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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On Point: The final countdown
1, July 6, 2010 – 5:00 am | 4 Comments
On Point: The final countdown

In two weeks, SunCal’s agreement to negotiate a development deal for Alameda Point is set to end. The City Council has the option of either extending its negotiating agreement with SunCal or bidding the developer …

On Point: A few quick points
1, May 4, 2010 – 4:50 am | 10 Comments
On Point: A few quick points

Remember a few weeks ago when city leaders got into it with SunCal’s chief operating officer, Frank Faye, about why SunCal went to the ballot with its development plan for the Point – and then …

On Point: Time keeps on ticking
1, March 15, 2010 – 5:45 am | One Comment
On Point: Time keeps on ticking

By Michele Ellson

Representatives from SunCal have asked the city for another 60 days to work out a new development plan for Alameda Point. But city officials are urging council members to deny SunCal’s request.
“We are …

On Point: The Letter
1, January 21, 2010 – 5:50 am | 5 Comments
On Point: The Letter

Hey folks, I just wanted to check in to let you know I’ve secured a copy of the letter the city got with SunCal’s alternate development plan last week. (The city’s not releasing the rest …

On Point: The prisoner
1, January 7, 2010 – 5:50 am | 7 Comments
On Point: The prisoner

The City Council and School Board got what was, for the council at least, a brief summary of the 288 pages of Measure B and a pair of city staff-generated analyses of the measure Tuesday …

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 …

On Point: And that’s the word
1, December 18, 2009 – 5:50 am | 16 Comments
On Point: And that’s the word

The drama that surrounds Measure B, the February 2 ballot measure that could decide the fate of Alameda Point, is the gift that keeps on giving this holiday season, with Santa leaving the first pair …

On Point: SunCal and the schools
1, December 10, 2009 – 5:50 am | No Comment
On Point: SunCal and the schools

By Rin Kelly
Over here at The Island, we’ve focused a lot of attention on the polite-but-pointed war of words between developer SunCal and Interim City Manager Ann Marie Gallant over SunCal’s ballot initiative for development …

On Point: War of the words
1, November 19, 2009 – 6:00 am | 13 Comments
On Point: War of the words

Into the great, screaming yawp that is my overstuffed news hole this week (Or maybe that’s just me screaming?) comes a letter to SunCal from Interim City Manager Ann Marie Gallant, essentially rebutting SunCal’s rebuttal …

On Point: Bullet points
1, October 30, 2009 – 5:50 am | One Comment
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 …

On Point: Turning a page
1, October 9, 2009 – 5:50 am | 2 Comments
On Point: Turning a page

Now that developer SunCal has turned in the signatures for their Alameda Point redevelopment initiative, I thought it was high time I followed the suggestion of some of my readers to post an Alameda Point …