New Year’s Eve Around The Town

If you want to stay close to home, there are plenty of restaurants and bars in San Leandro where you can ring in the New Year with great food, music and dancing. 
Sweet Fingers
For those with Caribbean palates, Sweet Fingers Jamaican restaurant promises to provide great fun on New Year’s Eve with live music, a buffet, [...]

State Budget Won’t Delay SL Crossings

A state committee recently voted to halt funding on 2,000 construction projects including the San Leandro Crossings housing development, but city officials say the project will move ahead. 
Over $3.8 billion in public works funding has been suspended as California continues to deal with the budget crisis.  More

Year in Review: 2008 Was a Tough Road

June
• The 90th annual I.D.E.S. festival took place on Orchard Street, featuring performances by the San Leandro Municipal Band, and the crowd enjoyed traditional Portuguese sopas. Maria Rodriguez was crowned queen of this year’s festival. 
• The San Leandro Teachers’ Association polled its members and 90 percent gave a vote of “no confidence” in Superintendent Christine [...]

Cops Nab Five at DUI Checkpoint

As part of their crackdown on drunk drivers this holiday season, the San Leandro police held a sobriety checkpoint near the intersection of East 14th Street and 148th Avenue last Saturday night.  More

17-Year-Old San Leandran Shot and Killed in Oakland

A 17-year-old San Leandro boy became Oakland’s 121st homicide of 2008 when he was shot and killed last weekend. More

San Leandro High Peer Educators Say No to Smoking

The Peer Educators’ Club at San Leandro High was part of “The Great American Smokeout” this past November. More

Extra Storage on Wheels

When Jose Silva and his wife went into business together, they thought about how to best merge their skills and create something that would be successful. More

Device Jams Cell Phones For Teen Drivers

If you have a teenager with a car, there’s a technology coming next year that shuts down their cell phone while they’re in the driver seat, so they can keep their eyes on the road. More

Santas Helpers Hand out Toys and Trees

Gloria Martinez slid open the door of her van for the Christmas tree as a Salvation Army volunteer carefully stuffed the pine into the vehicle — right in the middle of Martinez’s kids. 
The family also picked up a bag of toys to go under that tree, courtesy of the Salvation Army and the San Leandro [...]

Year in Review: City Weighs Heavy Issues

Here are some highlights from 2008, with more to come in next weeks newspaper: 
January 
• Savannah-Maxine Brown became the first San Leandro baby born in the New Year. She was born at 3:14 a.m. on Jan. 1 at Kaiser Hospital, weighing 8 pounds, 1 ounce, to parents Karen Hudnall and Deslon Brown of San Leandro.  More