Archive for November, 2009
JUDGE TENTATIVELY DENIES LESSON 9 OPT OUT REQUEST
An Alameda County Superior Court judge has tentatively denied a request by some local parents to require the school district to allow their children to opt out of lessons designed to halt anti-gay bullying.
Judge Frank Roesch issued a temporary ruling on November 25 saying the lessons don’t constitute health education, as the parents are arguing. [...]
Monday profile: College of Alameda’s Esther Guerrero
By Rin Kelly
Esther Guerrero began her teaching career at the prestigious University of California, Berkeley. But a summer experience teaching disadvantaged youth at Upward Bound convinced her that she was happiest working with students who had further to go. A professor in the Peralta system since 1984, Guerrero, a multilingual native of Mexico who immigrated [...]
Dr. Alan Mitchell, 1924-2009
Dr. Alan Davis Mitchell, a longtime Island resident and pediatrician, passed away peacefully on November 17 in his home. He was 84.
In addition to his work as a pediatrician – which saw him caring for some patients well into adulthood, friends and family said – Mitchell helped start Alameda Meals on Wheels, founded a cystic [...]
The city in brief
Night work for Webster Street/Willie Stargell set
Two companies bid to run golf complex
Night work for Webster Street/Willie Stargell
Two companies have bid to be the permanent operator for the Chuck Corica Golf Complex. City officials would not release their names.
Deputy City Manager Lisa Goldman told The Island early last week that proposals were to be reviewed [...]
Eve Pearlman: Keeping it local
In deference to today being Black Friday – which I understand is a very big shopping day – I asked some of my favorite Alameda retailers how they’re hanging in there and what they’ve noticed about people’s shopping habits with this whole economic collapse and everything.
“Shopping has completely changed,” said the always-warm and friendly Chelsea [...]
Your weekend: Santa Claus is coming to town
There’s a whole lot of Santa going on here on the Isle of Style, starting today at Alameda Towne Centre, where Santa’s sleigh is set to touch down at 11 a.m. He’ll be ensconced in his little house in the center of the mall for visits (and photos!) until Christmas Eve.
Later on today, the mall [...]
Miss Alameda returns from pageant
Miss Alameda, Jessica Robinson, returned this week from a whirlwind weekend in Palm Springs, where she was one of 133 women to compete in the Miss California USA pageant this past Sunday.
“It was an incredible experience,” Robinson, 25, said Monday of her first-ever pageant, which she saw advertised on a casting network she’s on.
Robinson, who [...]
In-person Little League registration is December 3
In-person registration for the upcoming 2010 Alameda Little League season is scheduled for Thursday, December 3rd in the multipurpose room at Donald D. Lum Elementary School, 1801 Sandcreek Way. Registration will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. For more information, please go to the league’s website or contact Ellen P. Cleto at [...]
Happy Thanksgiving!
My favorite holiday, hands down. Have a good one. And if you’re in between turkey and football, feel free to jot down your favorite recipes, (family friendly) holiday memories and what have you in the comments section below. Or print out the turkey you see here and pass it off to the kids to color [...]
School board debates new anti-bullying lessons
School district administrators said Tuesday night that they were unable to meet their self-imposed Thanksgiving deadline to come up with a new anti-bullying curriculum that includes specific lessons to tackle bullying based on race and ethnicity, gender, religion, disability, nationality and sexual orientation – and some School Board trustees questioned whether they should.
The admission came [...]
Seven apply for hospital board seat
Seven people have applied for a vacant seat on the Alameda Health Care District’s board. The board oversees operations at Alameda Hospital.
The applicants are Stewart Chen, Elliott Gorelick, Jan Greene, James Oddie, Henry Ramos, Leah Williams and Nancy Wise.
The board will interview applicants at its December 7 meeting and make an appointment that night to [...]
