Archive for June, 2008
Lessee
Alameda’s Golf Commission is holding a special meeting tonight to talk about ways to make more money out at the Chuck Corica Golf Complex, but they may be too late to stave off plans that the golf complex be leased out to a private entity to run. The consultants who penned a just-released master plan [...]
Your weekend: Art. Fine art.
Sandwiched between the antique co-op and a car parts shop on Park Street and up a narrow flight of stairs, Autobody Fine Art is an easy place to miss. Nevertheless, it’s attracting increasing notice as a hip little place that could put Alameda on the outer edges, at least, of the map. This Saturday it’s [...]
Schools financial chief quits
Alameda Unified today announced the departure of Chief Financial Officer Luz T. Cazares. Cazares leaves Alameda at the end of August for a job as Assistant Superintendent of Business Services for the Pleasanton Unified School District, which has decidedly not been in the news for its fiscal problems.
Cazares’ career with the district began in March [...]
Staycation!
With gas approaching five bucks a gallon and all kinds of other economic fun happening this year, a lot of folks are foregoing the Hawaiian vacation in favor of what the pundits are calling a “staycation.” Meaning you skip both the airport lines and all the annoying little household chores you’ve been putting off and [...]
Orientation redux
A school district team unveiled plans Tuesday night for new lessons addressing sexual orientation and gender identity that could be taught in all of the district’s elementary school classrooms this coming school year. The district’s plan would also provide teachers and staff with a uniform set of policies addressing name-calling, harassment and other anti-gay behavior [...]
About that Planning Board meeting …
So here’s the quick and dirty on the Planning Board last night: The board said no to a big box ban, saying their original idea – to toughen the process by creating additional layers of review – would do just fine. We’ll see how the City Council, which planning staff said were ready to pass [...]
Orientation
The school board’s got a few interesting things on tap for tonight, not the least of which is an update on efforts to create a curriculum to address sexual orientation and gender identity for the Island’s elementary schools which could go into effect this coming school year. The district is apparently creating the curriculum in [...]
Big box ban? And affordable site switcheroo
We must have fallen asleep while the City Council talked about big box stores a while back. We thought they only wanted to define what a big box store is and then add layers of review before one could be approved. But apparently, they want to ban certain categories of superstore outright. (Or maybe just [...]
Your weekend: Music in the air
Summer concerts are in full swing here on the Island, what with the free monthly gigs at Crab Cove and a free “Summer Serenade” show every Thursday night at The Mall Formerly Known as South Shore. This weekend, Rhythmix Cultural Works kicks off its own summer concert series with a pair of concerts for your [...]
MOTH SPRAY HALTED
We just received word from blogger Eve Pearlman that state officials have halted their plans to spray pheromones over much of the Bay Area, including Alameda, in their effort to eradicate the light brown apple moth. State ag officials notified Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger late last week of their and the USDA’s success in breeding a [...]
Pavletic won’t request recount
Well folks, it looks like this Measure H thing edged a step closer to being a done deal today. According to the Alameda Sun’s David DeBolt, the measure’s chief public critic, Tom Pavletic, says he will not request a recount of the vote (thanks for the tip, RS). Pavletic told The Island a few weeks [...]
