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Business is Booming for BART
By Jim Knowles
There’s a lot of gloomy talk about the economy but business has never been better for BART.
More people than ever are commuting on Bay Area Rapid Transit, said Bob Franklin, a member of the BART board of directors. But the increase in passengers – up to 380,000 riders a day – is presenting other problems for BART.
“Daily ridership is up now,” Franklin said. “People in some areas are fighting for a BART station, but here in San Leandro, you have two stations.” |
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Almonte Makes School Board Bid
By Amy Sylvestri
Hermy Almonte is one of
four candidates vying for the At-
Large seat on the San Leandro
school board and he has the endorsement
of out-going At-Large
Trustee Stephen Cassidy.
“Cassidy and (Area 4
Trustee) Mike Katz are working
hand-in-hand with me on this,”
said newcomer Almonte.
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CAP Holds Annual Test at OAK
By Staff Reports
The Civil Air Patrol held its National Check Pilot Standardization Course at the Oakland International Airport earlier this summer.
Civil Air Patrol, the official auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force, is a nonprofit organization with more than 56,000 members nationwide. CAP performs 90 percent of continental U.S. inland search and rescue missions and saved 103 lives in fiscal year 2007.
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Volvo S80 Blends Technology, Tradition
By Steve Schaefer
Volvo’s flagship sedan,
the S80, got
redone for the 2007
model year, but it
took until now to get a date with
one — a beautiful 2008 model.
It was worth the wait.
By now, the Volvo-as-box
image has faded from public perception.
When the first S80 arrived
years ago, it was a revolution,
with a return to traditional
“shoulders” but otherwise a
modern, even daring, approach
to sedan design, with a laid-back
rear window, tapered rear deck
and tucked-in side panels. The
blunt, medallion-wearing grille
was squeezed down to a slender
strip. The same fresh approach
was applied to the interior, as
well.
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CastroValley Pharmacist Clayworth: His Other Car is on the Racetrack
By Sawley Vickrey
If you’ve been to Clayworth
Healthcare Pharmacy on Lake
Chabot Road in Castro Valley,
you might have noticed the race
car pictures and trophies.
That’s because Jim Clayworth,
the owner, participates in car
races as a hobby in his spare
time.
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 New Surgical Tonsil Procedure for Children, Teens
By Mark Zeme, M.D.
Because pediatricians have
been reluctant to recommend
tonsillectomies during the past
few decades, parents often assume
that their young children
will outgrow tonsil problems.
Unfortunately, not all children
do, and when infections and obstruction
recur in teens or even
adults, the tonsils need to be
taken out.
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 Adults, Doctors Should Not Ignore Pain Signals
By Darien Behravan, D.O.
Because persistent pain is a
common experience among
older adults, it is often dismissed
as a normal part of aging. As the
American Geriatrics Society
(AGS) points out, however, pain
is neither normal nor healthy, and
complaints about pain should
never be minimized or passively
accepted.
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