More than 100 parents, teachers and students joined with local residents Friday outside the North Oakland Community Charter School (NOCCS) to protest nine Verizon cell phone antennas planned for a site, owned by McGrath Properties, across from two elementary schools, homes and a city park.

From Leslie Cleaver Wood of the newly formed Longfellow Community Association:

Please join us for our first ever Longfellow Community Association Planning Meeting! Let’s come together to create an official Community Group and work together to address the needs and concerns of our beautifully diverse community.