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  • Curious spectators watch as a tow truck operator retrieves a minivan from the waters of Lake Merritt in Oakland, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2006. (D. Ross Cameron/The Oakland Tribune)
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  • Curious spectators check out the scene where a minivan ended up in the waters of Lake Merritt in Oakland, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2006. (D. Ross Cameron/The Oakland Tribune)
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  • Curious spectators watch as a tow truck operator retrieves a minivan from the waters of Lake Merritt in Oakland, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2006. (D. Ross Cameron/The Oakland Tribune)
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  • Curious spectators watch as a tow truck operator retrieves a minivan from the waters of Lake Merritt in Oakland, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2006. (D. Ross Cameron/The Oakland Tribune)
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  • Curious spectators check out the scene where a minivan ended up in the waters of Lake Merritt in Oakland, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2006. (D. Ross Cameron/The Oakland Tribune)
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  • A curious woman uses her cellphone to photograph a minivan that ended up in the waters of Lake Merritt in Oakland, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2006. (D. Ross Cameron/The Oakland Tribune)
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  • Meisha Marcelin, a volunteer horse trainer for the Oakland police department, takes Roy for a walk around Lake Merritt, Thursday, June 2, 2005 in Oakland, Calif. (D. Ross Cameron/The Oakland Tribune)
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  • Sandra Smith of Antioch, Calf. poses for a photograph at Lake Merritt in Oakland, Calif., Tuesday, July 16, 2013. Smith, a graduate of the film program at Laney College and Berkeley Film Institute, was named the winner of a film festival sponsored by Cast Down Imagination TV. (D. Ross Cameron/Bay Area News Group)
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  • Meisha Marcelin, a volunteer horse trainer for the Oakland police department, takes Roy for a walk around Lake Merritt, Thursday, June 2, 2005 in Oakland, Calif. (D. Ross Cameron/The Oakland Tribune)
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  • Oakland, Calif. native Brittani Sensabaugh poses by Lake Merritt, Friday, Jan. 27, 2017. Sensabaugh, a documentary photographer who has featured work from "forgotten cities" around the globe, got frustrated seeing the negative billboards in her neighborhood--so she decided decided to fundraise a project to put positive imagery on local billboards, emphasizing black communities, healthy eating, and how "love is more powerful than fear." (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • Lisa Smith-Bryant, left, of Cast Down Imagination TV in Fairfield, Calif., presents an award to filmmaker Sandra Smith of Antioch, Calif. at Lake Merritt in Oakland, Calif., Tuesday, July 16, 2013. Smith, a graduate of the film program at Laney College and Berkeley Film Institute, was named the winner of a film festival sponsored by Cast Down Imagination TV. (D. Ross Cameron/Bay Area News Group)
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  • Oakland, Calif. native Brittani Sensabaugh poses by Lake Merritt, Friday, Jan. 27, 2017. Sensabaugh, a documentary photographer who has featured work from "forgotten cities" around the globe, got frustrated seeing the negative billboards in her neighborhood--so she decided decided to fundraise a project to put positive imagery on local billboards, emphasizing black communities, healthy eating, and how "love is more powerful than fear." (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • Meisha Marcelin, a volunteer horse trainer for the Oakland police department, takes Roy for a walk around Lake Merritt, Thursday, June 2, 2005 in Oakland, Calif. (D. Ross Cameron/The Oakland Tribune)
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  • Mahnaz Khazen, a real estate developer who is in the process of building a trade training center in east Oakland, Calif., poses for a photograph in her most recent project, the former Lake Merritt Lodge, which now serves as off-campus housing for local graduate students. (D. Ross Cameron/Bay Area News Group)
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  • Thousands of people participate in "Hands Around Lake Merritt," to protest the election of billionaire real estate mogul Donald J. Trump to the presidency of the United States, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016, in Oakland, Calif. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • Thousands of people participate in "Hands Around Lake Merritt," to protest the election of billionaire real estate mogul Donald J. Trump to the presidency of the United States, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016, in Oakland, Calif. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • A woman takes in the view as the setting sun colors the clouds over Lake Merritt and the Rene C. Davidson Superior Courthouse, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016, in Oakland, Calif. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • The setting sun colors the clouds over Lake Merritt and the Rene C. Davidson Superior Courthouse, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016, in Oakland, Calif. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • Alex Garcia holds himself still with just one hand as he practices his slacklining alongside Lake Merritt in Oakland, Calif., Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014. His group, the Merritt Slackers, put up a few of the lines near the colonnade each Saturday and Sunday. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • Alex Garcia practices his slacklining alongside Lake Merritt in Oakland, Calif., Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014. His group, the Merritt Slackers, put up a few of the lines near the colonnade each Saturday and Sunday. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • A woman takes in the view as the setting sun colors the clouds over Lake Merritt and the Rene C. Davidson Superior Courthouse, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016, in Oakland, Calif. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • The setting sun colors the clouds over Lake Merritt and the Rene C. Davidson Superior Courthouse, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016, in Oakland, Calif. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • Alex Garcia holds himself still with just one hand as he practices his slacklining alongside Lake Merritt in Oakland, Calif., Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014. His group, the Merritt Slackers, put up a few of the lines near the colonnade each Saturday and Sunday. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • Alex Garcia practices his slacklining alongside Lake Merritt in Oakland, Calif., Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014. His group, the Merritt Slackers, put up a few of the lines near the colonnade each Saturday and Sunday. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • The setting sun colors the clouds over Lake Merritt and the Rene C. Davidson Superior Courthouse, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016, in Oakland, Calif. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • Police confer at a search on Lake Merritt for a person who was reported to have jumped into the water there Wednesday, April 22, 2015, in Oakland, Calif. Search efforts proved fruitless. (D. Ross Cameron/Bay Area News Group)
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  • Police and firefighters search Lake Merritt for a person who was reported to have jumped into the water there Wednesday, April 22, 2015, in Oakland, Calif. Search efforts proved fruitless. (D. Ross Cameron/Bay Area News Group)
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  • Alex Garcia practices his slacklining alongside Lake Merritt in Oakland, Calif., Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014. His group, the Merritt Slackers, put up a few of the lines near the colonnade each Saturday and Sunday. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • Alex Garcia appears to float in midair as he practices his slacklining alongside Lake Merritt in Oakland, Calif., Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014. His group, the Merritt Slackers, put up a few of the lines near the colonnade each Saturday and Sunday. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • Drayton John of Berkeley, Calif. bounces on a 60-foot slackline, alongside Lake Merritt in Oakland, Calif., Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014. John, who's been tricklining, as it's known, for about two years now, and says that he's achieved only an intermediate level of skill, but has lost about 87 pounds and greatly strengthened his core. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • Lake Merritt's "Necklace of Lights" is now made up of energy-saving, long-lasting bulbs -- all 4,150 of them.  The bulbs will last 25,000 hours (versus the previous life of about 2,000 hours), and will save the city 70,000 kilowatt/hours of electricity a year.  They're seen here, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2007, in Oakland, Calif. (D. Ross Cameron/The Oakland Tribune)
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  • Police and firefighters search Lake Merritt for a person who was reported to have jumped into the water there Wednesday, April 22, 2015, in Oakland, Calif. Search efforts proved fruitless. (D. Ross Cameron/Bay Area News Group)
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  • A replica of a native American thunderbird scupture, at the bird sanctuary at Lake Merritt, Wednesday, April 8, 2006, in Oakland, Calif. (D. Ross Cameron/The Oakland Tribune)
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  • Jason Paladino, a graduate student at UC-Berkeley, tests his balance with some slacklining, alongside Lake Merritt in Oakland, Calif., Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • As passersby look on, Rebecca Whitney of Berkeley, Calif. practices her slacklining -- balancing, bouncing and otherwise riding a two-inch wide piece of nylon webbing strung between two trees -- with a forward flip dismount, alongside Lake Merritt in Oakland, Calif., Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • A California gull stands on the railing at the bird sanctuary at Lake Merritt, Wednesday, April 8, 2006, in Oakland, Calif. (D. Ross Cameron/The Oakland Tribune)
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  • A  row of California gulls stand on the railing at the bird sanctuary at Lake Merritt, Wednesday, April 8, 2006, in Oakland, Calif. (D. Ross Cameron/The Oakland Tribune)
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  • A replica of a native American thunderbird scupture, at the bird sanctuary at Lake Merritt, Wednesday, April 8, 2006, in Oakland, Calif. (D. Ross Cameron/The Oakland Tribune)
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  • Rebecca Whitney of Berkeley, Calif. practices her slacklining alongside Lake Merritt in Oakland, Calif., Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • Jason Paladino, a graduate student at UC-Berkeley, tests his balance with some slacklining, alongside Lake Merritt in Oakland, Calif., Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • Rebecca Whitney of Berkeley, Calif. practices her slacklining alongside Lake Merritt in Oakland, Calif., Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • A California gull stands on the railing at the bird sanctuary at Lake Merritt, Wednesday, April 8, 2006, in Oakland, Calif. (D. Ross Cameron/The Oakland Tribune)
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  • An unidentified couple feed the water fowl at the bird sanctuary at Lake Merritt, Wednesday, April 8, 2006, in Oakland, Calif. (D. Ross Cameron/The Oakland Tribune)
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  • An unidentified couple feed the water fowl at the bird sanctuary at Lake Merritt, Wednesday, April 8, 2006, in Oakland, Calif. (D. Ross Cameron/The Oakland Tribune)
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  • An unidentified couple feed the water fowl at the bird sanctuary at Lake Merritt, Wednesday, April 8, 2006, in Oakland, Calif. (D. Ross Cameron/The Oakland Tribune)
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  • Rebecca Whitney of Berkeley, Calif. practices her slacklining alongside Lake Merritt in Oakland, Calif., Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • Lea Sportis of Alameda, Calif., top and friend Drayton John of Berkeley, Calif. practice their AcroYoga moves on the grass alongside Lake Merritt in Oakland, Calif., Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • As passersby look on, Rebecca Whitney of Berkeley, Calif. practices her slacklining -- balancing, bouncing and otherwise riding a two-inch wide piece of nylon webbing strung between two trees -- alongside Lake Merritt in Oakland, Calif., Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • Rebecca Whitney of Berkeley, Calif. practices her slacklining alongside Lake Merritt in Oakland, Calif., Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • Police surround the suspect's license-plate-less vehicle in a Berkeley, Calif. bank robbery, Monday, March 9, 2009 in Oakland, Calif. The suspect fled in the car and led police on a chase before finally being apprehended near Lake Merritt on Jackson Street. (D. Ross Cameron/The Oakland Tribune)
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  • Fireworks explode above the Rene C. Davidson Superior Courthouse and Lake Merritt, to celebrate the anniversary of American independence, Thursday, July 4, 2002, in Oakland, Calif. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • Fireworks explode above the Rene C. Davidson Superior Courthouse and Lake Merritt, to celebrate the anniversary of American independence, Thursday, July 4, 2002, in Oakland, Calif. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • A pair of Canada Geese at the Lake Merritt bird sanctuary in Oakland, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2006. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • Ducks are silhouetted against the water at the Lake Merritt bird sanctuary in Oakland, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2006. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • A male Mallard duck paddles through the waters at the Lake Merritt bird sanctuary in Oakland, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2006. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • The Rock Dove, or common pigeon, at the Lake Merritt bird sanctuary in Oakland, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2006. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • The Rock Dove, or common pigeon, at the Lake Merritt bird sanctuary in Oakland, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2006. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • A Great Egret, at the Lake Merritt bird sanctuary in Oakland, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2006. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • The Rock Dove, or common pigeon, at the Lake Merritt bird sanctuary in Oakland, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2006. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • Various birds circle around the Lake Merritt bird sanctuary in Oakland, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2006. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • A Black-crowned Night-Heron, at the Lake Merritt bird sanctuary in Oakland, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2006. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • A Black-crowned Night-Heron, at the Lake Merritt bird sanctuary in Oakland, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2006. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • Unidentified water bird at the Lake Merritt bird sanctuary in Oakland, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2006. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • A female Mallard duck paddles through the waters at the Lake Merritt bird sanctuary in Oakland, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2006. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • The Rock Dove, or common pigeon, at the Lake Merritt bird sanctuary in Oakland, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2006. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • A white duck, at the Lake Merritt bird sanctuary in Oakland, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2006. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • A Canada Goose, at the Lake Merritt bird sanctuary in Oakland, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2006. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • A Canada Goose, at the Lake Merritt bird sanctuary in Oakland, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2006. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • Various birds circle around the Lake Merritt bird sanctuary in Oakland, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2006. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • An American Coot paddles through the water at the Lake Merritt bird sanctuary in Oakland, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2006. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • A Ring-billed Gull sits on a float at the Lake Merritt bird sanctuary in Oakland, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2006. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • Various water bird perch on floats at the Lake Merritt bird sanctuary in Oakland, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2006. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • Unidentified water bird at the Lake Merritt bird sanctuary in Oakland, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2006. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • Unidentified water bird at the Lake Merritt bird sanctuary in Oakland, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2006. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • The Rock Dove, or common pigeon, takes flight at the Lake Merritt bird sanctuary in Oakland, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2006. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • A Great Egret, left, preens at the Lake Merritt bird sanctuary in Oakland, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2006. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • The Rock Dove, or common pigeon, at the Lake Merritt bird sanctuary in Oakland, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2006. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • A California Gull alights on a float at the Lake Merritt bird sanctuary in Oakland, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2006. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • Kathy Gade, left, and Angela LaMiette, both instructors at Athletics Playground in Emeryville, Calif., said they came to practice their AcroYoga moves by Lake Merritt because of the sunny skies and light breezes, in Oakland, Calif., Monday, Aug. 11, 2014. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • Oakland, Calif. firefighters scoop up an absorbent material they spread over fluids from an SUV involved in a car vs. bicycle accident at the intersection of Harrison and 20th streets near Lake Merritt, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. The accident occurred when the cyclist, who was uninjured, ran the stop light, causing the driver in front of the SUV to stop short. The driver of the SUV was transported by ambulance to a local hospital. (D. Ross Cameron/Staff)
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  • Jack Bryson of Oakland, Calif. poses for a photograph near Lake Merritt, Monday, Oct. 4, 2010 in Oakland. Bryson's sons, Jackie and Nigel, were with Oscar Grant on BART the night that Grant was shot and killed by police officer Johannes Mehserle, and the experience has been transformational for the elder Bryson. He has become an activist against police brutality. (D. Ross Cameron/Staff)
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  • Jack Bryson of Oakland, Calif. poses for a photograph near Lake Merritt, Monday, Oct. 4, 2010 in Oakland. Bryson's sons, Jackie and Nigel, were with Oscar Grant on BART the night that Grant was shot and killed by police officer Johannes Mehserle, and the experience has been transformational for the elder Bryson. He has become an activist against police brutality. (D. Ross Cameron/Staff)
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  • A suspect in a bank robbery, center, in Berkeley, Calif. is taken into custody by police after he led police on a car chase to Oakland, Calif., Monday, March 9, 2009. (D. Ross Cameron/The Oakland Tribune)
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  • A suspect in a bank robbery, center, in Berkeley, Calif. is taken into custody by police after he led police on a car chase to Oakland, Calif., Monday, March 9, 2009. (D. Ross Cameron/The Oakland Tribune)
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  • A suspect in a bank robbery, center, in Berkeley, Calif. is taken into custody by police after he led police on a car chase to neighboring Oakland, Calif., Monday, March 9, 2009. The suspect was lifted up and carried by police after he refused to walk on his own. The suspect's license-plate-less car is at left. (D. Ross Cameron/The Oakland Tribune)
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  • A suspect in a bank robbery, center, in Berkeley, Calif. is taken into custody by police after he led police on a car chase to neighboring Oakland, Calif., Monday, March 9, 2009. The suspect was lifted up and carried by police after he refused to walk on his own. The suspect's license-plate-less car is at left. (D. Ross Cameron/The Oakland Tribune)
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  • Police sort through the belongings of a suspected bank robber after he led them on a chase from the bank in Berkeley, Calif. to Oakland, Calif., where he was captured, Monday, March 9, 2009. Among the items recovered by police were wads of cash and a handgun, at left. (D. Ross Cameron/The Oakland Tribune)
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  • The skylines of San Francisco and Oakland, Calif. are seen from Skyline Boulevard in the Oakland hills, Monday, Oct. 16, 2006. (D. Ross Cameron/The Oakland Tribune)
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  • The skylines of San Francisco and Oakland, Calif. are seen from Skyline Boulevard in the Oakland hills, Monday, Oct. 16, 2006. (D. Ross Cameron/The Oakland Tribune)
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  • Fireworks explode over Aquatic Park to celebrate the 222nd anniversary of American independence, Saturday, July 4, 1998, in San Francisco. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • Fireworks explode over Aquatic Park to celebrate the 222nd anniversary of American independence, Saturday, July 4, 1998, in San Francisco. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • Fireworks explode over Aquatic Park to celebrate the 222nd anniversary of American independence, Saturday, July 4, 1998, in San Francisco. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • Fireworks explode over Aquatic Park to celebrate the 222nd anniversary of American independence, Saturday, July 4, 1998, in San Francisco. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • Fireworks explode above a boat berthed in the Oakland estuary, to celebrate the anniversary of American independence, Sunday, July 4, 2004, in Alameda, Calif. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • Fireworks explode above a boat berthed in the Oakland estuary, to celebrate the anniversary of American independence, Sunday, July 4, 2004, in Alameda, Calif. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • Unauthorized fireworks explode above the Fruitvale district of Oakland, Calif., to celebrate the 242nd anniversary of American independence, Wednesday, July 4, 2018. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • Fireworks explode above the cities of San Francisco and Oakland, Calif., to celebrate the 242nd anniversary of American independence, Wednesday, July 4, 2018. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • Fireworks explode above the cities of San Francisco and Oakland, Calif., to celebrate the 242nd anniversary of American independence, Wednesday, July 4, 2018. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • Fireworks, both authorized and unauthorized, explode over the cities of San Francisco and Oakland, Calif., to celebrate the 242nd anniversary of American independence, Wednesday, July 4, 2018. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • Oakland, Calif. attorney Jay Ward poses for a photograph in his offices in the Kaiser Center, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2005. Ward is the a member of the California Shakespeare Theater board and says theater stimulates creative thought. (D. Ross Cameron/The Oakland Tribune)
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