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Category Archives: City Hall
Emeryville Mayor Jennifer West – State of the City Address TONIGHT
Mayor West’s State of the City Address 7:15 pm tonight, City Hall (City Manager, Patrick O’Keeffe, will also speak.) For those who can’t attend tonight’s meeting, the address will be televised (find the link on the city website) or … Continue reading
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Meet the Candidates 2011
Meet the Candidates For Emeryville City Council The information below is based on personal interviews with the candidates and is either quoted directly or paraphrased (in the first person), with the exception of information in parentheses. JACQUELINE (Jac) ASHER (Interviewed … Continue reading
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Bigger, and Better, Emeryville Finance Committee
I recently attended my first meeting of the Finance Committee as a resident member and came away with positive impressions. The Committee now has an expanded cadre: two city councilors, two business representatives, and two resident members. By the time … Continue reading
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Hostages Held Overnight in Botched Office Depot Robbery
OAKLAND (CBS 5) – A suspect who held hostages overnight at an Emeryville office supply store in a botched attempt to rob the store was taken into custody Saturday morning, an Oakland police officer said. After police reviewed surveillance video … Continue reading
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Shirley Enomoto Quits Measure J Oversight Committee
Enomoto Questions Committee’s Role and Responsibility for Future Emeryville Center for Community Life (ECCL) Long-time Emeryville resident Shirley Enomoto said she had complained for months that the Measure J Citizen Oversight Committee (COC) lacked a clearly defined role and … Continue reading
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Comments from Our Readers: While Sherwin Williams Denied Extended Hours, Residents Should Still Demand Results from Dust Testing
At the City Hall meeting (Tues Sept 6), I raised the issue of the dust with high lead content during the public comment period. Surprisingly enough, no local residents came to raise this issue. A rep from the artists’ co-op … Continue reading
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City Council Meeting Sept. 6: Sherwin Williams’ Request for Extended Work Hours
The Emeryville City Council will consider Sherwin Williams’ request to extend its work hours at the Horton and 45th streets clean-up site to include Saturdays and evenings until 9 pm. Current hours are 7 am to 6 pm on weekdays. … Continue reading
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Is It Safe?
Sherwin Williams asks for extended work hours (evenings, Saturdays), while refusing repeated requests for testing Sherwin Williams has spent the past 45 days cleaning up the mess it made during its heyday dacades ago, when it was busy “covering the … Continue reading
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Emeryville City Council Race: Here’s Who’s Running
It’s official. Here are the candidates running for three City Council seats in November. Election Day is Nov. 8. Don’t forget to vote! More information on each candidate will be coming soon in The Secret News. … Continue reading
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Berkeley, Emeryville pull out stops for lab campus
by Doug Oakley Contra Costa Times August 9, 2011 Berkeley and Emeryville officials wooed representatives from Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory on Monday, in hopes the institution will choose their cities to build a second campus for 800 scientists. The meeting in … Continue reading
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