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[email protected] www.tricityvoice.com October 30, 2018 Vol. 16 No. 44 The Chapel of the Chimes’ columbarium is beautiful, vast, and peaceful, with high walls that house innumerable urns from the chapel’s 109 years in operation. Its Moorish and Gothic influences are felt throughout the property, artistic touches added in the late 1920s by architect Julia Morgan, famously known for her work on Hearst Castle. It is within these walls that Alvarez’s art shines; with each engraving, a life story. Continued on page 18 ARTICLE AND PHOTOS BY ROBBIE FINLEY An era quietly ended on July 31, 2018 at the Chapel of the Chimes in Oakland, where Fremont resident Manuel Alvarez had made his professional home for 34 years. As the chapel’s sole engraver-artist, Alvarez retired and took with him a craft that is all but lost to time: hand engraving. SUBMITTED AND PHOTOS COURTESY OF and open to all in the community. DOMINICAN SISTERS OF MISSION SAN JOSE This year’s harvest is Saturday, November 3, held rain or shine, and In 1891 when the Dominican followed with a thank you BBQ Sisters arrived at Mission San Jose, they provided by St. Joseph Parish. were welcomed by silvery olive trees The prized extra-virgin planted on these grounds by Dominican Sisters Olive Oil is bottled Franciscan friars. The Sisters by Dan Sciabica of Sciabica’s California processed the olives for their rich oil Olive Oil and distributed at the Sisters’ from 1894 to 1965.