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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Railroaded underground?
1, April 30, 2008 – 7:45 am | No Comment

So, you think $120 a year more for the schools is bad? How about $5,767 to put your utility lines underground? That’s Alameda Power & Telecom’s estimate for what it will cost folks in Underground …

Water rationing to come?
1, April 29, 2008 – 7:30 am | No Comment

For those of you who didn’t catch it in the Chronicle last week, it looks like the East Bay may be facing a summer of water rationing. According to the Chron’s story, we got off …

What’s the Point?
1, April 28, 2008 – 7:30 am | No Comment

If you were wondering what that distant sound was … it’s the cries of Measure A backers and smart-growth advocates preparing for a fresh battle over Alameda Point. This time we’ve got a new report …

Pancakes!
1, April 26, 2008 – 9:00 am | No Comment

Do you love pancakes? And education? If the answer is yes to even just one of these questions, you should plan to attend the Kiwanis of Alameda’s 58th Annual Pancake Breakfast, which is from 8 …

Checkmate to be chucked?
1, April 25, 2008 – 5:00 pm | No Comment

Okay, this is my last light brown apple moth post this week, I swear!
On Thursday, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger postponed plans to spray much of the Bay Area (including Alameda) with a synthetic pheromone to rid …

Your weekend: The movies
1, April 25, 2008 – 8:30 am | No Comment

It’s true: The new, seven-screen movie thee-ay-ter on Park Street will be open for business just one month from now, on May 24. And you’ve got two opportunities to get a sneak peek at the …

MOTH SPRAYING POSTPONED
1, April 24, 2008 – 6:00 pm | No Comment

Fresh on the heels of a judge’s order halting aerial pheromone spraying of Santa Cruz County, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced a postponement of the state’s plans to spray huge swaths of the Bay Area in …

Foreclosing in on Alameda
1, April 24, 2008 – 7:30 am | No Comment

The Chronicle wrote up DataQuick’s most recent real estate report the other day, and I don’t think it’ll be any surprise to you that the news was, uh, not good. The scary thing is that …

No to Nea
1, April 23, 2008 – 10:30 am | No Comment

Last night, the Alameda County Board of Education “reluctantly” voted 6-0 to uphold the Alameda school board’s denial of Nea Community Learning Center’s charter application. County board staff found the application by Nea (the same …

The green way?
1, April 23, 2008 – 7:12 am | No Comment

Here’s a question I have about the state’s plan to spray us with a synthetic pheromone to try to kill off the light brown apple moth: If the plan is as green as California Department …

The post with no name
1, April 22, 2008 – 7:21 am | No Comment

Lotsa things happening this week … here goes …
*Charter decision today: The Alameda County Board of Education is slated to decide tonight whether to overrule our local school board to okay Nea Community Learning Center’s …