Archive for February, 2009
Alameda pastor plays role in Anti-8 suit
When the suit seeking to overturn Proposition 8 heads into oral arguments before the California Supreme Court on March 5, the judge handling the case will have the words of local pastor the Rev. Laura Rose to consider.
Rose, senior pastor of the First Congregational Church on Central Avenue, is part of a group of clergy [...]
UPDATED City Manager Kurita resigns
Updated 2:15 p.m.
In case you missed it yesterday, City Manager Debra Kurita has resigned.
Kurita, who came to the job in August 2005, handed in her resignation Thursday afternoon after a series of closed-door sessions on her performance that ended with a four-hour meeting Tuesday night.
“The City Council members and I have met to discuss my [...]
UPDATED: CITY MANAGER KURITA RESIGNS
City Manager Debra Kurita has resigned, Mayor Beverly Johnson said today.
Kurita submitted her resignation at around a quarter after four today, Johnson said.
“It’s always regrettable to lose someone on your senior management team,” Johnson said. “I wish her the best. She has a lot to be proud of here in Alameda.”
The Island has not yet [...]
APD’s internal affairs chief arrested on controlled substance charge
A 26-year veteran of the Alameda Police Department has been arrested on preliminary charges he illegally obtained prescription medications, Alameda police reported today.
Officers with the state Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement arrested Ronald R. Jones, who reportedly led APD’s internal affairs section, on two probable cause felony counts of fraud, deceit and misrepresentation to obtain a [...]
Your weekend: Pip Squeak-A Go-Go
This Sunday, the roving dance party for the knee-high set, Pip Squeak-A-Go-Go, comes to Alameda’s Rhythmix Cultural Works. And this go-go round it’s got a special purpose: To raise money to fight a rare diseases that affects kids.
The event, from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, features music from San Francisco’s Devil-Ettes, plus The Time [...]
Cowan on Mif: No thanks
I finally got around to checking in with local developer Ron Cowan regarding a proposal to swap 12 acres Cowan owns on Harbor Bay for the just-closed Mif Albright golf course. Cowan said he hasn’t been seriously approached by the city regarding any swap, and even if he were, he’s not interested.
“I’ve heard those rumors [...]
EBX on Alameda’s earthquake risk
Local scribe Rin Kelly’s got a great piece in the East Bay Express this week that talks about whether Alameda is ready for the next big quake.
Local contractor Ken Gutleben says he’s worried the system set up to pump water in the event of an earthquake might not get water to us fast enough to [...]
Vital information
If new Alameda Unified supe Kirsten Vital got a honeymoon, it was short-lived indeed. At Tuesday’s meeting Vital, who has been with us eight weeks, faced a contingent of East End parents who are frustrated about the dearth of kindergarten spots available for next year, and another of teachers who are angry that the district [...]
Welcome to our green house
Alameda’s got a fresh example of green design going on display this week: A brand-new home at 1533 Morton Street. They’re having an open house for the new home, which you can learn about online here, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. this Thursday and Friday and from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
The home’s [...]
San Francisco Chronicle could close
San Francisco Chronicle publisher Hearst Newspapers posted this statement Tuesday that it intends to undertake “critical cost-saving measures” (read: massive job cuts) in an effort to return the financially flagging paper to profitability. If those don’t pan out, they’ll sell or close the 144-year-old paper.
Per the statement, the paper has been losing money since 2001. [...]
Everett and Jones opens on Webster Street
That’s right … venerable barbecue joint Everett and Jones has opened for business at its new Alameda location, 1518 Webster Street. They’ve got the wood-smoked pork ribs, the homemade beef links … and some really cool mini-hibachi lights hanging from the ceiling.
” I hunted everywhere to get those,” Annie Everett-Jones said. “They’re mostly from Long’s. [...]
