ACLO up in the air?
Help wanted: Census takers!
Times are tight, but someone’s hiring: The U.S. Census Bureau. The bureau is hiring a million people nationwide – Walmart numbers, people – to go door to door for eight weeks this spring to complete and[...]
Teacher layoff notifications okayed
The Board of Education undertook the grim task Tuesday night of approving notifications to dozens of teachers that they could be laid off at the end of the school year. The district could cut the full-time equivalent of [...]
The Blotter
* Monday, March 1 * BURGLARY: Police arrested Denise Renee Porter, 35, address not given, and Jason Santiago Inocencio, 22, no address given, on burglary charges. Police said Porter was arrested on probable cause when sh[...]
Running around town
Looking for a good reason to get in shape over the next few months? How about three? First up: Back to Life Chiropractic’s St. Patty’s Day Dash, which takes place this Saturday, March 13 at Robert W. Crown Me[...]
JURY GRANTS $1.95 MILLION JUDGMENT IN TELECOM SUIT
Updated 3:12 p.m. Wednesday, March 10 A jury has granted a $1.95 million judgment to a company that sued the city over money it said it was owed from Alameda’s former telecommunications business. The judgment came[...]
Getting ready for The Academy
By Stacy Lawrence At today’s Board of Education meeting, Alameda Unified School District officials will provide an update on The Academy of Alameda Middle School. That’s the charter school approved by the Sch[...]
City’s got civic center vision thing
City leaders are moving forward on a plan to revamp Alameda’s civic core that could be put in motion in the next 15 to 18 months, Interim City Manager Ann Marie Gallant has said. The plan envisions new uses for the[...]
Island sports: Alameda Girls Softball Association
* Game Recaps Saturday, March 6 2010 – Opening Day * AGSA 6U Protex Wax Alameda A’s vs. Burger King/Astropress Firecrackers We were so excited it decided not to rain for our opening game! Charlotte Daly had a great[...]
Otis considers staggered mornings next year
By Ani Dimusheva Teachers at Otis Elementary School are proposing to stagger the start of the school day for the school’s K-3 students in an effort to preserve small group instruction time they fear they’ll lose [...]
Proposed anti-bullying books available for review
School district officials have released a list of books they’re considering to complement the district’s existing elementary school-level anti-bullying curriculum. The 39 books on the list, which includes boo[...]
Island Life, Island News
ACLO up in the air?
I want to tell you about an emerging story regarding one of Alameda’s biggest cultural institutions, the Alameda Civic Light Opera. Sounds like years of bad economic times have caught up with them, resulting in the cancellation of their children’s summer camp and questions about the status of their 2010 season. A reader checked in earlier [...]
Help wanted: Census takers!
Times are tight, but someone’s hiring: The U.S. Census Bureau. The bureau is hiring a million people nationwide – Walmart numbers, people – to go door to door for eight weeks this spring to complete and collect decennial census forms from people who haven’t yet mailed them in. The pay is (a decidedly non-Walmart) $22 an [...]
