Baby Born at San Leandro BART Station

Talk about a Transit Oriented Development — a woman gave birth to a healthy baby girl at the San Leandro BART station Friday morning. 
Jessica Bennett, 21, was on her way from her home in Hayward to Alta Bates Medical Center in Berkeley where she was scheduled to deliver. 
She was taking BART to a relative’s house [...]

School District Breaks Ground for New Ninth-grade Campus

School district officials did some real hands-on work last Wednesday, at least for a minute. 
The dignitaries speared the soil with gold-painted shovels and scooped up a load of earth in a ceremonial groundbreaking to commence the building of the new ninth-grade campus, an extension of San Leandro High. More

Homeowners Criticize SL Crossings Plan

A group of some 45 San Leandro residents from the Estudillo Estates and Best Manor neighborhoods met with Mayor Tony Santos and councilmen Michael Gregory and Bill Stephens last Tuesday night to discuss the downtown Transit Oriented Development, and the San Leandro Crossings project. More

Chabot Gets Grant Money

Chabot College has received $3.75 million in grant funds that will be used to improve basic skills across the curriculum. More

Metals for the Marine Industry Made in SL

Peering into a pot of molten zinc, RotoMetals owner Gary Hora explains that the finished product, in brick or sheet form, usually ends up in one of two places — the under belly of oceanliners, or someone’s kitchen counter. More

Woman Fends Off Car Jacker

A San Leandro family had a scare Thursday evening after a man attempted to carjack a woman and her two children in their own driveway. More

Police Chief Attarian Decides to Retire

After nearly 30 years with the San Leandro police department, Chief Dale Attarian is retiring. More

Fireplace Police Patrol For Smoke

If the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) enforces its “Spare The Air” alert through the weekend, you might not be able to … More

New Book Looks at City’s History

Before his writing career took off, Jack London made a few extra bucks in a less noble profession — he was an oyster “pirate,” sneaking onto the San Leandro shore at night and stealing shellfish to sell at local markets. 
That is just one of the surprising bits of information that local historian Cindy Simmons uncovered [...]

School Board Quizzes Developers On their Arithmetic

An influx of new students would hit the already overcrowded school district if the City Council approves the San Leandro Crossings housing project. 
The San Leandro school board’s facilities and technology committee met last week with representatives from Bridge Housing to discuss the impact new students would have on the public schools. More