San Leandro to honor retiring City Manager with annual scholarship
Wesley McClure retirement prompts the San Learaino Manufacturers Association to award a yearly scholarship to a San Leandro high school senior. George Crooks and the education committee set rules, with the San Leandro Scholarship Foundation administering the fund. The award mirrors the chamber of commerce Frank King honor and supports further education.
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San Leandro
Wesley McClure
San Learaino Manufacturers Association
Wil Priele
Chamber of Commerce
Frank King
McClure
Re Crooks
McClury
San Leandro shuttle plan eyed by seven factories
The traffic committee of the San Leandro Manufacturers Association develops a pilot bus program to cover 60 percent of costs with AC Transit funding. A 71 passenger bus would run a loop from the BART station along Davis Street Doolittle Drive Williams Street back to BART for about two hours in each workday start and end. Seven local factories support the plan, which awaits city council review for funding.
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San Leandro
BART
San Leandro Boulevard
Davis Street
Doolittle Drive
Doolittle
Williams Street
Williams Back
Escapee Miranda Returns to Court in Handcuffs
Anthony A. Miranda 2% was returned to municipal court after a Monday escape. Police and a search dog plus a helicopter located him Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. along Silveree Drive as he walked. He was awaiting arraignment on robbery charges and narcotics probation violations when he fled.
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Miranda
San Leandro Sidewalk Bids Awarded to Low Bidder
J Douglas Cowle of Oak Hill won the sidewalk and curb repair contract in San Leandro with a low bid of 4901 dollars for 16 sections. City engineers had estimated 4457 dollars as the project cost. Seven bids were opened in the city clerk's office by Joseph Guzman, the administrative aide to the city manager.
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San Leandro
J. Douglas Cowle
Oak Hun
Cowle
Joseph Guzman
County aide Betty Crally to appear at Berkeley housing hearing
Betty Crally assistant director of the Alameda County Planning Department will join county and city officials as panelists tomorrow at the state Select Committee on Housing and Urban Affairs hearing in Berkeley City Council Chambers. The 9 am panel discussions will cover measures to conserve housing stock and rehabilitate substandard housing, enforcement standards and cooperation in conservation programs with representatives from Bay Area cities counties the Housing Finance Agency lenders and citizen groups. State Sen Nicholas C Petris chair of the committee.
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Betty Crally
Alameda County Planning Department
State Select
Committee On Housing and Urban Affairs
Berkeley
Bay Area
State Housing Finance Agency
Nicholas C.petris
Oakland
Doolittle Drive panel forms new traffic group in San Leandro
The Marina Faire Homeowners Association forms a committee to press the city for additional routes to the Trojan Powder Co land at Lewelling Boulevard foot. President Al Stiefel says an industrial corridor to Hayward won’t be built and Trojan landowners may develop it. A Catalina Street and Wicks Boulevard extension are eyed for access, while a traffic group will meet with City Traffic Engineer Phil Long and police to address speeders, patrol, and stop signs. Also note a Dec 2 Christmas food drive collection by homeowners for the Davis Street Community Center.
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San Leandro
Marina Faire Homeowners Association
Doolittle Drive
Trojan Powder Co
Lewelling Boulevard
al Stiefel
Hayward
Doolittle
Catalina Street
Wicks Boulevard
Phil Long
Marina Faire
Stiefel
Frrom Homeowners
Sspeooeniallnee
Davis Street
School official to be sworn in Hayward
Hayward will swear in Marjorie J. Koenig tonight as a member of the Hayward school district personnel commission at the 7:30 meeting. The retired San Lorenzo teacher was recommended by trustees in September and replaces Renesto Pimentel on the three member panel.
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Hayward
Marjorie J. Koenig
Joan Hamletin
Mori Warns of Fiscal Crisis and Tax Reform Hope
Mori warns of a fiscal crisis while Worl says tax reforms are coming. He cites limited new revenue sources from lax and capital gains and urges closing loopholes. The committee may revisit fees and city funding as the state faces budget strains and the Serrano Priest decision looms over school finance.
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Salem
Siste Supreme Court
Brain scanner debut at Doctors Hospital in San Leandro
A patient rests as Doctors Hospital installs a brain scanner that combines x ray and computer tech to detect brain and eye diseases faster. It is the only such system in South County and hailed as a major radiology advance since x rays were discovered.
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Doctors Hospital
San Leandro
South County
Mori Puts Spotlight on School Financing and Education Reform
State official Mori calls school financing the major issue, urging targeted funding changes and reforms. He supports a new collective bargaining law for school employees, arguing cooperation between teachers and administrators reduces conflict and improves education. He cites assembly hearings on bilingual education and district needs as evidence for his proposals.
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Mori Sino
Assembly Education Committee
County Scene Report From Dreammer County
A brief county scene captures local life with notes on community events, daily routines, and public notices in Dreammer County. Names or exact events are unclear, but the report highlights civic activity and neighborhood concerns in a concise, period voice.
Union City Receives Three Bids To Run Transit System
Union City has three bids to operate its permanent transit system with Airport Limousine Service of Oakland at 11.50 per hour offering 45 passenger buses and two other bidders from Patterson Transportation and Kirkup, with proposals differing on terms. A council meeting set for 7 p m will consider recommendations and potential further negotiations.
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Union City
Ae Eily Sempre Tela
Benkays
Gulborim
Airport
Oskland
Ces
Ces Bid A Are Once Imam Passenger Capacity of 19 To 27 Perms. Fre
Tranmere Coesey Ay Patterson Transportation Cs
Chantry
Proponals
Kirkup
San Leandro Health Van Plans and Poverty Figures
A health van program is proposed to serve South County areas with San Leandro officials noting 23 percent of residents live in poverty. Data show 2 percent of South County poverty is San Leandrans, with 16 percent of the city’s population claiming Spanish heritage and many details classified by the census bureau. The plan includes timing tied to federal scheduling after January 1 with focus on family needs and health resources.
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Reprecat
South County
South Coley
Serm
Peristion
Gomes
Tbe
Cengus Buresu
Soontae
Spain
San Lorenzo Adopts Policy On Student Rights
San Lorenzo school administrators draft a policy on student constitutional rights for board review. Trustee Henry Lienhard and Allan Frumkin, both attorneys, note lawsuits other districts faced over unlawful suspensions. Staff say no set policy exists. cases handled case by case with hearings including students parents teachers and principals.
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San Lorenzo
Board of Trustees
Henry Lienhard
Allan Frumkin
Lienhard
Grant bid rejected by Arts Commission council debate
The Arts Commission faced a clash over a grant proposal to support two city artists Glen Eakin in drama and Hugh Blunden in ceramics. Councilman Art objected to grant conditions citing royalties and added works. The plan envisioned part time artists and City matching funds already budgeted.
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Don Dillon
Glen Eakin
Hugh Blunden
Budg
Councilman Art
Tet Eakin
Blunden
Olive Hyde Art Center
Union City Centenarian Jean Snowden Dies at 102
Union City resident Jean E. Snowden, age 102, died Tuesday from a stroke at the Masonic Home where she lived among other centenarians. Born September 15, 1973 in St Louis, she moved to the area in the 18%s and had no survivors. Private services were held.
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Union City
Jean E. Snowden
Snowden
St. Louis
Fremont drug raid leads to six arrests
Fremont police arrested six suspects in a raid at 41208. Charged with heroin possession for sale were Manel J. Santistevan 25 Linda Diane Santistevan 20 Gilbert A. Santistevan 33 Manuel Junior Torres 25 Frank Richard Martinez 32 and Lillian Ramirez 23. An additional suspect was charged with possession of stolen goods and parole violation.
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Fremont
Tomer
Manel J. Santistevan
Linda Diane Santistevan
Gilbert A. Santistevan
Manuel Junior Torres
Frank Richard Martinez
Lillian. Ramirez
An Ristisheraty
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Arroyo
Marina High Ghouls
Renesto Pimentel
Mori
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Sahara
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