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Edited version of email to residents from Council Member John Fricke (sent March 22, 2009).RE: The City Council’s plans for the Emeryville Center for Community Life (ECCL), described on the website designed exclusively to promote it, as a place where … Continue reading →

(l to r) Council members Ruth Atkin, Dick Kassis (mayor), Nora Davis, Ken Bukowski (vice-mayor), and John FrickeThe Two “No” Votes:Bukowski Cries “Revenge”;John Fricke Calls Censure “Toothless”__________________________________________________ Council Also Votes to Cut Public Comment Period from 5 minutes to 3 … Continue reading →

Where Is Center? by Joe ChambersWhere is the center of Emeryville? What constitutes a center? As my girlfriend, Luana, and I made our awkward walk home to 62nd and Hollis from Trader Joe’s, groceries in hand, we argued about exactly … Continue reading →

City Council is Unanimous in Ruling that Woodfin Owes Workers $200,000 in Back Wagesby Tracy Schroth Current and former Woodfin hotel workers are now one step closer to victory in their three-year fight for more than $200,000 in back wages. … Continue reading →

Square One Yoga Collective, a new studio offering low-cost yoga classes and community events, is opening March 1 in the Triangle Neighborhood of Emeryville. Katy Cryer, a neighborhood resident, is teaming up with 11 other Bay Area yoga teachers to … Continue reading →

Secret News Request Prompts Blanket Ban on “Outside Publications,” including Chamber Newsletter, Restaurant Flyers By Brian Donahue, Marc Albert, and Tracy Schroth A request by The Secret News to place printed copies of the Emeryville city news blog in City … Continue reading →

Bay Street mall design “really abysmal” says urban planner Daniel Iacofano of MIG, Inc. Below is an excerpt of an interview with Daniel Iacofano by The Inclusive City, a website that promotes the concept of “inclusive design”and Iacofano’s book about … Continue reading →

Letter to the Emeryville City Council(Reprint of letter sent to the City Council prior to its vote on Jan. 20 to demolish the historic brick building at 39th and Adeline Streets – designated as “architecturally significant” under the City’s own … Continue reading →

Bukowski Brings “Disrepute” to City,Says Council Member Ruth Atkinby Marc Albert and Tracy Schroth A resolution aimed at censuring embattled Vice Mayor Ken Bukowski ended up going nowhere when Council Member Ruth Atkin withdrew the resolution she had introduced at … Continue reading →

To Mayor Dick Kassis and members of the City Council: I heard that Mayor Kassis recently warned the Emeryville Chamber of Commerce about “outside forces.” Exactly who are these “forces”? I presume he means the East Bay Alliance for a … Continue reading →