Runaway Car Smashes Up Cafe

A driver lost control of his vehicle around noon Saturday and plowed into the Chicago Blues Cafe, leaving one of his two passengers dead. 
Marcus Orlando Thomas, a 19-year-old San Lorenzo man, was pronounced dead at the scene after a silver Nissan Sentra he was riding in collided with the cafe, according to Lt. Robert Dekas [...]

Students Back in Class

Alison McFerrins’s third-grade class started the year off on the right foot Tuesday, with a fun first day at Assumption School. 
The kids played a game to get to know each other by getting their classmates to sign off on their paper with what they did during their summer break. …. More

Mack-Rose Vies for School Board Seat

Political newcomer and parent Morgan Mack-Rose will be facing current school board president Ray Davis in the race for the board’s At-Large seat in the November election. 
Mack-Rose, a mother of two, has never run for a citywide office before, but she believes her experience as a parent volunteer will make her an ideal candidate. …. More

Attles Offers Healthy Alternatives

Near the intersection of Bancroft and Dutton Avenues in an area that is slowly developing into one of the city’s restaurant laden alcoves, is Al Attles’ California Cheese Steaks. …. More

School District Legal Bills Hit $833,000

At Tuesday night’s meeting, school board member Stephen Cassidy raised a question about the San Leandro … …. More

Watch Out for the DUI Checkpoint On Saturday Night

The San Leandro police will conduct a DUI/driver’s license checkpoint this Saturday night from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. in the 14800 block of East 14th Street. …. More

Police Arrest Suspect at Airport in Kidnapping Case

A second arrest has been made in last months kidnapping of a woman on Estudillo Avenue. …. More

What’s All that Drilling Down at Stenzel Park?

A crew of four – a hydrologist, driller, and two environmental technicians – from the US Geological Survey (USGS) spent some five days this week drilling a monitoring well near Wicks Boulevard at Stenzel Park. …. More

Business is Booming for BART

There’s a lot of gloomy talk about the economy but business has never been better for BART. 
More people than ever are commuting on Bay Area Rapid Transit, said Bob Franklin, a member of the BART board of directors. But the increase in passengers – up to 380,000 riders a day – is presenting other problems [...]

Almonte Makes School Board Bid

Hermy Almonte is one of four candidates vying for the At- Large seat on the San Leandro school board and he has the endorsement of out-going At-Large Trustee Stephen Cassidy. 
“Cassidy and (Area 4 Trustee) Mike Katz are working hand-in-hand with me on this,” said newcomer Almonte. …. More