Friends of the Cleveland Cascade
the rediscovered fountainworks of Lake Merritt
Calling all volunteers! We need your help! Our first-of-the-month work day is this Saturday, May 3rd! Sunny skies are forecasted, which means there will be lots of activity at the Cascade, including these planned tasks: Mulching – Get ready to Continue reading May Day Mayday!
Our faithful cleanup crew from Walmart.com didn’t let Mother Nature rain on their parade! Adorned in slickers and goulashes and armed with brooms and clippers, they took on the tasks of sweeping stairs and trimming ivy, working around puddles of water Continue reading Come rain or shine
Water at the Cleveland Cascade has now been restored. The problem was, as usual, roots from a redwood tree had broken a pipe. It took almost 3 days for Public Works Agency to verify where the breakage was by testing Continue reading water restored at Cascade
Water had to be shut down at the Cascade several days ago because tree roots had broken into a sewer pipe. That created a flood down steps to lower plaza. Now the Public Works plumbers must go to Home Depot Continue reading Water temporarily shut off at the Cascade
When it comes to community involvement and concern for her neighborhood, Barbara Newcombe is the poster person. She has been a fixture at the Cleveland Cascade for almost 10 years now, coaxing not only the plants to bloom but also Continue reading Barbara Newcombe receives the KPIX Jefferson Award
Just like the pouring of rain from the clouds this week, so was the outpouring of praise from neighbors who passed by today, giving a “Thanks!” for making the Cascade so nice and a few “Congratulations!” to Barbara for receiving Continue reading It’s a beautiful day in this neighborhood
Reporting and video by KPIX of Cleveland Cascade March 13th will be aired at the following times: On KPIX 5: 4/2 Wednesday in KPIX 5 News at 6pm 4/3 Thursday in KPIX 5 News at Noon 4/5 Saturday in KPIX Continue reading KPIX Cascade program air times
Channel 5, KPIX, is sending a camera crew on Thursday to film the Cascade and volunteers at work. They are scheduled to arrive at 2pm on the 13th. Any volunteers who can manage to come are welcome, to add interest Continue reading News crew to film volunteers at Cascade, Thurs Mar 13 at 2pm
Amazing! Yoshi, Catalina and Ellen showed up. We tidied the stairs up, pulled some weeds and chatted with exercizers. What a lovely, dry morning. Then off to Haddon Hill for tea and latte. You missed Yoshi’s banana bread. Better luck Continue reading March workday
Welcome to the new & improved web site for the Cleveland Cascade. The new site is implemented in WordPress which will make it easier to keep the site updated and supported by the community. The site comprises all the history Continue reading New Web Site for the Cleveland Cascade