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Despite recession, development moves forward in San Leandro

is expected to be completed early next year, with plans for a restaurant/cafe on the ground level. SAN LEANDRO — Economic activity has slowed around the country, but that doesn't mean big things aren't in the works in San Leandro. "We're in an ...

From JASON SWEENEY, Contra Costa Times,  13 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Kaiser Permanente

San Leandro vet has long history with '65 GTO

Schober landed a job as a spray booth cleaner and a sweeper cleaning up cardboard on the factory floor at the GM plant in Fremont. Even for such menial labor, the pay was good — about $15 an hour, he recalled — with full benefits and a pension ...

From JASON SWEENEY, Inside Bay Area,  12 Nov 2009
Related Topics: General Motors,  Pontiac

Stockton boy killed in roll over crash in San Leandro

properly restrained in a car seat. Hodges' 18-old-daughter, Sopria Mims, also was in the back seat. Family acquaintance Derek Bartholomew, 22, was in the front passenger seat. All are believed to be from Stockton. SAN LEANDRO — The Alameda County ...

From JASON SWEENEY, Inside Bay Area,  12 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Mark Thomas,  Jewel,  California Highway Patrol

San Leandro resident commended for building green

energy use was a big concern. Her PG&E bills could hit $400 in the winter months, and hovered at around $70 in the summer, she said. SAN LEANDRO — Julie Quayle's cozy cottage behind her home is certifiably green. When Quayle decided to build the ...

From JASON SWEENEY, Inside Bay Area,  8 Nov 2009
Related Topics: PG&E,  Porsche

Crossing guard program makes a comeback in San Leandro

all the time, but they weren't," she said. "A lot of the parents have other things to do and have not been showing up." SAN LEANDRO — A crossing guard program for some San Leandro schools is set to return after being axed during the summer as the city ...

From JASON SWEENEY, Inside Bay Area,  3 Nov 2009

Old theater returns as a downtown movie house

The energetic 37-year-old is a writer, filmmaker, Web site designer, computer repairman — and a movie theater owner with a grand vision for his city's downtown. In December 2008, Dillman purchased the languishing Bal Theatre for $750,000 and moved his ...

From JASON SWEENEY, Inside Bay Area,  30 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Council on Foreign Relations,  Alex Jones,  Bollywood

FEMA faces angry crowd in San Lorenzo

Velasquez said during the public comment portion of the meeting. SAN LORENZO — Several hundred San Lorenzans were in a rebellious mood when representatives from the Federal Emergency Management Agency took questions during an unincorporated services ...

From JASON SWEENEY, Inside Bay Area,  29 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Federal Emergency Management Agency,  US Marine Corps

San Lorenzo rejects crematory plan

the neighborhood informing residents of the plan. SAN LORENZO — Grissom's Mortuary followed all the right steps in its 16-month effort to build a crematory on its property off Lewelling Boulevard, but the project was shot down by a last-minute ...

From JASON SWEENEY, Inside Bay Area,  29 Oct 2009

FEMA flood map has San Lorenzo residents crying foul

stations in the San Lorenzo Creek showed that the creek's flood control channel does not have the capacity to carry a 100-year discharge, said Rohin Saleh, Alameda County Public Works supervising civil engineer. San Lorenzo and Cherryland homeowners ...

From JASON SWEENEY, Inside Bay Area,  26 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Federal Emergency Management Agency,  Bank of America,  Sean Wilson

San Leandro Sports Foundation Save Our Sports Fitness Fair raises funding for team sports

School, Bancroft Middle School and John Muir Middle School raised $500 apiece for the event's walkathon. Twenty-three vendors, from the Kennel Boxing Gym to the U.S. Marine Corps, set up display tables on the field and paid the San Leandro Sports ...

From JASON SWEENEY, Inside Bay Area,  25 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Michael Gregory,  John Muir,  US Marine Corps

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