at (510) 208450 member organization last week at the groups centennial invention in Boston. Y- Despite the increasing diver-: slty among v. Sauceda said his organization faces a new crisis there mlght not be enough court reporters to fill the nations courtrooms; during the next century' About half of the court reporter schools in the. coiinfry have shut their doors during and. now there are only two Such-: institufions in nine-county Bay Area both in'.

San Francisco he YY-Y blames the school "closures on dwindling enrollment. Fewer, and. fewer peoples he said, are drawn to the! time: honored Job of maklng sure there is an accurate rerord of the Judicial system. Experts have not identlflcxl a single explanation for dedlnlng enrollment, he said He added that he does not believe It is her cause Y.Y Court reporters ini the Bay Area typically make between $50,000 and $60,000 In they "make more cash providing extra copies official court transcripts. Sauceda believes that.

one, of the. reasons fewer people have been attracted to court re-" Got NEWS I cf 4Sauceda first black By Robert Gammon STAffwnriH) Y-Y i HAYWARD When Carl auceda began transcribing every Word spoken in his court-' room three decades ago. he was Bay Area, there 'were six black cburt reporters period. the -longtime Hayward resident was predominantly-white Since then. Sauceda has en: eouraged numerous young women and members of ethnic minorities to join the his profession.

And as the turn' of the mlllennlum approache8, Ythere are thousands of African- American -court- reporters na-; tionwide. And women dominate In additkm, Sadceda, 58. has become the first African-Amer- lean elected president of the 100-year-old National Com! Reporters Assoda ,0 Sauceda, wdio has worked ln 'Alameda and San Mated county and currently. is, an offl--cial reporter in San Francisco, named to head the jAmsaBiiBnwNMENr Ttoday S' porting is because his industry has done a poor Job publicizing 7 itself Few khow. for exanqple.

that computers have streamlined court the, past, eburt reporters would type court proceedings on traditional shorthand machines and then be faced with consuming Job pi having to type transcripts mi regular type-. writers. 4 But now many reporters have gone high-technology and are; using real-time," where their shorfiiand machines are linked to a computer and software that translates they. into In torn. Yreal-timeY '-allows Judges, and sometimes neys, to read on a computer what witnesses say Just after they say iL The same concept.

is used In closed-aqtlon toleviskm. Y-! Sauceda, who has lived; lh Hayward since plans to continue to encourage Bay Area students to become court re-. porters Ity traveling around and speaking to high school classes. He also pirns to make over-! hires to colleges and universities tq try to persuade them to. launch' programs for court re-' porters! 'XAX1 or amri dtona oout when daati tom sour, $1R pjn, Ortfand, 4448361.

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