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Future of the SLHS Pool Is a Wading Game

Posted by sanleandrotimes on January 31, 2008

slt_top_013108.gifIn a joint work session between the San Leandro School Board and the City Council, Superintendent Christine Lim delivered an update on the future 9th grade campus, and the group discussed joint-use projects for the 9th grade gym and San Leandro High swimming pool. The 9th grade campus will be receiving bids for construction this spring and the school district anticipates having possession of the PG&E parking lot by June. Lim is confident that construction on the campus could begin as early as Fall of 2008, with an estimated completion date of Fall 2010. …. Read more

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City Unwraps Plans to Spiff Up Downtown

Posted by sanleandrotimes on January 31, 2008

yonimage_013108_03.jpgRepresentatives from the city of San Leandro and architectural and redevelopment companies recently meet with members of the Downtown Association to discuss plans for gentrifying the entire downtown area. Cynthia Battenberg, assistant to the city manager, laid out plans to remodel storefronts and install crosswalks to make the downtown are more accessible to pedestrians. …. Read more

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Alainz Remembered by Friends

Posted by sanleandrotimes on January 31, 2008

yonimage_013108_02.jpgAfter a battle with brain cancer, San Leandro resident Craig Alaniz passed away earlier this month at the age of 24. Alaniz’s loved ones gathered for a funeral mass at Saint Felicitas Church last We d n e s d a y, followed by a reception at the San Leandro Marina Community Center and internment at Holy Sepulture cemetery in Hayward. …. Read more

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Future of the SLHS Pool Is a Wading Game

Posted by sanleandrotimes on January 31, 2008

In a joint work session between the San Leandro School Board and the City Council, Superintendent Christine Lim delivered … …. Read more

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Cal State Hosts Education Summit

Posted by sanleandrotimes on January 31, 2008

Arturo Gonzalez, a San Lorenzo resident and a civil rights lawyer, will be one of two keynote speakers at the Latino Education Summit held this Saturday at Cal State East Bay. …. Read more

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Two Men Stabbed at Manor Bowl

Posted by sanleandrotimes on January 31, 2008

Two teenagers were injured in a stabbing at Manor Bowl Friday night in a fight that involved almost a dozen people. …. Read more

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Residents Sound Off At Meeting On Crime

Posted by sanleandrotimes on January 31, 2008

It was standing room only in the library’s lecture hall as Constance Stephens hosted the first meeting … …. Read more

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School Board Set to Make Big Decisions

Posted by sanleandrotimes on January 31, 2008

The San Leandro school board may vote for two major issues at their meeting next Tuesday, Feb. 5 at City Hall: making residency verification more lenient, and abolishing the block schedule currently used by San Leandro High in favor of a traditional six-period day. …. Read more

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Local Podcast: Tell Us What You Think?

Posted by sanleandrotimes on January 24, 2008

This podcast service is brought to you in partnership with Americast.net and we would like to know what you think about it. Like it? Dislike it? Why?

Get specific and tell us what you like to hear when it comes to your news.

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Middle School Students Learn Technology with Girl’s Inc.

Posted by sanleandrotimes on January 24, 2008

Middle school students in Girls Incorporated of Alameda County are learning about technology … …. Read more

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