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It takes a lot to establish and maintain these protected breeding areas. As ground nesters, least terns have many bird and mammal predators. I recently talked with Dave Riensche (affectionately known as “Doc Quack”), the East Bay...
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KQED: A Tale of Two Tern Towns in the Bay Area, August 1, 2014
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San Francisco Business Times: Alameda approves plan for new housing, offices and parks...
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All of the 68-acre “Site A” is in the area covered by the plan. Nine development teams applied to Alameda in May to develop the site with at least 800 apartments or condominiums and mixed-use space. The plan also covers a portion...
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Alameda Journal: Council OKs 'Waterfront Town Center,' July 30, 2014
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After more than two years and a host of public meetings, the City Council has given final approval to a plan that lays out a mixed-use "Waterfront Town Center" at Alameda Point, a move that it hopes will help jump-start the area's...
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The Alamedan: Alameda to join paramedicine pilot, July 30, 2014
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Council members also approved exclusive negotiating agreements with a developer, Alameda United Commercial, for the sale and development of the Bachelors Enlisted Quarters and a 5.5-acre section of the taxiway property on Alameda...
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San Jose Mercury News: Alameda Point -- a patchwork of possibilities, July 28, 2014
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There's a freedom here, standing on this cracked, weed-besieged runway on the edge of an airfield past.
It's banked by boulders and cattails and breathtaking Bay views. And backed by a quirky collection of businesses and...
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Alameda Point Environmental Report: Environmental cleanup reaches milestones as work...
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The Seaplane Lagoon’s north side will be looking like its old self in a few months. The Navy has begun dismantling the waterproof concrete-walled containment system that was used for three years for dewatering and testing of soil...
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The Alamedan: Alameda Point Explained: Town center suitors, July 24, 2014
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The city is contemplating proposals from nine developers who’ve signaled their interest in developing some or all of a planned 150-acre Alameda Point waterfront town center and commercial development area.
Back in May, the city...
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KALW: Holding back rising sea levels in the City of Alameda, July 23, 2014
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On the southwest shore at Alameda Point is a spot called Seaplane Lagoon. Out in the water, seagulls swarm around a harbor seal as it thrashes around a stingray. Richard Bangert is capturing it all on camera. He’...
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Alameda Point environmental cleanup program review and Navy site tour, July 2014
On July 12, 2014 the Navy presented a review of recent highlights of their environmental cleanup program to a meeting of the Restoration Advisory Board(RAB). Following the RAB meeting, the Navy hosted a public tour of four cleanup sites.
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Mercury News: Alameda: Astronaut Aldrin returning to USS Hornet, July 19, 2014
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When the USS Hornet picked up astronauts Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. and Michael Collins from the Pacific Ocean following the first lunar landing, in July 1969, the crew welcomed them aboard with buttons that read "...
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