HNA E-New: Crime Alert! Car Torched on Deakin Last Night; Work Party Today!

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Halcyon Neighborhood Association E-Newsletter

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Items appearing in the HNA E-Newsletter are deemed to be of general interest to neighbors but do not necessarily reflect the views of Halcyon Neighborhood Association (HNA), its Steering Committee, or the Editor. The Editor's introductory comments express her personal viewpoint.

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1. Crime Watch Report: Car Torched in Deakin Street Driveway 4:30 a.m. This Morning!

2. Come See the New Boulders & Join Our Work Party in Halcyon Commons Park, TODAY, Sunday, June 1st, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.!!!

Editor's Introductory Note:

This is a short E-News, which I'm only sending because I just received an alarming crime watch report (see item 1).

It's also a chance to remind everyone of the work party today in Halcyon Commons park; we could definitely use some additional help (see item 2)

And, once again, don't forget to vote in Tuesday's primary election!

-Nancy Carleton, HNA Co-Chair and E-Newsletter Editor

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1. Crime Watch Report: Truck Torched in Deakin Street Driveway (near Webster) at 4:30 a.m. This Morning, Sunday, June 1!

A Deakin Street neighbor (near the crossing with Webster) reports that their truck was torched this morning at 4:30. Cans of gasoline were set on fire on both ends of the vehicle. Fortunately, the neighbors noticed this and called 911; the Fire Dept. was able to extinguish the blaze (which otherwise could have spread to the wooden fence nearby and the neighboring houses).

Another neighbor said they saw a white car leaving the block around that time (sorry, no further details provided).

This is an alarming incident. Please be on watch this evening and over the coming period of time, and report anything suspicious immediately. If you hear anything unusual, this is one time not to try to sleep through it! Let's support our neighbors who experienced this traumatic experience and do everything we can to prevent it from happening again!

Police

Police Emergency Number:  911 (from landline); 981-5911(from cell; preprogram with this number to reach Berkeley emergency from a cell)

Police Nonemergency Number: 981-5900

Link to beat maps and a list of beat officers:

http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/police/department/beatinfo/beatlineup.html

In Halcyon neighborhood, west of Fulton is Beat 10, east of Fulton is Beat 9.

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2. Come See the New Boulders & Join Our Work Party in Halcyon Commons Park, TODAY, Sunday, June 1st, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.!!!

Meet at Halcyon Commons park (Halcyon Court at Prince Street).

Refreshments courtesy of Whole Foods Market.

Fresh coffee courtesy of Mokka Cafe (Telegraph at Dowling).

Come see the new boulders installed by neighborhood landscape contractor Scott Parker and his crew (thanks, Scott, Mark, and Chito! and thanks as well to neighbors Susan, Bruce, John, and Nancy for selecting them), with funds for the boulders provided by the UC Chancellor's Community Partnership Grant for the Halcyon Commons Rejuvenation Project (the grant also funded the beautiful animal cutout gateway by artist Amy Blackstone)!  In addition to our usual weeding, trimming, and picking up trash and removing graffiti, we will be prepping the area around the newly installed boulders so that we can add the beautiful paving stones (lovely rounded-edge river stones also funded by the grant) that will surround the boulders in the peace pole area at the southern end of the park. This addition completes a portion of the park that was never fully finished back in 1996 when the park was dedicated; I think you'll agree that the boulders add a great deal of character as they anchor the southeast entry into the park in a special way.

Please bring extra weeding and trimming tools if you have them (extra tools will be available if you don't), as well as shovels (please be sure to LABEL any tools, so that you're sure you get them back; it can get confusing otherwise!).

Taking good care of our park is crucial to keeping it a safe and inviting center of our neighborhood. And Whole Foods Market always generously supplies us with tasty food to fuel us. We're grateful to Mokka Cafe as well for the excellent coffee! Please lend a hand!

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