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MARCH 3, 2020 WEEKENDPAGES WEATHER FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Shots Fired 8 & 9 Cloudy but warm GUNSHOTS FIRED ON WAKE AVENUE MILD weekend ahead VOTE ON TUESDAY HIGHS:63-68 } TUESDAY AFTERNOON, POLICE SWARM 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 YOUR VOICE YOUR OTE AREA, STILL INVESTIGATING ......................... 3 } 3 LOWS:46-51 San Leandro Times AN INDEPENDENT HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER SERVING SAN LEANDRO, ASHLAND, SAN LORENZO AND SHEFFIELD VILLAGE VOL. 30 • NO. 9 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2020 SAN LEANDRO • CALIFORNIA People Express Ideas on Climate Action Plan San Leandrans propose local action to deal with climate change By Mike McGuire San Leandro Times San Leandrans got their because many sidewalks are in chance to help the city fight cli- poor repair. They also suggested mate change at a public meeting better lighting at night, so one can last Thursday night at the Senior see those uneven sidewalks better Community Center, attended by see CLIMATE, page 8 some 100 people. Considerable progress has been made since the city first adopted a Climate Action Plan (CAP) in 2009, said city Sustain- ability Manger Dr. Hoi-Fei Mok. Goolsby More remains to be done on the local level even as it is also dealt Challenges with at the state, national and PHOTO BY JIM KNOWLES international levels, she said. The meeting was part of an Miley for Dr. Kimberly Noble (right), director of elementary education at the San Lorenzo school district, compliments the fifth graders on the talk they gave to the school board about keeping lead out of the water. update that the City Council hopes to adopt by the end of this Supervisor year on greenhouse gas reduc- tions and reducing San Leandro’s By Mike McGuire Students Call for Lead-Free Water vulnerability to climate change. San Leandro Times People divided into small Nate Miley, running for By Jim Knowles But more should be done. school district are under 5 ppb. groups to suggest how to address re-election for a sixth term as San Leandro Times Tests released last summer showed that But the fifth graders, and public interest climate problems at the local Alameda County Supervisor for Three fifth graders stepped up to the two of the district’s schools, Arroyo High groups, say it should be not over 1 ppb. level. District 4, says he has the expe- microphone at the San Lorenzo school board and Corvallis School, had lead in the water “It’s down to 5 parts per billion, but you A big set of suggestions rience, energy and know-how to meeting earlier this month to talk about lead. that exceeded the 15 parts per billion (ppb) can do more,” said fifth grader Santiago from the public centered around continue serving the residents of The school district has fixed and re- limit that’s deemed unhealthy by federal Garcia Mora, who spoke along with students reducing the role of the automo- parts of Oakland and unincorpo- placed drinking fountains and water dis- law. Those fixtures were shut down for Yesenia Delgado and Matilda Chanhung. bile in getting around the city. rated Alameda County communi- pensers at the schools, they acknowledged. repairs and now all the water fixtures in the One group suggested bringing ties such as Ashland, Cherryland see LEAD, page 8 back school buses rather than and San Lorenzo. individually driving each child to Miley is opposed by Esther and from school. They said this Goolsby, a community organizer would reduce traffic congestion for Communities for a Better as well as air pollution. Environment, in the March 3 Others focused on difficulties primary election. As long as one AIDS Quilt Makes a Stop in San Leandro in getting around town by any candidate gets a majority of votes, means other than the automobile. they will be elected then and will By Mike McGuire 150th anniversary celebrations. San Leandro Times It is physically difficult to walk to not appear on the November The quilt was the 1985 brain- any destination, said one group, see SUPERVISOR, page 8 The AIDS Memorial Quilt, child of San Francisco communi- described as the world’s greatest ty activist Cleve Jones, a political social justice teaching tool and associate and friend of assassinat- INSIDE YOUR TIMES once nominated for the Nobel ed San Francisco Supervisor and Peace Prize, is living in San gay activist Harvey Milk. Jones ■ SPORTS Auto ......................6 Leandro temporarily on its way said last week in San Leandro that Two St. Leander teams Calendar.................4 to a new permanent home in San the anniversary of Milk’s death take home titles. Page 2 Classified Ads ........ 12 Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. had coincided with the 1,000th Crime ....................3 Trucks bearing the nearly death due to AIDS, and he sought ■ Crossword ............. 13 50,000 panels of the quilt arrived AUTOS a way to remember the people Lexus hybrid has a new style but Health & Fitness .......9 at a San Leandro warehouse near who were sometimes even being it’s not full electric. Page 6 Oakland Airport last week, and Homes ................. 10 denied funerals at the time. Home Services ....... 12 were greeted with speakers and Sewing of the quilt began in ■ FOOD Inquiring Reporter ... 15 a display of the quilt’s history. San Francisco in 1987, according PHOTO BY MIKE McGUIRE You have to try Letters ................. 15 Quilt panels will go on dis- to a statement by the National Longtime community activist Cleve Jones speaks in front that rhubarb pie. Page 7 play in the Robin Williams Mead- AIDS Memorial. In its first ma- of stored panels at the AIDS Quilt event, with (at left) San Lifestyle .................7 ows in Golden Gate Park from jor display, it filled the National Francisco Supervisor Rafael Mandelman and San Fran- 38,500 EVERY THURSDAY Obituaries ............. 14 April 3 to 5, as part of the park’s see QUILT, page 16 cisco recreation and parks chief Phil Ginzberg. THE LARGEST FREE-DELIVERED NEWSPAPER IN THE EAST BAY 2 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2020 San Leandro Times San Leandro Times An independent hometown newspaper serving San Leandro, Ashland, San Lorenzo and Sheffield Village EDITORIAL Fred Zehnder Editor and Publisher Jim Knowles Managing Editor [email protected] Mike McGuire City Editor Steve Schaefer Auto Editor PRODUCTION Howard Morrison Manager Kayla Steinorth St. Leander Teams Take Home Championships Art Director Moxie Morrison Two St. Leander School CYO teams had a successful weekend. The streak in the SAC for two years. And another St. Leander team became Assistant fifth-grade boys’ basketball team won the Southern Alameda County champions as well. The sixth-grade girls’ volleyball team won the Metro OPERATIONS (SAC) League championship game. The win continues their undefeated League Championship. Claudette Morrison Business Manager ADVERTISING Display Advertising Final Weekend to See Steel Magnolias Claudette Morrison Classified Advertising Steel Magnolias plays its final weekend at the characters are as delicate as magnolias but as tough Patrick Vadnais Chanticleers Theatre, 3683 Quail Ave. in Castro as steel. Harling based the story on his experience HOW TO REACH US Valley. with his sister’s death. The show plays on Friday and Saturday at 8 Chanticleers Theatre is a nonprofit community San Leandro Times 2060 Washington Ave. p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m. theater organization with a rich history dating back San Leandro, California 94577 Tickets are $22 to $27 and may be purchased on- to 1948. line at chanticleers.org or by calling 510-SEE-LIVE Today, Chanticleers Theatre is a 99-seat play- Office hours: Weekdays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (510-733-5483). Group discounts also available. house, serving Castro Valley and the greater East Main Office: (510) 614-1555 Steel Magnolias is a stage play by American Bay. Known as “Castro Valley’s Little Theatre in www.ebpublishing.com writer Robert Harling, is a comedy-drama about the Park,” Chanticleers is located in the Castro the bond among a group of Southern women in Valley Community Park right across from the new ©2018 East Bay Publishing Corporation northwest Louisiana. The title suggests the female Veterans’ Memorial. We Can Do It, San Leandro! VOTE YES ON MEASURE N Four years ago, the San Leandro Unified School District conducted a comprehensive assessment of the facility needs of all public schools in the district. Thanks to the generous support of the community, significant improvements have been made. Measure N has been placed on the ballot to finish the work identified in the original assessment. A YES VOTE ON MEASURE N WILL: % Construct new, permanent classrooms to avoid overcrowding. % Repair or replace deteriorating roofs, plumbing, and electrical systems. % Replace aging classroom windows with new, energy efficient windows. % Keep computer systems and classroom instructional technology up-to-date. % Upgrade campus security by installing new emergency communications systems. % Renovate student athletic fields and replace the outdated gymnasium at San Leandro High School. VOTE % Construct new science and engineering labs and career technical classrooms at San Leandro High School. YES ON MARCH Paid for by San Leandrans for Great Schools—Yes on N 2020—FPPC #1386769 3RD Learn more at www.sanleandransforgreatschools.com San Leandro Times THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2020 3 POLICE & FIRE Big Rise in Auto Break-Ins, International Rings Involved By Mike McGuire with eight other agencies in ment via traffic stops or conduct laptops or cellphones, and then He said that so far there have some other cities that let a thief San Leandro Times November to bust up an interna- undercover surveillance of hot sometimes using the trunk release been no reports of San Leandro search the trunk for electronics Auto burglaries are on the rise tional fencing operation allegedly spots for auto burglary, Hender- to open the trunk.