This Week’s Alamedan: Catie Hembrow
Lived in Alameda: A little over a year Age: 37 Originally from: South Lake Tahoe Occupation: Registered Nurse, Trauma, Regional Medical Center of San Jose Family: Partner, Beth Ochsner, nonprofit...
View ArticleIn Alameda: Measure H headquarters all abuzz
I was over at Measure H headquarters this morning making phone calls and learning about my volunteer assignment as a poll watcher. Today, my husband and I will be helping out our precinct captain,...
View ArticleAlameda’s Measure H: Here’s something for all you nail biters out there…
It looks like we’ll have some more votes counted this afternoon, but not all. Here’s a statement just in from the Alameda County Registrar of Voters Spokesman Guy Ashley: Our staff is counting...
View ArticleNew Alameda Measure H results just in! It’s squeaky close.
The Alameda County Registrar of Voters has just updated their site with another batch of votes. There are now 10,905 ‘yes’ votes for Alameda’s Measure H school parcel tax—that’s 66.65 percent. While...
View ArticleAlameda’s Measure H…more news coverage
Okay, so KRON 4 doesn’t quite have all the details right (Measure H is not a ‘sports bond,’ for example). But our little parcel tax is getting network air time. And that’s kinda nice. [Below you should...
View ArticleAlameda’s Measure H…When? When? When?
Hello! So, it sounds like there will be more Measure H votes counted by this afternoon…but only the remaining absentee ballots (I’ve heard that there are between a few dozen and a hundred of these for...
View ArticleJust in! Measure H vote even closer…
Well, the Alameda County Registrar of Voters has released another round of votes…which brings the Measure H tally to 11,001 ‘yes’ votes—for 66.66 percent. Measure H is getting ever-closer to passing!...
View ArticleIn Alameda: Life on the Bay
I was off-grid a bit more than I expected last week. Colorado! Home of high mountains and lots of greenery. But I’m back, and ready to live, once again, the Island life. The weekly column I write for...
View ArticleAlameda featured in Chronicle article
Hey! Our little island in the San Francisco Bay is the subject of an article in the San Francisco Chronicle. In it, feelancer Dana Perrigan interviews such local notables as Woody Minor, Doug deHaan,...
View ArticleAlameda, a newcomer’s perspective
This blog, Desperately Seeking Root Beer (not sure what the title’s about), has a post up, Alameda: An Introduction. The post details a newcomer’s impression of Alameda (there’s lots of nice visuals),...
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