Archive for October, 2009
UPDATED Spill closes beach, halts fishing
Updated 3:02 p.m. Saturday, October 31
Crews are continuing their cleanup of the estimated 400 to 800 gallons of fuel oil that spilled out of a tanker during a refueling run in San Francisco Bay early Friday morning.
No fuel was visible to a reporter who walked the Island’s shores Saturday morning, but an official with the [...]
Oil spill could reach Alameda’s shores
The United States Coast Guard is reporting that a fuel spill that occurred early Friday morning in San Francisco Bay could reach Alameda’s shores.
According to the Coast Guard, their oil trajectory models showed that Alameda’s northern shoreline and Bay Farm Island could be affected by the spill, which was reported at 6:48 a.m. Friday [...]
School budget troubles loom large for Alameda public schools
Lest you think that everything in public school finance is peachy-keen, think again. Right now the Alameda Unified School District is living – as is almost every other California public school district – on borrowed time. Statewide we’re talking about more than six million public school children, their opportunities for success and their hopes for [...]
On Point: Bullet points
Lots of little bits of developments on the Point this week. Let’s get started, eh?
VA transfer: I promised a few weeks ago that I’d track down that Environmental Summary Document for the 549-acre chunk of the Point the Department of Veterans Affairs wants for outpatient clinics and an above-ground cemetery, and finally, I’m delivering. (Or [...]
Island sports: Middle school volleyball update
AEF’s Middle School Volleyball program culminated in an exciting playoff and championship series on October 27. The competitiveness between Chipman, Lincoln and Wood schools and the improvement in level of play during the season was evidenced by the fact all three schools were represented in the finals, and that in each division the #1 [...]
Your weekend: The show must go on
Visitors to the website of the Alameda Point Antique & Collectibles Faire, an Alameda tradition for more than a decade, were treated to some startling news Wednesday.
“Proceedings have been commenced for the voluntary dissolution of Antiques By The Bay, Inc. As a result the show scheduled for Nov 1, 2009 will not take place,” a [...]
Cavanaugh conversion coming
After two years of working with city staff to come up with a design they liked, Bill Phua got the Planning Board’s okay to move forward with his plans to turn the former Cavanaugh Motors building and an old house behind it into a two-story restaurant, retail and office complex with a parking lot out [...]
Shinsei Gardens opens
Finally getting around to letting you know that Shinsei Gardens has officially opened, with ceremonies that took place late Tuesday afternoon.
The 39-unit apartment complex, which was built for low-income families and people with special needs, sits at the back of the Bayport housing tract, on Wilver “Willie” Stargell Avenue. The complex will be run by [...]
BAY BRIDGE CLOSURE: Your Thursday morning commute
Hey folks, just wanted to lay down a quick note about your commute for Thursday, and possibly for some days to come. Unless you have been living under a rock, you know that the Bay Bridge has been closed since Wednesday afternoon, when two and a half tons of steel came crashing down on the [...]
Chipman charter proposal presented to school board
A group of about a half dozen parents and school staff presented a charter proposal for Chipman Middle School to the School Board on Tuesday night.
The new Academy of Alameda Charter School would replace Chipman, which is faced with a federally mandated overhaul because students there have failed for four years to meet all of [...]
The Blotter
Monday, October 19
Monday, October 19
Monday, October 19
PETTY THEFT: Police said someone took the Feel Good Bakery’s store sign off the side of the Alameda Marketplace between 9 p.m. Sunday and 9 a.m. today. Police said the four foot by one foot sign, which was affixed to the south wall of the building, was the third [...]
