ELECTION ’12//ALCO SUPERVISOR DIST 2 | After two side-by-side public appearances, Alameda County Supervisor Richard Valle and Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi, have given more than enough clues on how they plan to win this November’s campaign for District 2. HAYASHI’S PLAN… Read More ›
ELECTION ‘12//ALCO SUPERVISOR DIST 2 | The fate of St. Rose Hospital may be entwined with Supervisor Richard Valle’s bid to retain his seat on the Alameda County Board of Supervisors this November. Following a decade on its Board of Directors, the hospital now… Read More ›
ELECTION ’12//ALCO SUPERVISOR DIST 2 | Despite reports Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi had lobbied Alameda County Democrats hard for a no-endorsement in her race for supervisor, the party overwhelming voted to back the re-election of District 2 Supervisor Richard Valle. Valle,… Read More ›
ELECTION 12//ALCO DIST 2 | Just moments after the Alameda County Board of Supervisors unanimously appointed Richard Valle to replace Nadia Lockyer on June 11, his main challenger, Newark Councilwoman Ana Apodaca, approached amid exuberant applause and congratulated him. Valle… Read More ›
ALAMEDA COUNTY | Former Alameda County Supervisor Nadia Lockyer was arrested last week in Orange County and charged with child endangerment, according to a police report. Lockyer, 41, was arrested Aug. 28 and held in custody for three days at… Read More ›
ELECTION ‘12//ASSEMBLY | Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi’s reign of terror in Sacramento is nearly its climax, but not without the convicted shoplifter going out in a blaze of glory. According to sources in the Capitol, Hayashi went ballistic following a blistering… Read More ›
Supervisors Wilma Chan and Richard Valle, St. Rose interim CEO Mak Nakayama/Photo Shane Bond ALAMEDA COUNTY//HEALTH CARE | Hayward’s perennially cash-strapped St. Rose Hospital faces a projected $3 million hole by Sept. 30, according to county officials. In addition, another $3 million… Read More ›
ELECTION ’12//ALCO DIST 2 | As expected, many elected officials in the contested Alameda County Board of Supervisors District 2 race view Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi’s run for the seat as something as uncomfortable as a pair of leather pants filled… Read More ›
ELECTION ’12//ASSEMBLY | Get ready for what will likely be the linchpin of Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi’s rhetorical argument as she bids for Nadia Lockyer’s former seat on the Alameda County Board of Supervisors. The Assembly voted 65-0 Monday to send Hayashi’s high school… Read More ›
ALAMEDA COUNTY//HEALTH | By SHANE BOND, The CitizenThe Alameda Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the nation’s first ever pharmaceutical drug disposal ordinance Tuesday that will require the pharmaceutical industry to provide disposal units for consumers to drop off of their… Read More ›
ALAMEDA COUNTY//BOS ROUNDUP | A new and badly needed revenue source may be coming to the beleaguered Oakland Zoo. The Alameda County Board of Supervisors Tuesday approved placing a special tax on the November ballot that could net the zoo… Read More ›
ELECTION ’12//ALAMEDA COUNTY SUPERVISOR | With Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi’s plans to run for the Alameda County Board of Supervisors this fall now a certainty, the convicted shoplifter is hoping contrary to what she told the Bay Area News Group this… Read More ›
ALAMEDA COUNTY | California State Treasurer Bill Lockyer filed for divorce from his wife, former Alameda County Supervisor Nadia Lockyer last week, reported the San Francisco Chronicle. In the wake of a highly-publicized drug and sex scandal which led to the the resignation of Nadia Lockyer in… Read More ›
ELECTION ’12//ALAMEDA COUNTY | Last Friday, just days before the first day for potential candidates to officially declare their intent to run for elections this November, resurgent Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi filed a statement of organization with the Alameda County registrar signalling the clearly evidence yet that… Read More ›
ALAMEDA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS | Alameda County is one step closer to becoming the first municipality in the nation to force pharmaceutical companies to establish drug disposal programs for unwanted, unneeded and expired drugs. The Alameda County Board of Supervisors took… Read More ›
MARK SALINAS ALAMEDA COUNTY | On June 21, the day that Yoenis Céspedes, the Oakland Athletics’ top Latino slugger, blasted a game-winning, walk-off home run that completed a sweep of the Los Angeles Dodgers, the A’s’ front office was headed… Read More ›
ELECTION ’12//ALCO SUPERVISOR DIST 2 | Union City Mayor Mark Green is telling officials in the Hayward area he will run for Alameda County supervisor this fall. It will be Green’s third attempt at the seat in two years. Valle, Green, Hayashi The… Read More ›
SAN LEANDRO HOSPITAL | When news Sutter Health had purchased a full-page color advertisement in various newspapers just a day before Alameda County Supervisor Wilma was set to discuss the fairness of the health care provider’s non-profit tax exemption, it… Read More ›
ALAMEDA COUNTY//BUDGET | With Alameda County Sheriff Greg Ahern at the lectern before the Board of Supervisors last week like a pastor preaching to a chorus of adherents more than willing to fill his collection basket, the slender county top cop… Read More ›
ALAMEDA COUNTY | An Alameda County grand jury’s final report faults a general “lack of accountability” from county officials to the public on a range of issues including, the demise of the Associated Community Action Program, which was dissolved last year amid scandal… Read More ›
ALAMEDA COUNTY//ANALYSIS | On Feb. 14, just as then-Alameda County Chief Probation Officer David Muhammad was placed on administrative leave for allegations of sexual harassment and assault, I asked a source, what’s going on with him? “He likes to fuck,” said… Read More ›
CITIZEN EXCLUSIVE ELECTION ‘12//ALCO SUPERVISOR | Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi is not only testing the waters for a run for Alameda County supervisor, but the licentious legislator is already calling local public officials around Hayward asking for their endorsements. According to… Read More ›
ALAMEDA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORSJune 11, 2012 | Just when you think the Alameda County Board of Supervisors was heading back to a comfortable place out of the view of controversy with the appointment Monday morning of Richard Valle, here… Read More ›
ALAMEDA COUNTY//REPLACING LOCKYERJune 10, 2012 | Nearly a week after a deadlocked vote to replace Nadia Lockyer allowed for further political horse trading, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors unanimously appointed former Union City Councilman Richard Valle to fill the… Read More ›
ALAMEDA COUNTY//REPLACING LOCKYERJune 9, 2012 | The presumptive favorite to win appointment to the Alameda County Board of Supervisors, appears to have become the victim of political skulduggery and labor union backroom deal making. When the board meets early Monday… Read More ›
ALAMEDA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORSJune 7, 2012 | Members of the Palestinian community were set to celebrate their heritage with the first-ever proclamation of their culture by the Alameda County Board of Supervisors Tuesday until the board pulled the agenda… Read More ›
ALAMEDA COUNTY//REPLACING LOCKYERJune 5, 2012 | The mess that the Nadia Lockyer sex and drug scandal has brought to the Alameda County Board of Supervisors will take at least another week to sort out. The four remaining supervisors failed to… Read More ›
ELECTION ’12June 5, 2012 | No other race in the East Bay has more variations of a predicted outcome than Hayward’s City Council race. If the state’s top two primary system will harbor a dog fight among multiple candidates, imagine… Read More ›
Nate Miley and Bob Swanson ELECTION ’12//ALAMEDA COUNTY SUPERVISORMay 30, 2012 | Alameda County Supervisor Nate Miley’s opponent in next week’s June primary is angry over a posting on a pro-cannabis Web site by one of Miley’s long-time aides, saying… Read More ›
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS//REPLACING LOCKYERMay 29, 2012 | And then there were four candidates remaining to replace former Alameda County Supervisor Nadia Lockyer after her predecessor Gail Steele withdrew her name for consideration, according to County Administrator Susan Muranishi. No reason… Read More ›
