Archive for September, 2009
Updated: October 1, to include City of Oakland-provided demolition/abatement costs.
The bankruptcy of the joint SunCal-Lehman Brother’s redevelopment project for the former Oak Knoll Naval Hospital has left the City of Oakland scrambling to procure a contractor to perform asbestos, lead-paint and fire-hazard abatement on City of Oakland property, while facing heat from nearby residents.
September 30th, 2009 | Posted in Alameda, Alameda Point | 2 Comments
ALAMEDA PUBLIC AFFAIRS FORUM
PRESENTS:
“Revolt at Berkeley: Restoring Democracy to Education and Keeping Education for the Public”, a panel discussion with Jack Gerson, Tanya Smith and others
September 30th, 2009 | Posted in Alameda | 1 Comment
According to NASA’s skywatch page, the orbiting International Space Station (ISS) will be visible this evening for one minute starting about 7:18pm. Satellite watchers will need to look roughly 13 degrees up towards the southwest.
September 30th, 2009 | Posted in Alameda | No Comments
Oakland Hills residents confirm that SunCal made promises to them about cleaning up buildings at the former Oak Knoll Naval Hospital site, similar to the promises SunCal is now making to Alameda residents about Alameda Point. But the bankruptcy of the joint SunCal – Lehman Brothers ventures and subsequent EPA investigation over asbestos debris piles [...]
September 29th, 2009 | Posted in Alameda, Alameda Point | No Comments
A joint effort by Alameda Daily News and Action Alameda News surveyed last week City Council member sentiment on SunCal’s Alameda Point Revitalization Initiative, and reader’s views on where City Council members stood.
September 27th, 2009 | Posted in Alameda, Alameda Point | 2 Comments
At yesterday’s Webster Street Farmer’s Market, Pacific Coast Farmer’s Market Association Regional Manager Carle Brinkman told us that the Market now provides a “free speech area.” But the Market, and WABA, both seem to have missed the point.
September 27th, 2009 | Posted in Alameda, Alameda Point | 3 Comments
Early this morning, the giant doors of Building 24, a former aircraft hanger, at Alameda Point swung open to allow preparation for the Rock Wall Wine Company’s first Harvest open house event.
September 26th, 2009 | Posted in Alameda, Alameda Point | 1 Comment
The chronicle has a story by Chip Johnson today about the perceived “severe and imminent” risk of fire at SunCal Oak Knoll – the redevelopment project for the former Oak Knoll Naval Hospital. SunCal’s not entirely in the clear – their man, Pat Keliher, SunCal’s Oakland-based V.P. of Operations, of Revitalize Alameda Point fame, was [...]
September 25th, 2009 | Posted in Alameda, Alameda Point | No Comments
Updated 9/25/09, 11:25 am to clarify statement by Eugenie Thomson about I-880 interchange.
By Erica Madison
For the last ten years, the Alameda Congestion Management Agency has been looking for a way to improve freeway access from High St. to Broadway. A recent study reveals that the new plan to reduce congestion may actually make it worse [...]
September 25th, 2009 | Posted in Alameda, Alameda Point, Bay Farm Island, Traffic | No Comments
In an AC Transit News Brief received today, the agency announced consideration of a plan to shift roughly $80 million of BRT funding to prevent laying-off more than 100 bus drivers and mechanics and avoid half of the planned service cuts. The action would reduce funding for the BRT project from $235 million to roughly [...]
September 25th, 2009 | Posted in Alameda, Alameda Point | No Comments