So I thought that folks that may not have had the time to watch the CIC meeting where the presentation was made about the Civic Center Vision process would like to know what some of the slides were representative of.
The first set is the gas station and Towata flowers located across the street from City Hall. As folks may remember Towata flowers recently closed up shop for good leaving the location vacant.
The red buildings are the gas station and Towata Flowers, this plan that the consultants like the best envisions a restaurant at the corner with outdoor dining making use ...
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 this week to say they’d tried to contact the nonprofit arts organization but their e-mail bounced out of a full mailbox and the phone number was disconnected. I called ACLO’s box office, and the number was indeed disconnected.
ACLO’s press person, Chris De Seguirant, confirmed the ...
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 hour, and the bureau will start hiring at the end of this month.
If you’re interested in the gig, there’s a test (practice test and all the info you need are here), and you can schedule it by checking in with the nice folks in the ...
Dave,While web-designing Aliens are clearly a threat to Alameda, I am concerned that you have not been paying enough attention lately to the ever-present threat of the Sciurine Menace. Not content with corrupting our innocent youth by means of their delicious candy, their novelty T-shirts, and their insidious videos, Squirrels have now launched an all-out techno-offensive! I recently came across a so-called "Twitter feed" written by a Squirrel:http://twitter.com/common_squirrelEvery chit-chit-chit, scratch and dig is lovingly described by the Twittering Squirrel. This outright glamorization of the Squirrel lifestyle has so far attracted over 14,000 followers, over 400 times more people than are ...
1.) Highlighting Alameda Schools - Lincoln Middle School
Background: Staff provided a presentation about Lincoln Middle school.
2.) Memorandum of Understanding between AUSD and Academy of Alameda Middle School (AAMS) Charter School for Business Services
Background: This item was pulled from the agenda.
3.) Memorandum of Understanding between AUSD and Academy of Alameda Middle School (AAMS) Charter School for Special Education Services
Background: This item was pulled from the agenda.
4.) Academy of Alameda Middle School (AAMS) Charter School - Timeline Updates and Recommendations
Background: Staff provided more information on the Newcomer program, school closure of Chipman school, school attendance boundaries, K-6 at Washington school and transportation.
5.) ...
Last night's Board of Education meeting was an exercise in sheer grimness, as the board approved sending lay-off notices to 102 full-time teachers (about 20 percent of the district's teaching force) and reviewed what can only be considered really scary financial projections for the next three...
Both John Knox White and Michele Ellson touched on the issue of the Civic Center Vision plan that was unveiled last Wednesday at the CIC meeting.
According to Interim City Manager, Ann Marie Gallant, this all came about because of the Council Referral item to analyze what could be done with the Carnegie Library given that the previous plan to turn it into a Planning and Building permit center was no longer feasible. When she came back to the Council she talked about how they would need to figure out a way to “bundle” the Carnegie Library with other projects to make it financially ...
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 also lose their jobs. Alameda Education Association president Patricia Sanders said her union represents roughly 620 teachers.
“Unlike previous years, what we’ve come to realize is that things are so difficult, they won’t be coming back next year,” Sanders said of the notifications. “We have an ...
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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 pursuant to a felony investigation. Inocencio also admitted to being in possession of methamphetamines and drug paraphernalia. The pair were arrested at 1:57 p.m. and booked into Alameda City Jail.
GRAND THEFT: Police are looking for the person or persons who broke into a Sandalwood Isle ...
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 Alameda East Bay Miracle League and specifically, for the park they want to build for disabled kids.
Registration is $25 (free for the kids’ race), and if you pre-register online by Thursday night, you get a T-shirt, goody bag and post-race nourishment. Day-of registration begins at ...
