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Alameda County Greens neutral on Peralta parcel tax

The Alameda County Green Party has analyzed Measure B, a $48 parcel tax put on the June ballot by the Peralta Community College District, and decided to neither endorse it nor oppose it.However, a voting guide produced by the...

Alameda County transportation tax on the ballot this November

The Alameda County Transportation Commission is asking area voters to approve a doubling of a transportation sales tax this November. The ballot measure would also extend the tax to run forever.The measure would double the Alameda County “Measure...

U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge approves $550,000 for abatement at Oak Knoll

Yesterday, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Erithe A. Smith entered an order approving a $550,000 expenditure by the bankrupt Lehman Brothers estate for hazard abatement at the stalled SunCal Oak Knoll project; another $3.7 million is said to...

Today's Oak Knoll Press Conference Cancelled

A press conference about Oak Knoll that was announced by Councilmember Larry Reid's office for 10:30 am today was cancelled. Last week, Pat Mossburg, a policy analyst with Councilmember Reid's office announced a press conference for today...

TV series 'Trauma' begins shooting on Alameda Point runway

The NBC paramedic television series "Trauma" begins filming for an episode today on the runway of the former Alameda Naval Air Station in Alameda.Now called Alameda Point, the former Navy base is slated for redevelopment, but the...

Oakland residents ask for the arrest and prosecution of individuals over SunCal Oak Knoll hazards

Updated, 5:50pm: Alameda County D.A. responds shortly after publication. On Monday, the Oak Knoll Coalition, which says they represent over 2,500 homes and 6,000 Oakland residents concerned about fire and safety hazards at the SunCal Oak...

Rains alleviate some, potentially create new, problems at SunCal Oak Knoll

Spilled and burnt electrical transformer at Oak Knoll. (Erin Russel) This week's heavy rains in the Bay area may have temporarily alleviated the fire risk at SunCal's stalled Oak Knoll project, but they raise new concerns among area...

City of Oakland says SunCal's clean-up budget falls short

In a press release issued late today, City of Oakland attorney John Russo's office wrote that SunCal's $500,000 to clean-up Oak Knoll "doesn’t come close to addressing the amount of work that needs...

SunCal responds to Oakland Hills residents' concerns over Oak Knoll project

Updated 7:30pm, October 7th with response from Oakland Fire Department. On October 2nd, SunCal sent a statement to City of Oakland officials in response to concerns raised by residents over the potential fire hazard posed by the stalled...

City of Oakland has asbestos abatement and demolition work to do at Oak Knoll, too

Oakland Hills residents living near the stalled SunCal Oak Knoll project have learned that they not only need to press SunCal and their former financial partner on the project, Lehman Brothers, for fire and asbestos hazard abatement, they need to...

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Alameda County Greens neutral on Peralta parcel tax

Alameda County transportation tax on the ballot this November

U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge approves $550,000 for abatement at Oak Knoll

Today's Oak Knoll Press Conference Cancelled

TV series 'Trauma' begins shooting on Alameda Point runway

Oakland residents ask for the arrest and prosecution of individuals over SunCal Oak Knoll hazards

Rains alleviate some, potentially create new, problems at SunCal Oak Knoll

City of Oakland says SunCal's clean-up budget falls short

SunCal responds to Oakland Hills residents' concerns over Oak Knoll project

City of Oakland has asbestos abatement and demolition work to do at Oak Knoll, too

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