San Leandro Focus

  Update : The results of the poll were 84% No; 10% Yes and 6% Uncertain. When Highway 580 was constructed in the early 1960s, CalTrans and the Federal Highway Administration approved a prohibition on vehicles exceeding 4.5 tons, except for passenger vehicles, on the highway from Grand Avenue in Oakland through San Leandro. I have created a poll on the question of whether the ban should be abolished. You can find the poll on Next Door . Please share your opinion. According to CalTrans , this action was taken “because there was a pre-existing truck prohibition in this corridor before the freeway was built. Secondary issues included a four percent grade which would add to congestion and noise.” Since the 1950s, truck traffic had been prohibited on MacArthur Blvd. by the City of Oakland. In 1999, then Assemblymember Ellen Corbett introduced Assembly Bill 500, co-sponsored by other East Bay members of the Assembly and State Senate, that added the Highway 580 truck ban into the Calif...

With the sudden and shocking death of Supervisor Wilma Chan, I wish to honor her memory and legacy. Incredibly intelligent and knowledgeable, Chan represented San Leandro (along with the City of Alameda and parts of Oakland) on the Alameda County Board of Supervisors for multiple terms of office. She was a fierce and accomplished advocate for the elderly, children, the medically uninsured and others on the margins of society. Of particular interest to San Leandrans, Chan played a decisive role in saving San Leandro Hospital from closure by Sutter Health. At the time the hospital was the only acute care hospital with an emergency room in our city. Its loss would have been devastating to the community. Chan found a leverage point to convince Sutter to keep the hospital open and transfer its ownership to the publicly controlled Alameda Health System. It was my honor to work closely with Chan on this initiative. I offer my condolences to her family, friends and dedicated staff.

•  Alameda County is currently vaccinating health care workers and residents of long-term care facilities, and will move on to individuals 65 and older and frontline essential workers soon. People can fill out  this form  to be notified when it’s their turn. The county’s latest update on vaccine eligibility says: “For those who are age 65 and older and are interested in getting vaccinated, we encourage you to please reach out to your health care provider to see if they have vaccine available at this time. Otherwise, we anticipate being able to start vaccinating this group in the coming weeks.” •  Contra Costa County : This  online form  currently allows health care workers and individuals 65 and older to request vaccination appointments. •  San Francisco : The public health department and private providers — including UCSF, Kaiser and Sutter — will help open the city’s first  mass vaccination site  at City College on Ocean Avenue near Inters...