Article Archive for July 2008
Well folks, it looks like the College of Alameda is going to be seeking a new president. Current prexy Cecilia Y.M. Cervantes has been named president of Hennepin Technical College in Minnesota. We’ve got calls …
So what would the Alameda Power & Telecom mess ($33 million in bonds due next year, $43 million in interfund transfers owed by the telecom side to the electric side) be without a lawsuit to …
The city’s brand-spanking-new Fiscal Sustainability Committee held its first meeting Tuesday night at City Hall West on the base. What’s that, you say? A group of the city’s finest fiscal minds (Treasurer Kevin Kennedy, who’s …
As promised, more than two dozen neighbors of the old Island High site confronted the Planning Board on Monday night over Warmington Homes’ proposal to put a 36-unit, low-income apartment complex there. They say 36 …
Can’t wait until mid-August to find out who’s running – or thinking about running – for City Council, school board, and a veritable constellation of other city and county offices this November? Well, you’re in …
Last month, we told you that Warmington Homes asked the Planning Board if it would consider allowing the developer to pull some of the “affordable” homes it is required to build into its Grand Marina …
So you made it through the Mayor’s Fourth of July Parade okay (minus the cuts and bruises from falling dead asleep on the side of the road somewhere around float 112). Now it’s time for …
Mielle Gonzalez’s ordeal began with a rash that lasted for months, her mother, Suzy Clement, says. Not long after she entered kindergarten, in 2007, she developed pain and weakness in her legs that became so …
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This past weekend, we got a letter from the county informing us that we were among the 44,000 or so lucky property owners in Alameda County getting a break on our taxes for the coming …
Sad news: Beloved Alameda pediatrician Dr. Robert Butts has died. Butts passed away Friday after a six-month struggle with pancreatic cancer. He was 52.
A native of Galesburg, Ill., Butts practiced in Alameda for over a …
Last week we posted an item on the City Council’s plan to ask voters to okay an increase in the property transfer tax, and a fascinating debate over the value of the redevelopment process erupted …
