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The U.S. Navy has awarded the USS Hornet aircraft carrier museum a $300,000 grant to develop a program to teach science, technology, engineering and math to students in kindergarten through high school.
The idea behind the...
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Contra Costa Times: USS Hornet gets $300,000 grant to develop teaching program, July 22...
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Added: Jul 23, 2015 at 5:56 AM
KTVU: Alameda Point Abandoned?, July 21, 2015
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It was an ugly secret in plain sight: Several vacant buildings on the old Alameda Naval base had been allowed to slowly fall apart, presenting a real danger to all of those who live around them. In this report, you'll see what...
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Added: Jul 22, 2015 at 5:41 AM
Memo from Assistant Community Development Director to Planning Board Regarding Ad Hoc...
A Request to Establish an Ad Hoc Planning Board Subcommittee to direct the next steps on the planning and design effort for the Site A development at Alameda Point
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On June 16, 2015, the City Council unanimously approved the...
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Added: Jul 21, 2015 at 1:09 PM
Alameda Sun: Upgrades Coming to Main Street Ferry Terminal, July 16, 2015
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Ferry commuters driving to the Main Street Ferry Terminal will find a new parking lot option this fall, pending timely work plan approvals by the city.
Since 2013, passenger boardings have increased by more than 50 percent at...
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Added: Jul 19, 2015 at 8:22 AM
Alameda Sun: AFD Douses Point Structure Fire, July 16, 2015
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The Alameda Fire Department (AFD) were called to Alameda Point last Sunday, July 12, after a report of smoke coming from the window of the former bachelor’s enlisted quarters at 1000 W. Midway Avenue.
AFD responded with a first-...
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Added: Jul 19, 2015 at 8:19 AM
Alameda Sun: Council Gives Final Nod to Start Site A, July 16, 2015
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At its July 7 meeting the City Council, by a vote of 5 to 0, passed the ordinance that will allow Alameda Point Partners, LLC, to proceed with developing Site A. The ordinance takes effect on Aug. 6.
Alameda Point Partners —...
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Added: Jul 19, 2015 at 8:16 AM
Alameda Point Environmental Report: Main Street Ferry Terminal getting more parking, no...
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Ferry commuters driving to the Main Street Ferry Terminal will find a new parking lot option this fall, pending timely work plan approvals by the city.
Since 2013, passenger boardings have increased by over 50 percent at the...
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Added: Jul 17, 2015 at 8:40 AM
Alameda Magazine: Hope Floats for Alameda’s Harbor Seals, July 2015
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Seal supporters worry that these doe-eyed marine mammals will abandon the area once the sinking dock where they haul out each day is demolished to make way for the San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority’s [...
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Added: Jul 15, 2015 at 8:49 PM
Alameda Point Veterans Memorial Park, July 14, 2015
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In the District’s discussions with local VA representatives, there is a unique opportunity to do something special for our East Bay veteran community at this site. The District has proposed the development of a 150-acre regional...
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Added: Jul 14, 2015 at 7:13 AM
Contra Costa Times: Fire at former Navy base called suspicious, July 13, 2015
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Alameda firefighters are treating as suspicious a fire that broke out Sunday at a vacant barracks at the former Alameda Naval Air Station.
No one was injured during the fire in the 1000 block of West Midway Avenue, where a...
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Added: Jul 14, 2015 at 6:02 AM