Richard Bangert: Been there, do that
The city council will soon be making a pivotal decision affecting the future of Alameda Point. If SunCal submits another plan and avoids default, the city will have to extend its current Exclusive Negotiating Agreement with SunCal beyond the July termination date in order to implement SunCal’s new plan. If SunCal decides to [...]
Real Estate Roundup with Sharon Alva: Real estate and public schools
One of the first questions buyers ask me when they’re shopping for a home is, “How good are the schools?” So while we digest the drastic changes to our schools and look at further cuts in the event we fail to pass a parcel tax, I thought it worth examining the valuation aspect of the [...]
Comment: Be true to your school
I was sitting through another school board meeting a month ago, just minding my own business, when I got some disturbing news. Apparently, the elementary school my child attends is bad.
From her perch on the dais, School Board Trustee Trish Hererra Spencer all but accused the school of draining away the district’s cash and with [...]
Wolverines Pop Warner Football holds open house Saturday
Alameda Wolverines Pop Warner Football is holding an open house from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. this Saturday, March 13 at Lum Elementary School, 1801 Sandcreek Way.
The open house will offer families the chance to meet the new Greater Golden Gate Conference team’s coaches and to sign up children ages 7 to 14 for the [...]
Wake the Dead and Swing into Spring, lucky bum!
If you’re looking to get your groove on this weekend (and were able to get past that ridiculous headline), Rhythmix Cultural Works has got a pair of concerts coming up this weekend.
First up, Rhythmix celebrates St. Patrick’s Day early with an 8 p.m. Friday show by Wake the Dead, an Albany-based Grateful Dead jam band [...]
Johnson declares candidacy for supe seat
Mayor Beverly Johnson has announced she is running for the Alameda County Board of Supervisors seat that is being vacated by Alice Lai-Bitker at the end of this year.
“I am running because I feel I am the best prepared to tackle many of the serious problems facing the people of District 3 and the county [...]
ACLO up in the air?
I want to tell you about an emerging story regarding one of Alameda’s biggest cultural institutions, the Alameda Civic Light Opera. Sounds like years of bad economic times have caught up with them, resulting in the cancellation of their children’s summer camp and questions about the status of their 2010 season.
A reader checked in earlier [...]
Help wanted: Census takers!
Times are tight, but someone’s hiring: The U.S. Census Bureau.
The bureau is hiring a million people nationwide – Walmart numbers, people – to go door to door for eight weeks this spring to complete and collect decennial census forms from people who haven’t yet mailed them in. The pay is (a decidedly non-Walmart) $22 an [...]
Teacher layoff notifications okayed
The Board of Education undertook the grim task Tuesday night of approving notifications to dozens of teachers that they could be laid off at the end of the school year.
The district could cut the full-time equivalent of up to 102.7 teaching positions for a savings of more than $6.2 million. Some 46 temporary teachers could [...]
The Blotter
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Monday, March 1
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BURGLARY: Police arrested Denise Renee Porter, 35, address not given, and Jason Santiago Inocencio, 22, no address given, on burglary charges. Police said Porter was arrested on probable cause when she was observed walking in front of a school on the 2200 block of Encinal Avenue and that Inocencio was stopped and detained [...]
Running around town
Looking for a good reason to get in shape over the next few months? How about three?
First up: Back to Life Chiropractic’s St. Patty’s Day Dash, which takes place this Saturday, March 13 at Robert W. Crown Memorial State Beach. This second annual 5K run/walk (and half-miler for the kids) is a benefit for the [...]
