UPDATED: ALAMEDA FIRE CHIEF ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE
1, September 2, 2010 – 10:43 am | 8 Comments

Updated 1:23 p.m. Thursday, September 2
Alameda Fire Chief David Kapler has been placed on administrative leave following revelations he used the city’s gas pumps to fuel his personal vehicles and that he had faced similar …

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Lottery redux
1, February 29, 2008 – 4:35 pm | No Comment

There’s an update on the Franklin and Edison lotteries on the school district’s website at:
http://www.alameda.k12.ca.us/education/components/calendar/default.php?sectiondetailid=3&d=5&m=3&y=2008&et=day&PHPSESSID=780ae8f80526a3f0fc4630cdf59dcbf6
8:30 am at Edison, 3 pm at Franklin. Parents will be notified of the results in writing after the random drawings.
Thanks …

Mayoral pay raise?
1, February 29, 2008 – 9:55 am | No Comment

The City Council is set to discuss changes to the city’s charter Tuesday. Among the changes in the charter language, some of which is three-quarters of a century old, are little things like removing the …

Lottery date is set …
1, February 28, 2008 – 6:38 pm | No Comment

… for Wednesday, March 5. Time TBA. Sounds like we’ll have the full 411 tomorrow.

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Friends, Alamedans, countrymen … lend me your wallets
1, February 27, 2008 – 8:45 pm | No Comment

Did anyone catch the sales tax chart on the city’s website today? It shows that Alameda ranks almost dead last in the county in the amount of sales tax it rakes in per resident (only …

You gotta be in it to win it
1, February 27, 2008 – 1:37 pm | No Comment

Well, it’s official: Kindergartners slated to enter Edison and Franklin schools this fall will be facing a lottery. The district has not yet set a date, spokeswoman Donna Fletcher said. The lottery was delayed because …

Six hours later …
1, February 26, 2008 – 10:08 pm | No Comment

Here’s the quick and dirty rundown from the school board’s six hour gabfest last night/this morning:
*As expected, unanimous no for Renaissance Leadership Academy charter school. It remains to be seen whether they appeal to the …

“The most important BOE meeting in years”
1, February 25, 2008 – 10:47 pm | No Comment

That from school board Vice President Mike McMahon, regarding Tuesday’s meeting. On the agenda: the Renaissance Leadership Academy charter school proposal (getting more on this), elementary capacity solutions, a looming fiscal apocalypse … and a …

Hello, Alameda
1, February 25, 2008 – 7:45 am | No Comment

I live here.
In the grand scheme of things, that’s not so important to too many people who are not me. But when it comes to bringing you local news, it means everything.
I moved to Alameda …