City Group Takes Tour

A group of city officials spent the better part of a recent Saturday at the East Bay BART Outing organized by the Great Communities Collaborative and Greenbelt Alliance. City Council candidate Ursula Reed joined Mayor Tony Santos, council members Diana Souza and Michael Gregory, as well as a handful of other city officials and community members on a five-hour tour of local transit oriented developments. …. More

Obama Fans Pick their Delegates

San Leandro resident Charles “Skip” Jones helped organize volunteers on April 13 to pick the delegates from this congressional district to go to the Democratic National Convention. All over the Bay Area, including Congressional District 13 — which consists of the cities Alameda, San Leandro, Hayward, Union City, Fremont and Newark, and part of Pleasanton — …. More

Girls Inc. Celebrates 50th

Girls Incorporated celebrated their 50th anniversary on the night of April 11 with a blacktie gala at the Rotunda Building in Oakland to honor the group’s commitment to mentoring young girls. Now dedicated to inspiring young women 6 to 18 with academic classes, counseling services, and fun activities, Girls Inc. began with more modest aspirations in 1958. …. More

Add Some Payne to Your Routine

When the dot-com bust hit the Silicon Valley, Bryan Payne was one of the few people in the software industry actually hoping for a layoff. …. More

United Brokers Brings Something to the Table

The Alameda County Community Food Bank congratulated United Brokers Real Estate with The Gold Plate Award … …. More

Cops Accuse Dhaliwal In Thefts

San Leandro police have recommended that Amritpal Dhaliwal, one of the men who survived … …. More

Teachers Declare A Deadlock in Contract Talks

The San Leandro Teachers Association has declared an impasse in its contract negotiations with the San Leandro Unified School District. …. More

How Smart Does a Cell Phone Need to Be?

A computer or a cell phone? Which could you live without? Most people would say their cell phone is their lifeline to the world. …. More

City Stoplights Go Green

Who maintains the signals at all the intersections in San Leandro? Steve Lombardi and his crew are responsible for all of the traffic signals at 57 intersections in San Leandro (not counting an additional 17 intersections of which Cal Trans is responsible for). The crew maintains all 5500 street lights in San Leandro, all of the underground fiber optic cables for telecommunications. “They’re very technical, they’re a small crew, they do a lot of work, they’ve got a lot of responsibility,” says Ron May, the Public Works Supervisor for the City of San Leandro. …. More

SL Police Head Major Drug Bust

San Leandro police spearheaded a major pot bust in Oakland last week, seizing 1,000 plants, 25 pounds of processed marijuana, guns, and more than $150,000 in cash. Working in conjunction with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), San Leandro police simultaneously raided three luxury homes in the Oakland hills near the Caldecott Tunnel and a leased warehouse on Chapman Road in Oakland on the afternoon of April 10. …. More