Oakland Week concludes

ROUTE 1's OAKLAND WEEK concludes with a startling admission:
Although I was born in Oakland, I have never actually lived there. Our home was in nearby Alameda, Calif.
My mom and dad both lived in Oakland in the early 1960s, and my sister lived in Oakland for years before moving across the Bay to San Francisco.
I have lived in Alameda, Concord and Sebastopol, Calif. -- just never Oakland. Perhaps some day. Perhaps some day I will buy a big expensive house in the Oakland Hills. Until then, I will listen to the Pointer Sisters, Tower of Power and Rodger Collins and keep Oakland fresh in my mind, if no where else.