Archive for May, 2009
See Jane Run marathon is today
Just a reminder that the See Jane Run half marathon and 5K starts at 8 a.m. today at Washington Park. The course runs along Shoreline Drive and around the rim of Bay Farm Island, wrapping up at Crab Cove, so if you’re planning on driving on any of the affected streets (a course map is [...]
Summer camps aplenty!
Judging by some of the e-mails I’ve gotten of late, this appears to be shaping up to be a pretty tough summer for folks who put on kid camps.
Just the other day, I got a “$50 off” e-mail for camp out at the Oakland Zoo, which I seem to remember signing up for at like [...]
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Fiscal Sustainability Committee’s Long Range Financial Plan Due Out Tuesday
(See? Way too long to put in a headline.)
Anyhoo – Alameda’s Fiscal Sustainability Committee, a baker’s dozen of financial experts assembled by the City Council last summer to look for long-range solutions to the city’s myriad financial problems, is offering up its long-awaited [...]
Avalon Village needs volunteers
Avalon Village, a nonprofit organization that helps Alamedans who are 50 and older with transportation, meals, household issues and more, is looking for volunteers.
The year-old nonprofit, which bills itself as a “virtual retirement community” that helps seniors stay in their own homes, is looking for folks to help out help with transportation, gardening, social activities, [...]
Your weekend: Shimmy shimmy kiddie pop!
This is looking to be a pretty quiet weekend, entertainment-wise, though the folks over at Rhythmix Cultural Center have cooked up another one of their fun kiddie events.
It’s called “Shimmy Shimmy Kids’ Dance,” and it’ll run once a month over the next three months, starting this Friday, May 29. Additional dates are June 19 and [...]
Chipman to go charter?
Parents and staff at Chipman Middle School will be making some decisions in the coming months about whether they believe the school should become a charter or magnet in the 2010-2011 school year.
The school’s leadership is required to put forth the restructuring plan because it has not met federal testing standards. Specifically, the school has [...]
Knife Catchers, RIP
Just got the head’s up from a friend that Alameda’s irreverent real estate pundit L. Opine has called it a day on the popular Knife Catchers blog, which I wrote up last September.
I checked in with L., and they said the blog may or may not come back, but for now, it’s off altogether.
The blog, [...]
Charges being considered in police dog death
The Alameda County District Attorney’s Office is considering charges against an Alameda police officer whose department dog died after being left in the car during a training exercise.
The 6 1/2-year-old Belgian Malinois, whose name is not being released by police, was apparently left in the officer’s personal vehicle for three hours on the afternoon of [...]
UPDATED School board okays LGBT lessons on 3-2 vote
The school board approved elementary school lessons designed to halt anti-gay bullying and harassment by a 3-2 vote on Tuesday night, capping a two-year process that one trustee said was the most divisive she’s experienced in her seven-plus years on the board.
In addition to the lessons, which would be taught starting this fall, district officials [...]
Webster Pharmacy moving to Safeway
For more than three decades, Ed Clark has run Webster Pharmacy at its longtime location on Webster Street. But starting June 4, he’ll be operating out of the Safeway store at Alameda Towne Centre.
“We’re going to be an independent pharmacy inside a grocery store,” Clark said.
When asked about the reason for the move, Clark opened [...]
Stargell extension meeting is Thursday
The city is hosting an informational meeting on its planned Willie Stargell extension project at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 28 at Ruby Bridges Elementary School, 351 Jack London Avenue. The meeting is open to the public.
The city got $4 million in state transportation grant money to build the extension, which is to connect developments at [...]
