OAKLAND TRIBUNE: April 8, 2011 Joe Salamack walks the halls of his high school like a father escorting his daughter down the aisle at her wedding. He’s proud of what he’s accomplished — yet the feeling of letting go is laced with sadness. After six years of service, the popular principal of Bishop O’Dowd is [...]
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Bishop O’Dowd losing its first lay principal
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The Six Questions
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ALAMEDA MAGAZINE: April/May 2011 Who: Lynne Orloff-Jones, freelance cooking instructor and food demos, Alameda What: She’s an author of two cookbooks and created her own food and wine demonstration business. She’s also a three-time breast cancer survivor whose unsinkable spirit and self-deprecating humor make her an inspiration to others.
Montclair diet guru to read from latest book
Posted in People Profiles on April 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
HILLS NEWSPAPERS: April 1, 2011 Ed Abramson isn’t your everyday diet guru. Yes, he writes books and gives lectures, talks and advice. But this Montclair psychologist is a regular guy — part couch potato, part gym rat. In fact, sometimes he even has a doughnut after Sunday morning walks with the guys. What’s his secret [...]
Oakland Private Investigators launch friendship on the field
Posted in People Profiles on March 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
HILLS NEWSPAPERS: March 25, 2011 You can learn a lot about trust on a rugby field. It may sound simplistic but it’s the foundation that forged Spencer Elrod Services, a new private investigation partnership in the hills. Mike Spencer and Jeremy Elrod first met as teammates for the Walnut Creek Gaels in 2000. Elrod had [...]
Piedmont author discusses life after Oprah
Posted in People Profiles on March 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
HILLS NEWSPAPERS: March 4, 2011 She’s a daughter and mother and author and wife. Piedmont writer Kelly Corrigan has a schedule that makes you marvel at how it all gets done — yet she makes it work. Sitting in her gracious Piedmont home looking as relaxed as a woman coming out of a weekend yoga [...]
Alameda’s real-life Mr. Sandman aids the sleep-deprived
Posted in General, People Profiles on January 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
OAKLAND TRIBUNE: January 21, 2011 It’s been said that a good man is hard to find. But the man of my dreams is more elusive than most. With his bedroom eyes and quiet disposition, he literally sweeps me off my feet. I call him Mr. Sandman. It turns out I’m not alone. Millions of Americans [...]
A little bit of country comes to Oakland
Posted in People Profiles, Video on January 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
HILLS NEWSPAPERS: January 14, 2011 The three guitars resting on her living room couch tell the story. “These are the girls” says Oakland hills singer/songwriter Caren Armstrong — each instrument poised to be played by an artist who can make the strings sing. Mention the name to any local guitarist and you’ll find Armstrong has [...]
Boy plays piano to help children around the world
Posted in People Profiles, Video on January 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
OAKLAND TRIBUNE: January 6, 2011 For many kids, playing the piano is a rite of passage that ranks somewhere between breaking a bone and getting braces. But for 13-year-old Omar Abdul-Rahim, the piano holds the key to helping other children. On Sunday, this eighth-grader at Corpus Christi School in Piedmont will play a benefit concert [...]
The Six Questions
Posted in People Profiles on January 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
OAKLAND MAGAZINE: January/February 2011 Who: Terry Sendgraff, 77, Oakland What: She’s a retired performer who pioneered a type of aerial dance called Motivity using trapeze bars, hoops, harnesses and slings. She’s also the founder of the first women’s trapeze dancing troupe in the nation, Fly By Nite, and the first women’s stilting troupe called Women [...]
Commercials are Al Attles’ new `game’
Posted in People Profiles on December 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
MARIN INDEPENDENT JOURNAL: December 3, 2010 He’s the voice of experience. Mature and confident. You get the sense that his mettle has been tested in every arena. Meet Al Attles, the voice behind a new series of Toyota truck commercials. It’s the same Al Attles who played 11 seasons for the Warriors, then coached them [...]
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