Top Stories, Sept. 12-18: Library's Likely New Home, Pool Management, Musical Performance

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1. : After it when a new landlord hiked the rent, it looks like the branch library will be saved by a move up the street to Piedmont Avenue Elementary School's parking lot.
   
2. : Surveillance camera images helped lead Oakland police to a man suspected of holding up the Rockridge grocery store earlier this month.
   
3. : The Recreation Department drew from existing personnel to replace the former Swim Club manager and assistant manager—both left within two months of the city's takeover of the facility though they had accepted six-month contracts to help with the transition.
   
4. : The new Piedmont Center for the Arts hosted the Cypress Quartet Saturday evening for one of the first performances at the venue that just held its grand . Earlier Saturday, gave a talk there, and christened the center's Steinway on Friday. 
   
5. : Whit Sotkiewicz has been earning his badge by building a storage shed for the Recreation Department.

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