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ALAMEDA -- The U.S. Navy will convey the former Alameda Naval Air Station to the city early next year, a landmark step that city officials say will help jump-start redevelopment. But the ownership change does not mean every...
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Mercury News: Historic buildings before Alameda city officials, December 28, 2012
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Alameda Journal: Acclaimed St. George Spirits celebrates 30 years of artisanry,...
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ALAMEDA -- St. George Spirits is celebrating 30 years of revolutionary distilling and forging into the future with an astrophysicist at the helm of the Alameda-based operation.
OK, so owner and master distiller Lance Winters isn...
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Added: Dec 27, 2012 at 8:18 PM
Alameda Journal: Alameda Point 2012 cleanup review, and busy year ahead, December 20,...
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Cleanup activity at Alameda Point in 2012 began where it left off in 2011 -- at the Seaplane Lagoon. The northwest corner of the lagoon was the site of the second and final phase of lagoon dredging, which targeted sediment that had...
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Added: Dec 21, 2012 at 4:42 PM
San Francisco Chronicle: Alameda, SunCal settle for $4.1 million, December 19, 2012
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he city of Alameda has agreed to pay more than $4 million to settle a lawsuit filed by SunCal, the developer that had planned to build a 12,000-resident community on the island city's former Naval Air Station until the deal fell...
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Added: Dec 20, 2012 at 6:03 AM
The Alamedan: City, SunCal settle suit, December 20, 2012
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The city has agreed to pay former Alameda Point developer SunCal more than $4 million to settle the developer's claims the city and its former manager failed to negotiate in good faith toward a development deal, a move that ends...
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Added: Dec 20, 2012 at 5:57 AM
San Francisco Chronicle: Birders flock to East Bay for key count, December 16, 2012
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Alameda birders gathered at dawn, armed with high-powered bird-spotting telescopes that cost more than a used car, "The Sibley Guide to Birds" and much adrenaline. They trekked along the shoreline, at the Least Tern sanctuary at...
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Added: Dec 17, 2012 at 5:53 AM
Alameda Point Environmental Report: Navy and VA ignore economics, environment in...
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Once upon a time there was talk about a national wildlife refuge at Alameda Point. It was included in the reuse plan for Naval Air Station (NAS)-Alameda that was accepted by the Department of Defense. It was added to Alameda’s...
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Added: Dec 14, 2012 at 9:02 PM
Alameda Sun: APC Launches Apprenticeship, December 6, 2012
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Alameda Point Collaborative (APC) recently celebrated the official launch of its landscape apprenticeship program with the California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) and the San Leandro Adult School. The program aims to...
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Added: Dec 7, 2012 at 5:53 AM
Alameda Point Environmental Report: Cleaning up radium paint contamination at Building...
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The middle of Building 5, in the mezzanine area, is where radium-226 luminescent paint was applied to aircraft dials and other devices from 1941 to the mid 1950s. The Navy plans to begin removing the radium contamination from the...
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Added: Dec 5, 2012 at 5:42 AM
Alameda Sun: Clusters at the Point, November 29, 2012
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Last year the city retained Keyser Marston Associates (KMA) to prepare a strategy that establishes a vision for Alameda Point as an employment center. The study went before the Planning Board last Monday. The City Council is set to...
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Added: Nov 30, 2012 at 5:41 AM