Each basketball season, PHS boys and girls basketball teams compete for limited time in Binks Gym. When Binks Gym hosts games, the other PHS basketball teams – along with girls volleyball – are redirected to Buzz or Morrison Gym which often result in practices late into the evening. Not only does this shuffle incovenience PHS…
Piedmont is in the throes of figuring out how to preserve its off-leash dog areas for future generations. The major concern seems to be how to preserve the vegetated slopes in these areas – think of the slopes above Bushy Dell Creek in Piedmont Park, the slopes of the redwood grove in Dracena Park and the…
We are receiving a lot of announcements about the new pool including proposed prices for passes and drop in visits. However, no information has been provided about when the pool will open and close each day, either initially or as operations “ramp up.” How can people even consider purchasing a pass or plan a visit…
The closure of the Linda Dog Park seems to have been predicted on two facts: The possibility of fines of up to $66,000 a day for a violation. Sediment was observed flowing into storm drains so presumably that would have been the basis of a violation. Is sediment from a quarter-acre lot that serious an…
I’d like to bring attention to the comparison of PUSD’s LCAP Goal #1 versus neighboring districts’ LCAP Goal #1. Oakland USD: All students graduate college, career, and community ready. Berkeley USD: Provide high quality classroom curriculum and responsive instructional practices that are informed by data, promote college and career readiness and eliminate the achievement gap…
Following up on the excellent February 2, 2026 post: If Kenyon served administrators rather than residents, was she ever truly the city’s attorney? Or merely a corrupt lap dog for the bureaucracy, hiding incompetence behind attorney-client privilege? Her intellectually bankrupt Charter contortion—sacrificing voter rights for staff convenience—constituted a betrayal of staggering proportions. How many disenfranchisements…
Michelle Kenyon, Piedmont City AttorneyBurke, Williams and Sorensen, LLP Legal Interpretation of Section 9.02 of Piedmont City Charter INTRODUCTIONQuestions have been posed regarding whether a vote of the electorate is required under City Charter Section 9.02 to modify the permitted or conditional uses or increase densities within an established zone. Both the Charter and City…
Piedmont’s long-standing City Attorney, Michelle Kenyon, retired this month. Piedmonters didn’t get a good look at her work – most of the legal analysis she prepared was not available to the public under attorney-client privilege, and the more complex legal matters for the city were contracted out to specialists. She frequently did provide advice on…
Hunter Fasteau: You are NOT my voice on the Piedmont Board of Education! As a student representative on the school board, your role is to express the desires of the Piedmont student body as a whole and offer the school board insight. At a school board meeting, you passionately expressed the stress you were under…
The City of Piedmont is conducting a sustainability assessment of city parks to define land uses and landscaping practices that will maintain these resources for future generations. To that end, city staff is conducting pop-up sessions in the parks this week as well as an online survey to learn what residents like most about the…
