Archive for March, 2009
INTERIM FINANCE MANAGER SET TO TAKE CITY MANAGER POST
Updated 2:02 p.m.
The City Council is set to name Interim Finance Manager Ann Marie Gallant as their interim city manager, per the agenda for a special meeting to be held Wednesday night.
Gallant, who has held city manager jobs in three other, smaller California cities, would take the job for the next 24 months, effective April [...]
Point development protest at City Hall
Waving “Save Measure A” signs and chanting “No More Lies, No More Lies,” about 50 people gathered at City Hall on Monday to protest development plans for Alameda Point and Mayor Beverly Johnson’s support for those plans – a stance they said contradicts her support for the development-limiting Measure A.
A flyer from a group calling [...]
Island sports: Alameda Little League update
Majors’ Division
The Shooting Stars Photography Astros 5, Dome Fits Nationals 2
Greg Ngim of the Astros and Robbie Achromowitz of the Nationals battled in a great pitching duel on March 29th. Fine plays by the Nationals Alex Rados at 2nd held the Astros bats in check, but in the bottom of the fifth the Astros were [...]
Grammy-winning guitarist plays Julie’s tonight
I usually save this stuff for my weekend post, but this is happening tonight, and it sounds too good to miss: Julie’s Coffee & Tea Garden is hosting Grammy Award-winning bluegrass guitarist Scott Nygaard, with mandolinist Paul Kotapish, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. tonight. And the show is free.
Nygaard, who is a San Francisco [...]
FISC fire under investigation
Police and fire officials are investigating the fire that destroyed an abandoned administrative building on former Naval lands behind the College of Alameda.
Alameda Fire Captain Ken Rankin said the fire is mostly out but is still smoldering in some spots of the building, which he said has not been used in at least 15 years.
“I [...]
Business briefs
It’s gonna be a busy week, folks, so let me hit you with a few quick business briefs before the news gets too stale.
First up: Looks like Alameda biotech Avigen was forced by its main shareholder to liquidate on Friday, according to this rather lengthy piece in the New York Times. The shareholder, Biotechnology Value [...]
Kohl’s is open!
There has been so much big-time news on this little Island over the past few days (FISC fire, city suits, big ballot initiatives) that I thought I’d lighten up a little by letting you know that Kohl’s is open over at Alameda Towne Centre.
The official grand opening is April 1 (no joke!), but the store [...]
Clinic fire continues to burn
Fire crews are continuing to fight a two-alarm fire that gutted a former medical clinic on the site of the planned Alameda Landing development.
Alameda Fire Division Chief Rick Zombeck said at around 7:30 p.m. that crews were working to excavate their way toward the middle of the building in order to extinguish the fire, which [...]
Huge fire on former Naval land
Well folks, if you hadn’t heard about this already, there was a huge fire early this morning that destroyed a defunct military hospital on former Fleet Industrial Supply Center land (which has been slated for the Alameda Landing development).
I’ve been taking the day off to do laundry and reintroduce myself to my family so I [...]
Island arts: Photographer Peter Tonningsen
Peter Tonningsen’s passion for photography was sparked by travel. “I was delighted with the process of discovery inherent to the medium; the hunting, wandering, or seeking out of pictures, basically trying to find a unique perspective and make a picture better than your last,” Tonningsen said.
A native of Alameda, Tonningsen, 48, left to attend college [...]
CITY SUES TO CHALLENGE FIREFIGHTER INITIATIVE
The city just issued a press release saying they’ve sued to block the Alameda firefighters’ attempt to put a measure on the ballot mandating minimum staffing for the department.
The firefighters opted to work on the ballot initiative in the wake of engine company brownouts, which began on January 26 in an effort to conserve the [...]
