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Is this East Bay refinery-turned-housing-development a model for reclaiming contaminated sites?
HERCULES — On the surface, Victoria by the Bay is a charming neighborhood of 926 homes only a short walk from the shores of San Pablo Bay. But the ground beneath the roughly 200-acre development was once home to the former Pacific Refinery Co., a facility built in 1966 that produced 55,000 barrels of oil daily and stored other hazardous substances in the northernmost corner of Hercules, adjacent to Rodeo. Amid a bleak economic outlook for the fossil fuel industry at the time, the facility was decommissioned in the summer of 1995, and demolished not long after.
2 Displaced Due To House Fire Thursday Night
Two people were displaced following a house fire Thursday night in San Leandro, according to the Alameda County Fire Department. At approximately 10:11 p.m., Alameda County firefighters were alerted to a two-story house burning in the 1600 block of 167th Avenue in San Leandro. The blaze was contained within 45...
Dublin students, parents and staff excited for opening of brand new Emerald High School
An East Bay city struggling to keep up with its ever growing population is getting a brand new high school. The number of residents in Dublin has been increasing so fast that you could call it a boomtown. Statistics show that between 2010 and 2020, Dublin was the fastest growing city not just in the Bay Area, but the entire state.New numbers from the state's finance department released this week show its population was still growing last year. That growth has translated into the population of kids in Dublin's schools, which now serve nearly 13,000 students.Dublin Unified is on the verge...
Orinda residents hit hard by insurance companies deciding not to renew coverage
It's news that many California homeowners don't want to hear: Insurance companies have been pulling the plug on their homeowner's policy. But now California's largest home insurer announced it's not renewing roughly 30,000 policies in the state.According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Orinda is being impacted the most by State Farm. A loss of 1,700 policies is the most in any zip code statewide and more than half of State Farm policy holders in Orinda will lose their coverage.Tom Holland has lived in Orinda for 15 years. His home is tucked in the beautiful hillside where he takes daily walks with...
LARPD replacing playgrounds at three parks
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Livermore Area Recreation and Park District has launched the first phase of its playground replacement program by installing new playgrounds at Jack Williams, Bill Clark and Ida Holm parks. LARPD officials said in an announcement last week that work began on April 22...
This $14.5 Million Bay Area Estate Features a Tennis Court and Rose Gardens
Asking around about Piedmont, California, just across the Bay Bridge from San Francisco and right next door to Oakland, one might say it resembles more of a close-knit village than “the City of Millionaires,” which is its historic moniker. Hollywood legend Clint Eastwood, tennis star Brad Gilbert, and Little House on the Prairie’s Dean Butler were raised among the area’s lavish estates and rolling hills. And an elegant mansion set behind gates on an elevated perch above winding Hampton Road, listed for $14.5 million with Ann Newton Cane and Michael Dreyfus of Sotheby’s International Realty, epitomizes the gracious lifestyle Piedmont offers its almost...
Local Cowgirl Named 2024 Rowell Ranch Rodeo Queen
Castro Valley native Phoebe Bruns attended her first Rowell Ranch Rodeo before she could walk. This month—18 years later—she will be celebrated as the 2024 Miss Rowell Ranch Rodeo Queen. “I’ve come full circle,” Bruns told the Forum. “I used to attend the Queen’s ball with my friends...
Piedmont police arrest 33, recover 37 cars using license plate readers in 2023
PIEDMONT, Calif. - There's a new focus on the use of license plate readers, as more Bay Area cities and police departments discuss plans to adopt the technology. The city of Piedmont has a network of 39 license plate readers, set up at intersections throughout the city. Cameras scan the license plate of every vehicle that drives by.
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