🐙🎶 Freddie is heading to the Laurel Street Fair & World Music Festival this Saturday! 🐙🎶 Find us in the Laurel Ace Hardware parking lot, where we’ll be selling Freddie the Octopus Chose Melrose books, flashcards, pens, Freddie finger... Read more 👉🏽 instagram.com/p/DbqZ40clJb...

Have you spotted the freshly painted crosswalks along Courtland Avenue, in front of Courtland Creek Park, and across several other neighborhood streets? Next stop: the Melrose Community Garden! 🎉💚 Thank you, Oakland DOT, for helping make... Read more 👉🏽 instagram.com/p/DbqXisglAk...

Fremont High School gets an A+ for showing up on National Night Out Day! 💚🐯💯 Principal Nidya Báez made sure Fremont staff got out into Melrose to meet neighbors and business owners, build relationships, and give away Fremont Tigers... Read more 👉🏽 instagram.com/reel/DbqV3S-...

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Speaking of the Laurel Street Fair & World Music Festival… Habitat for Humanity is donating ANOTHER playhouse for us to raffle! 🎉🎟 And you better believe it has another octopus! 😂🐙🏠 This was completely unplanned, too! They just... Read more 👉🏽 www.instagram.com/p/Dbn130blIb...

🌙✨ HAPPENING TODAY: Oakland’s National Night Out! ✨🌙 ⏰ 5–8 PM 🏘️ “Town Nights: Celebrating Safe Spaces in The Town” Official registration has closed, but you can still gather with your neighbors for food, music, ice cream, or simply... Read more 👉🏽 www.instagram.com/p/DbnyYK9lCz...

🍎🥕 FREE PRODUCE IS BACK! 🥬🍊 👉🏽 When: TODAY, Tuesday, Aug 4 👉🏽 Time: 2–3 PM 👉🏽 Where: Melrose Community Garden 📍 Corner of Vicksburg & Ygnacio (across from Horace Mann Elementary) Stop by for some delightful goodies — first come, first served! 🏃🏽‍♀️💨

💚 Many of you were asking, “Where was Scheryl on Saturday? Why wasn’t she volunteering with Love Thy Neighbors at the JTA Foundation Backpack Giveaway?” 👀😂 Well, she had a VERY good excuse... it was her birthday! 🎂🎉 AND Scheryl took... Read more 👉🏽 www.instagram.com/p/DblNSAjlCT...

🌙✨ TOMORROW, Tuesday, August 4, is National Night Out! ✨🌙 ⏰ 5–8 PM 🏘️ “Town Nights: Celebrating Safe Spaces in The Town” Official registration has closed, but that does NOT mean you can’t participate! Gather your neighbors for a... Read more 👉🏽 www.instagram.com/p/DblLcNslAI...

Access to food is essential. 💚 If you’re in Melrose, our neighbors at the HEPPAC Drop-In Center are here for the community with a weekly grocery giveaway: 🗓 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday ⏰ 10 AM – 3 PM 📍 5323 Foothill Blvd Please share with anyone who may benefit. 💚

🏆✨ AND THE 2026 CHAMPION FOR YOUTH AWARD GOES TO…OUR VERY OWN NIDYA BÁEZ!!! ✨🏆 Last night at the Black Futures Ball, Fremont High School Principal and Melrose 27X NC Treasurer Nidya Báez received this incredible and well-deserved... Read more 👉🏽 www.instagram.com/p/DbitsxgFMX...

✨ Talk about serendipity! 🏠🐙 Habitat for Humanity joined the JTA Foundation Backpack Giveaway by donating a playhouse BUT not just any playhouse, BUT an “Under the Sea” playhouse with an octopus!!!! 🏠🐙 Of course, we immediately told... Read more 👉🏽 www.instagram.com/p/DbisuN0lGQ...

🎒 The JTA Foundation Backpack Giveaway was a HUGE success AND bigger than ever! 🎉 We are incredibly grateful to Arrianna, Elizabeth, and Patricia for everything they did to support children and families throughout Melrose and beyond... Read more 👉🏽 www.instagram.com/p/DbirXmmFJF...

🏠🐙 And speaking of Habitat for Humanity… 💚✨ A HUGE thank-you to Habitat for Humanity for donating a playhouse to today’s JTA Foundation Backpack Giveaway! Without anyone planning it, the only playhouse available in Oakland happened... Read more 👉🏽 www.instagram.com/p/Dbf7JI-Gx-...

🎉 TODAY IS THE DAY, OAKLAND! 🎉🐯 The JTA Foundation Backpack Giveaway is taking over Fremont High School TODAY—and we’re getting our kiddos ready to walk into the new school year feeling confident and prepared! 🎒✏️💚 Children must be present to receive supplies! 💚 See flyer for details! 🤓

🧹💚 TODAY in Melrose! 💚🧹 📍 Corner of Foothill & Cole 📅 Saturday, August 1 ⏰ 9–10:30 AM Join our inclusive First Saturday community cleanup and help us show some love to Foothill & Cole! A little time and teamwork can make a BIG difference. ✨💪🏽

TOMORROW at Fremont High School! ✏️🎒🐯 Bring the kiddos to the JTA Foundation Backpack Giveaway for FREE backpacks, school supplies, haircuts, braiding, toys, soccer, music, and lots of family fun! 🎉 Children must be present to receive supplies! 💚 See flyer for details! 🤓

🧹💚 TOMORROW in Melrose! 💚🧹 📍 Corner of Foothill & Cole 📅 Saturday, August 1 ⏰ 9–10:30 AM Join our inclusive First Saturday community cleanup and help us show some love to Foothill & Cole! A little time and teamwork can make a BIG difference. ✨💪🏽

It was truly an honor to speak at Chief James Beere’s swearing-in ceremony and represent the POWERHOUSE of Melrose during such a meaningful celebration! 🚨🚔 After more than 27 years of service with OPD, Chief Beere brings deep... Read more 👉🏽 www.instagram.com/p/DbdeRCVlME...

⏰🎒 THE COUNTDOWN IS ON! Only TWO days until the JTA Foundation Backpack Giveaway at Fremont High School! ✏️✨ Bring the kiddos this Saturday for FREE backpacks, school supplies, haircuts, braiding, toys, soccer, music, and plenty of family fun! 🎉 See flyer for details🤓!

A BIG Melrose shout-out to Chief James Beere and Sergeant Fajardo for visiting our neighborhood and taking the famous Melrose tour! 🚨🚔 After more than 27 years with OPD, Chief Beere knows our neighborhood well, but this visit gave us the... Read more 👉🏽 www.instagram.com/p/DbYessSFEU...

💚 A BIG Melrose shout-out to Dante and Miguel for taking care of our sewer system and helping keep our neighborhood running! 🙌🏽🚧 When we hear “first responders,” we often think of police officers and firefighters. But during major... Read more 👉🏽 www.instagram.com/p/DbYQIscFKp...

🚨🐺 COYOTE SIGHTINGS IN MELROSE & MAXWELL PARK 🐺🚨 Neighbors, please keep an extra eye on your furry family members! More than a month ago, our neighbor Jerry reported seeing a coyote near Congress Ave and Courtland Ave at Courtland... Read more 👉🏽 www.instagram.com/p/DbYPMVJFLy...

💚🧊✨ Our Fridge Fairy is back! ✨🧊💚 A darling thank-you to Chris for bringing 42 yummy Mom’s Meals to the Melrose Community Fridge! Since she is home from the ER and not allowed to lift anything, her wonderful husband, Stan, drove her... Read more 👉🏽 www.instagram.com/p/DbWuI8Uj0d...

🌳💚 Melrose is growing greener, one sidewalk at a time! 💚🌳 Yesterday, California Climate Action Fellows Rose, Gayathri, and Esther were hard at work planting trees along the sidewalk outside Tom and Yoseli’s home!! And we are SO excited... Read more 👉🏽 www.instagram.com/p/DbVuG0blLp...

🎒✏️ THIS SATURDAY, we’re getting Oakland’s kiddos ready to head back to school! ✏️🎒 Join us for the JTA Foundation Backpack Giveaway at Fremont High School!! Come for FREE backpacks, school supplies, haircuts, braiding, toys, soccer, music, and plenty of family fun! 🎉💚

🍎🥕 FREE PRODUCE IS BACK! 🥬🍊 👉🏽 When: TODAY, Tuesday, July 28 👉🏽 Time: 2–3 PM 👉🏽 Where: Melrose Community Garden 📍 Corner of Vicksburg & Ygnacio (across from Horace Mann Elementary) Stop by for some delightful goodies — first come, first served! 🏃🏽‍♀️💨

🎒✨ BACK-TO-SCHOOL FUN IS COMING TO MELROSE! ✨🎒 Melrose 27X NC is excited to join the FREE JTA Foundation Backpack Giveaway at Fremont High School! 🎉 📅 Saturday, August 1 ⏰ 12 PM—while supplies last 📍 Fremont High School 4610 Foothill Blvd., Oakland Children must be present to receive supplies! 💚

🐾💎 RUBY UPDATE! 💎🐾 Remember the tiny kitten rescued from a stapled-shut paper bag during the heat wave?!! 🤔 She now has a beautiful new name—Ruby—and she is absolutely thriving in her forever home! 🥹💚 Ruby is sweet, social, and... Read more 👉🏽 instagram.com/p/DbQo3xUFGR...

Another Freddie book signing is happening TODAY! 🐙📚 And rumor has it that Ali—the young star whose paint spill inspired Freddie—may make a special appearance to sign books and take photos! 👀✨ 📅 TODAY—Sunday, July 26 ⏰ 2–5 PM 📍 2531 Monticello Ave. Come meet Freddie!🐙

🚨 Message from the City of Oakland: ONE MORE HOUR LEFT: Got an old mattress, couch, appliance or other bulky household item taking up space? 🛋️📺♻️ 📍 7101 Edgewater Dr. Oakland 🗓️ Quarterly events: July 25, ⏰ 9 am – 1 pm Bring proof of Oakland residency and a valid photo ID