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Dec 22, 2010
The Year the Buses Almost Died
The hard-fought agreement last month between AC Transit and its bus drivers helped stave off potentially devastating service cuts — making it an eerie...
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Dec 7, 2010
Alameda’s Emergency Care Is on the Line Tonight
You've just been in a major accident. Blood is running down your face, your lungs have collapsed and then your heart begins to fail...
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Nov 10, 2010
Biking to the City
Fantasies of bicycling and walking between San Francisco and Oakland along the Bay Bridge are slowly inching their way toward reality. The Bay Bridge...
Oct 27, 2010
Gimme a Beer, Hold the Shot
Drinking will always be in. But beer-only bars seem to be attracting more attention than usual during these days of economic hardship. From Beer...
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Oct 26, 2010
Mobile Food Cart Inquiry in Emeryville Bogs Down in Details
Monday's meeting of Emeryville's street vendor task force was occupied with more head-scratching over the city ordinances than heated arguments concerning fair competition. The...
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Oct 14, 2010
Emeryville’s Pushcart War
Claims of unfair competition among mobile food vendors by restaurant owners in Emeryville have led the city to create a task force to...
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Sep 29, 2010
It’s Pay to Play at Castro Valley High School
Students signing up for sports at Castro Valley High School received a surprise earlier this month. Anyone wishing to participate in athletics during the...
Sep 22, 2010
City and Alameda Wine Company at Impasse
One January morning in 2009, when Karen Ulrich opened her Alameda Wine Company two minutes late for business, a city employee warned her that...