{"id":284719,"date":"2026-04-25T01:11:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T01:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/284719\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T01:11:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T01:11:11","slug":"photos-arbor-day-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/284719\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos | Arbor Day celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The City of Piedmont hosted its annual Arbor and Earth Day Celebration on Thursday, drawing a crowd of elementary students and parents to Piedmont Community Hall to see Public Works\u2019 big trucks, explore interactive nature-themed activities, and make wildlife-themed crafts.<\/p>\n<p>The city\u2019s Arbor Day celebration dates back to 2007 and celebrates the nearly 9,000 trees the Public Works Department maintains in Piedmont\u2019s parks and public spaces as well as the City\u2019s commitment\u00a0to environmental stewardship.\u00a0This year organizers \u2014 the Public Works Department and the Park Commission \u2014 teamed up with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebchildrenandnature.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">East Bay Children &amp; Nature<\/a>, an Emeryville-based organization dedicated to fostering stronger connections with nature in children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The City of Piedmont hosted its annual Arbor and Earth Day Celebration on Thursday, drawing a crowd of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284720,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144],"class_list":["post-284719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}