Chase Leads Police to McDonald’s Bandit

Police swarmed over the San Leandro BART Station on Tuesday afternoon, on the tail of a man wanted for a robbery at the downtown McDonald’s.
The suspect jumped into a taxi cab at BART and ordered the driver to take off, according to police and witnesses.
But just then, police cars swooped in from all directions, people [...]

Let’s Dim the Lights on Saturday Night

Now don’t go getting any funny ideas, but Julie Johnson wants everybody in town to turn off their lights on Saturday night. It’s Earth Hour, saving energy to save the Earth. What were you thinking?
Every year cities around the world make a commitment to go dark for one hour, an event led by the World [...]

State Budget Strains County Jail, Juvenile Hall

Alameda County supervisors and law enforcement officers held a forum at the Juvenile Justice Center in San Leandro recently to protest proposed cuts to the state budget that they say will harm California’s correctional system.
While some youthful offenders sat quietly in classrooms, and others banged loudly at the windows of their cells, county officials warned [...]

City Council Renews the LINKS Shuttle

The LINKS shuttle — the free bus service that connects the San Leandro BART station to businesses on the west side of town — More

Friends Remember ‘Big Rick’

Those who knew him paid tribute to Richard “Big Rick” Bailey this week, who was shot near his home last Monday. More

One Foot in the Office, the Other in the Travel Industry

Home businesses aren’t a new thing. Laptop nomads have dotted the landscape of coffee shops and parks for years, … More

San Leandro High Grad Visits D.C. for Historic Inauguration

Samantha Stettler, a 2006 graduate of San Leandro High and current student at Humboldt State, attended the inauguration of President Barack Obama in January and said that the experience was life changing. More

Never Go Hunting Without a Net

It’s spring and the time hunters begin emerging after the winter cold has dissipated. More

Lake Chabot Was a Lot of Dam Work

If you think you have a hard job, just look a little way up the creek.
There on the banks of San Leandro Creek, archeologists from Cal State East Bay unearthed the remains of a workers’ camp. This is where the Chinese laborers lived, the ones who built the dam on the creek that created Lake [...]

School Board Makes Fewer Cuts than Expected

The San Leandro School board met and approved cutting the equivalent of 34.5 full-time jobs throughout the district on the eve of the March 15 layoff notice deadline for teachers.
But there was a silver lining to the otherwise grim layoff process, when Assistant Superintendent Song Chin-Bendib found more that $730,000 left over from the previous [...]