Postponed decision on Montgomery Wards sign in Bayfair area
San Leandro board of zoning adjustments postponed action on a 3 to 5 foot freestanding sign for the new Montgomery Wards at Bayfair shaping center, citing height concerns and exposure. Chair Alfred Serafini was absent as members debated sign visibility and compliance with sign ordinances. In other business, the board denied a conditional use permit for Gussie Kimball to add a second story apartment at 27 Marin Drive, voting 4 to 1 with one abstention, finding the addition detrimental to the surrounding area.
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San Leandro
Montgomery Wards
Bayfair Shaping Center
Alfred Serafini
1Th Street
East 11Th
Hesperian Boulevard
Bay Area
Hayward Street Plan Okay for Widening in Highlands District
Hayward Planning Commission recommended approval of a multi million dollar High lands Assessment District street widening project from Campus Drive to Parkside Drive with widths from 56 to 80 feet. No protests were heard and Highlands Association urged speed. The commission also approved a use permit for a restaurant at 2010 American Ave by Bay Area Specnal Co and began rezoning talks on four city parcels to boost market value. Discussion set on state legislation affecting mobile home park operator tenant relations.
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Hayward
Hayward Houlevard
Highlands
Campus Drive
Parkside Drive
Wayward Highlands Association
American Ave
Bay Area Specnal Co
Civil service board names new president and librarian post change
The San Leandro civil service board elected Joseph P. Egan as president to succeed Sidney J. Armstrong. Former member David Grundman had been elected president last month but resigned before taking office. Clinton B. Lee will handle vice presidential duties. The board also recommended reclassifying the principal librarian as assistant library director with salary adjustments during wage talks.
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San Leandro
Civil Service Board
Joseph P. Egan
Sidney J. Armstrong
David Grundman
Clinton B. Lee
Bill to require land for schools in subdivisions
Assemblyman Carlos Bee introduces a bill allowing local governments to demand land for elementary school sites as a condition of final subdivision approval. The local school board would choose sites and set plant standards, countering previous objections that shifted power away from schools.
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Tien
Carlos Hayward
Beé
Board of Supervisors
Bee
State Department of Education
Chesapeake Sues Over Central Business District Breach
The Chesapeake Co. sues Frank and Ruth Isola and Margherita Andrir plus the Isola Corp. and six John Does for 1.126 million in damages and 2 million in punitive damages. The action, filed in superior court, centers on leases and subordination in land in Fremont's Central Business District including Gas Light Square and a new retail building at State and Capital streets, alleging the Isolas refused subordination blocking a 4 million loan. The case, naming Dr. Ralph Alprin and Mark Hyman as principal owners, could span years as counteractions unfold. The dispute has slowed construction on the involved property.
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Ralph Alprin
Mark Hyman
Oakland
Eugene K. Lawlor
Chesapeake
Central Business District
Isalas
Chesapeake Co
Alprin
Bay Area transit chiefs weigh BART feeder bus link plan
A Bay Area transit committee including AC Transit and BART officials met to align Southern Alameda County BANT line headways with AC feeder buses. They agreed to focus efforts there to build a track record before Transbay service opens and to keep AC buses off the Oakland bridge while boosting BART East Bay headways and revenue. Directors Guy Warren Claude Daugherty Robert M. Copeland and BART officials Arnold Anderson Nolo Bisnehi Richard Cach participated.
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Bay Area
Fatransit
AC Tran- Aedireniin
Alameda County
Bant Line
BART
Transbay
Ay Oakland Bridge
Syston
AC Tatnet
East Bay
AC ‘Transit
Guy Warren
Claude Daugherty
Robert M. Copeland
Arnold Anderson
Nolo Bisnehi
Richard 0. Cach
Sesame Street Workshop Lecture at Local Schools
On the agenda a Sesame Street Workshop and lecture with guest speakers Patrice Noli and KQEN's Sesame Street representative. Activities listed include San Lorenzo Parent Nursery School at 2.40 pm and Bohannon Junior High School on BM Backman Road in Sak Lorenz with Sesame Street guest speakers.
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San Lorenzo Parent Nursery School
Bohannon Junior High School
Backman Road
Sak Lorenz
Sesame Street Workshop
Patrice Noli
KQEN
Sesame Street
Students protest tree removal at Thorn ton site
Fremont students marched with placards protesting the destruction of 80 to 120 year old palm trees near the Pyellas property on Thornton Avenue. They demanded preservation of the trees and the adjacent Freias mansion slated for a Singer Housing development and community center.
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Dirry
Freias
Java
Ben Hyon
Republic
Luge
Singer
Kite Flying Day At Redwand School Field
A vivid field scene captures a kite flying contest near Redwand School with first to third graders, teachers, and spectators. Kites resemble guppies in the sky as children run, sweat, and shout while a lone green kite soars calmly above the dusty ground.
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Redwand School
Redwand Road
Australia
Fremont Tops Alameda County In New Residents Growth
Data from the 1970 U.S. Census released by Alameda County Planning Director William Fraley show Fremont adding 57,079 residents over the decade, the most in the county and over one third of all new residents. Fremont’s 130.3 percent growth since 1960 propelled it to fourth highest countywide, with gains concentrated in the southern and eastern areas. total county population reached 1,073,184, up 18.2 percent from 1960.
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Fremont
Alameda County
U.S
William Fraley
Liverire
Union City
Hayward
San Leandro
Fraley
Alameda
Albany
Berkeley
Inerywe
Oakland
Mont
Castro Valley
Cherry Land
San Loreno
Ashland
Newark
Livermore
Dublin
Pleasan
Peeple
Federal impact aid funds shrink for South County schools
South County schools face shrinking federal impact aid under Public Law 874 with projections of funding falls to 40 percent or less. Hayward and Livermore districts expect deficits as funds drop from about 260 000 and 700 000 this year toward 160 000 and 400 000 next year. Briscoe and other California officials testified in Washington urging 100 percent funding and opposed revenue sharing plans that would redistribute impact funds to states.
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South County
Laval
Charles Briscoe
Alameda
Shanls
Washington, D.C
California
House Appropriations Committee
Hayward
Livermore
el A
Briscoe
Nixon
City manager names acting recreation director
Assistant City Manager Garth Lipsky will become acting recreation director after Stuart McCormick resigns March 31. Lipsky will hold interim duties until a new director is chosen with applications open until April 12. McCormick earned about 517400 a year in public teaching duties.
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Remont
Garth Lipsky
Stuart McCormick
Lipsky
Ban Driggs
McCormick
Frank Livingston Named Leandro Police Captain
Frank J. Livingston was named to succeed Capt Whitney Ra savings as Leandro police captain effective immediately. Born in Oakland and raised in Castro Valley, Livingston 36, joined the force in 19, trained under Capt Donald Becker. He has served as sergeant and lieutenant and led tactical operations. He and his wife Sylvia reside in San Leandro with three children Christy 12 and Craig 10.
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San Leandro
Frank J. Livingston
Whitney
Spike
Rasaven
Rosaven
Police Department
Livingston
Donald Becker
Thomas Ragera
Lavingston
Crne
Ant
Oakland
Castro Valley
Hayward
California Highway Patrol
Givengston
Alameda County
San Leander
Sylvia
Christy
Craig
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Lille
Miga Smith
Pleasanton
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