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1 METRO THE OAKLAND TRIBUNE LOCAL SUNDAY January 1 2007 Piedmont Monday January 15 2007 4 4 tX iftllWMClfe Annalee ALLEN 11:00 am 5:00 pm (Closed from 2:00 3:00 pm) honors 100 years of history rles as Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) to come to the East Bay hills The famous Piedmont Springs Hotel stood for many years at the site before being i leveled by a fire in the 1940s Piedmont Springs was one of the most popular resorts on the Pacific Coast according to the history files has within her limits a number of celebrated springs noted for the medicinal properties of their waters and for their romantic The files say the waters of the Piedmont mineral springs THE CITY PIEDMONT is celebrating its centennial this year with a series of programs and events The Requa Mansion (demolished in 1923) was one of the first homes Hilton Concord 1970 Diamond Blvd Concord Elsewhere in Tribune: Letters to the editor Metro 7 Because it was so far from town The Highlands was nearly self sufficient with its own vege table gardens orchards dairy herd water supply from wells on the property and its own gas works to provide lighting The Reqtias entertained often i and lavishly Extensive grounds planted with trees and orna mental shrubs say the files The home was demolished by family descendants in the 1920s To learn more about the city of Piedmont's centennial cele brations go to wwwcipied montcaus The History Room at the Oakland Main Library will feature an exhibit on Pied mont's history starting this week or more information call '238 3222 V'1' i and forest in the state of nature Highlands" the tasteiutiy arranged groundsand a magnificent view of Oak i land Alameda and San ran cisco and on out through the Golden Gate to the Pacific according to history files Another longtime Piedmont landmark no longer standing was the baronial estate of Isaac surrounding the house were Requa who acquired 80 acres in the 1870s and built a tow ered gabled high windowed house with 22 rooms painted yellow with brown The stately home was visible from across the Bay and so the story goes the Requa family watched it being built from their rooms at the Palace Hotelin downtown San rancisco Requa who made his fortune in the Comstock Lode in Virginia City Nev called his estate Contra Costa Times CAREER AIR Bring your experience and resume to the Contra Costa Times Career air Meet and talk with potential local companies looking for qualified applicants or a list of participating companies see dur ad in' the Contra Costa Times Employment Section Sunday January 14 and Monday January 15 2007 GENERAL Open to ALL job seekers Opportunities in areas such as sales management retail customer service underwriting loan processing bankingadministration and more SERIES of commu nity celebrations are planned at the end of January to kick oil the city of Pied mont's centennial year On Jan 31 a self guided Piedmont Park History Trail will be unveiled starting at 2 pm and followed by a free concert featuring local talent at the Veterans Hall The public is invited to sample bubbly bever ages and finger food at the Community Center and learn about the founding starting at 6 pm As a grand finale to that busy day Gail Lombardi of the Cen tennial Committee said there will be a free laser show visible from thejpverlook in Piedmont Park rain or shine Later in ttie year there will be walking tours an art exhibi tion featuring California impres sionists who found inspiration in the hills of Piedmont and outdoor concerts Centennial Committee mem bers have been meeting for the past year to come up with var ious activities and have raised 7 $87 POO of the $160000 bud geted are still accepting dona tions" Lombardi said An illustrated book tages and compiled by longtime City Clerk and Pied mont historian Ann Swift will be available soon The book de contain magnesia iodine and picts the homes and families iron and are justly celebrated who built them for their curative properties The City of Piedmont is spon "The scenery is beautiful in soring the history trail with its combination of hillside vale nine markers commemorating Key milestones iwarK reia kamp a city Public Works De partment employee is Resigning plans for a re creation of the rock grotto in the park the site of mineral springs that once at tracted visitors from across the Bay including such lumina HEALTH CARE Companies in this area seek qualified LVN's Nursing Managers and more! or admission to the Healthcare Section must have related experience Health effects of freight to be studied STUDY from Metro 1 hefty lux revenues for San Leandro' residents throughout the city pay the of freight transport with their health accot ding to (he Healthy San Leandro Collaborative And the city is in denial about it charged Wafaa Abo rashed executive director of the group and president of the Davis West Neighborhood Association more entrenched than we Aborashed said "But as we approach the city we feel like asleep when it comes to The group brought the issue before the City Coqncil last month "While it could be a problem not sure it's as a sign ill cant problem as it was 20 to 30 years Mayor Tony Santos said recently Meanwhile the group is setting the pace with its own scheduled to be released this spring and says that San Leandro will get a rude awakening when it finds out the pollution from containerized cargo traveling through the city is more harmful than people might actually think "So San Leandro needs to have a conscience of all the pollution coming Aborashed said The efforts come on the heels of its participation in a larger report released in November that said the freight industry particularly trucking places a huge burden on communities around California as it hauls in billions of dol in profit distributing goods arriving at the major ports Now that the report has been released the group wants to take it a step further by looking at which pollution Issues may be connected to San Leandro residents' health prob lems such as asthma and cancer Once the data have been collected the group hopes to determine who is responsible lor the residue left on residents Some fe however that pointing fingers might be too dif fictilt when pollution has become so complicated and the re a sponsibilily for environmental issues within San Leandro's borders is split among a plethora of agencies most of them outside the city While the federal government regulates pollution around airports the state regulates all of the pollution left by truck and train cargo traffic And the Bay Area Air Quality Manage La ment District regulates emissions from all factories gas sta tions and other stationary facilities But they're all supposed to be there to help said Karen Schkolnick a spokeswoman for the air district complicated but we don't expect people to under stand it all" she said want to help people get their con ccrns Currently the air district is embarking on a project to de velop a ncighborhood by ncighborhood grid for 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