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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Happy New Year!
1, December 31, 2009 – 6:00 am | No Comment
Happy New Year!

We’re getting started on our celebration a little early, but what the heck, we’ve got a lot to celebrate. Thanks for a fantastic year, have a wonderful New Year’s Eve, and we’ll be back with …

Body found at Alameda Point identified
1, December 30, 2009 – 6:00 am | 2 Comments
Body found at Alameda Point identified

For thirty-nine long months, John Paul Garcia’s file sat in a pile on Detective Rod Rummel’s desk. During those months, Rummel, an 18-year veteran of the Alameda Police Department, saw dozens of other missing persons …

On Point: Unions, Jack!
1, December 30, 2009 – 5:50 am | 4 Comments
On Point: Unions, Jack!

The already crowded field of Measure B opponents has got another player: The unions.
The Alameda Labor Council, AFL-CIO and Alameda Building and Construction Trades Council have banded together to form No on B – Bad …

The Island’s Year in Review
1, December 30, 2009 – 5:45 am | No Comment
The Island’s Year in Review

If I’ve learned anything during the past two years of covering news here, there is never a dull moment on our little Island. (Just for laughs, ask me sometime about what happened when I tried …

School board recall proponents drop bid
1, December 29, 2009 – 6:00 am | 8 Comments
School board recall proponents drop bid

Proponents of an effort to recall three school board members who voted to implement an anti-gay bullying curriculum in Alameda’s elementary schools have called a halt to those efforts.
“S.E.R.V.E. Alameda, proponents of the Recall of …

The Blotter
1, December 29, 2009 – 5:50 am | No Comment
The Blotter

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ROBBERY: Police are looking for three people who robbed a woman at knifepoint this afternoon. Police said the victim was surrounded by the suspects shortly after 3 p.m. at the corner of …

Vote for Michael!
1, December 29, 2009 – 5:45 am | No Comment

Amid the unfortunate onslaught of news this holiday week came a sweet little e-missive – call it an e-plea – from one Michael James Collier.
Collier, an Alameda native and vice president of the East Bay …

RECALL RECALLED
1, December 28, 2009 – 3:23 pm | 2 Comments
RECALL RECALLED

Proponents of a recall of three school board members who voted to implement anti-gay bullying lessons in Alameda’s public schools have called a halt to their recall efforts.
“S.E.R.V.E. Alameda, proponents of the Recall of Jensen, …

Sweet charity!
1, December 28, 2009 – 6:01 am | 5 Comments
Sweet charity!

It’s just four days to the start of the new year – which means you’ve got four more days to make your charitable donations in order to count them on this year’s tax return. But …

AMP: Over the river, but not out of the woods
1, December 28, 2009 – 6:00 am | 4 Comments
AMP: Over the river, but not out of the woods

When Alameda Power executed a successful, $15 million divorce with its troubled Telecom last November, the collective sighs of relief at 2000 Grand Street and City Hall were audible Island-wide. But newly released financial statements …

NoTube
1, December 28, 2009 – 5:45 am | No Comment
NoTube

Get ready to ring in the new year … with a series of late-night closures in the Webster and Posey tubes!
The fun begins at 9:30 p.m. today, when the Webster Tube will be closed for …

Merry Christmas!
1, December 25, 2009 – 6:00 am | No Comment
Merry Christmas!

Hope yours is a good one. Have a great weekend, and we’ll be back with more news on Monday.

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