Archive for July, 2008
Life on the Island: Water conservation and backyard wells
This week’s Life on the Island, the column I write for the Alameda Journal, is about water conservation and, too, the possibility of backyard wells for keeping lawns and gardens hydrated
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Past “Life on the Island” columns
July 22, 2008: Out and about on a home-town date
July 15, 2008: Changes in school leadership offers new opportunities
July [...]
Alameda’s Trader Joe’s robbed
Last night just a few minutes after closing Alameda’s Trader Joe’s was robbed. Apparently the robber had a gun, used a rock to break in, and fled with an undisclosed amount of cash. This Alameda Journal story has more details.
College of Alameda prexy signing off
Well folks, it looks like the College of Alameda is going to be seeking a new president. Current prexy Cecilia Y.M. Cervantes has been named president of Hennepin Technical College in Minnesota. We’ve got calls in to College of Alameda, and we’ll updat…
The cherry on top
So what would the Alameda Power & Telecom mess ($33 million in bonds due next year, $43 million in interfund transfers owed by the telecom side to the electric side) be without a lawsuit to top it off?Vectren Communication Services, the Evansville,…
Alameda librarian Eva Volin at Comic Con
Alameda’s Head Children’s Librarian Eva Volin is featured in this National Public Radio report. She was interviewed at Comic Con, a national comic book convention. Comics (or graphic novels), are all the rage, especially Japanese Manga—which are popular with both girls and boys. Volin is working hard to keep Alameda’s library shelves stacked [...]
The gold standard
According to the SF Gate’s blog: the Village Green, our own local business: Peet’s has earned itself a Gold LEED certification for its roasting facility on Harbor Bay and it now has the distinction of being the very first LEED cerified coffee roasting facility in the country. According to the article here are some of [...]
Duck Season!
KTVU journalist visit the SD&R abode and prove that journalistic ethics exist.
An Asian President of the United States?
Four and a half months ago when I started this little blog, I hoped it would be “a place to learn about school in general and about Alameda schools in particular.”
Although I am an employee of AUSD, I am also a parent of two AUSD students. When blogging, I try to wear my “parent hat” [...]
Fore!
You can’t open the paper without seeing someone mention that the city is taking $1 million from the golf complex….but is this true?
Sustain us
The city’s brand-spanking-new Fiscal Sustainability Committee held its first meeting Tuesday night at City Hall West on the base. What’s that, you say? A group of the city’s finest fiscal minds (Treasurer Kevin Kennedy, who’s running this thing…
