Document: Letter from DA Nancy O’Malley to Michael Colantuono

Here is the letter District Attorney Nancy O’Malley sent to the city’s outside attorney, Michael Colantuono, advising him of the outcome of her office’s Lena Tam investigation: Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share ...

Anti-Bullying Programs: Is There a Local Hook?

Last week two readers complained about the lack of a local angle on two separate posts I wrote. First "dexters_lab" noted that my story about the cougar in Berkeley was not "Alameda news." Then city council candidate Adam Gillitt left a sharply worded comment regarding a piece I wrote... Berkeley California - Berkeley - United States - Alice Waters - Police

UPDATED TAM CLEARED BY DA, BUT CITY TO CONSIDER LAWSUIT AGAINST HER

LINK: You can read District Attorney Nancy O’Malley’s letter to the city’s attorney, Michael Colantuono, by clicking here. Updated 3:34 p.m. Tuesday, September 7 District Attorney Nancy O’Malley announced Tuesday morning that “an insufficient factual and legal ...

Alameda Group Hosts Labor Day Picnic

The Alameda Public Affairs Forum invites local residents and supports to its annual Labor Day Pot-luck BBQ. The event will take place from 1 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, September 5. Guests are asked to bring an entre, salad, beverage, snack or dessert. There will be a hot grill available for cooking, and plenty of room [...]

BREAKING: TAM TO HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE ON DA INVESTIGATION FINDINGS

City Councilwoman Lena Tam is set to hold a press conference at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday on the steps of City Hall to discuss District Attorney Nancy O’Malley’s findings on city leaders’ accusations against her, a ...

Historical Gim’s

On a post about the Alameda Architectural Preservation Society (you all voted, right?) a commenter wrote in to say: Is this the group that decided Gim's restaurant is a historic building? While I don't know if "decided" is the appropriate term to use, AAPS was definitely instrumental in... History - United States - Architecture - Arts - Preservation

Rally to Protect Public Transit – Tuesday at 11 am

Full disclosure: I work for TransForm, the organization leading the fight against the OAC, though honestly, I was against this silly project before I worked there and it's just awesome that I get to work somewhere that I can work on what I truly believe in. The outrageous BART Oakland Airport... Bay Area Rapid Transit - Oakland International Airport - Public transport - San Francisco Bay Area - California

Grander Marina homes

Buried on the CIC agenda is an item that would…wait for it…wait for it… Authorize Warmington Homes to build more homes! For all the folks out there that believed that the Interim City Manager’s tanking of the Alameda Point project actually meant that she might be “slow growth,” not so.    So the gist of this agenda item is to sell off a parcel of property owned by the City (it’s the City’s Corporation Yard and the Animal Shelter) to the Community Improvement Commission (technically still the City Council) and then the CIC would enter into an agreement with Warmington Homes to ...

Island Talkback: Jeff Cambra on the road to a new school parcel tax

By Jeff Cambra There has been much speculation about why Measure E, the Alameda Unified School District parcel tax ballot measure, failed to obtain the required two-thirds approval from voters. For those who admit to not ...

Alameda news wire

Here’s a summary of Alameda news reported around the Bay Area: The Oakland Tribune’s Katy Murphy reports that state legislators have signed a bill that will expedite the distribution of $1.2 billion in federal funds that ...