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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Your weekend: Dining out for life
1, April 30, 2009 – 9:00 am | No Comment
Your weekend: Dining out for life

I know I’m running a little late on this one, folks, but better late than never: Tonight a number of restaurants on the Island and beyond will participate in Dining Out for Life, an annual …

Fernside tree hearing tonight
1, April 30, 2009 – 8:30 am | No Comment
Fernside tree hearing tonight

Hey, city watchers! Looked at the city’s website recently and wondered what that generic “public hearing” noticed for tonight is for? Well, we just got a note from the author of the Alamedalorax blog that …

Tough times for local chamber
1, April 30, 2009 – 6:00 am | No Comment
Tough times for local chamber

Times have been tough for businesses big and small. So perhaps it’s not surprising that the impacts of this unraveling economy would fall on organizations that support businesses, including our local chamber of commerce.
Memberships at …

The Island comments: Following the fire
1, April 30, 2009 – 5:50 am | 3 Comments
The Island comments: Following the fire

The flames that conquered a dilapidated medical records depot last month shed light on an unsettling truth: Our city lacks the ability to quickly, fully and accurately inform us when a major disaster happens.
When city …

School district offers swine flu guidance
1, April 29, 2009 – 6:00 am | No Comment
School district offers swine flu guidance

District officials are asking parents to keep their sick kids at home for a few days in an effort to help stop the spread of swine flu.
The district is asking parents to keep sick children …

Happy Anniversary!
1, April 29, 2009 – 5:50 am | No Comment
Happy Anniversary!

Sounds like Island-based Peet’s Coffee & Tea is bucking the trend toward bad economic news, posting positive financial results for the first quarter of 2009.
The company showed first quarter diluted earnings per share of 23 …

Island sports: Alameda Girls Softball Association update
1, April 29, 2009 – 5:45 am | No Comment

Game Recaps Saturday, April 25, 2009
AGSA 6U
McDonald’s/Alameda Pediatric Dental Blue Dolphins vs. Piedmont Purple Leopards
The Blue Dolphins are showing some real finesse! The sixth game of the season was sunny and loads of fun. Iris …

The 77 percenters
1, April 28, 2009 – 6:00 am | No Comment
The 77 percenters

Today Alameda celebrates Equal Pay Day – well, it’s not a celebration, exactly. It’s a recognition that women in this country still earn far less on average than men, more than four decades since the …

Truckin’
1, April 28, 2009 – 5:50 am | 5 Comments
Truckin’

Sounds like some of the businesses at Alameda Towne Centre are having a hard time complying with rules that prohibit late-night and early-morning truck deliveries.
Logs kept by the shopping center’s security guards show that trucks …

Island sports: Alameda Little League update
1, April 28, 2009 – 5:45 am | No Comment

Majors’ Division
Shooting Stars Photography Astros 18, Morgan Stanley, Bail Group Athletics 4
The Astros rocketed away from the A’s over the final four innings on April 25 after a tight 5-4 start. Nice catches by Astros …

School district softens LGBT curriculum
1, April 27, 2009 – 6:00 am | One Comment
School district softens LGBT curriculum

Officials at Alameda Unified are offering a new and softer version of their proposed LGBT lessons for students in the district’s elementary schools to the school board at its meeting Tuesday. (Check under “Hot Topics” …