911 Tax Ruling Upheld By High Court The California Supreme Court has refused to hear Union City’s appeal to legalize its 911 fee, providing a precedent that caused San Leandro to stop assessing a similar charge.

Estudillo Homeowners Collect for Food Pantry The Estudillo Estates neighborhood collected 8,000 pounds of food over the weekend of Aug. 2 and 3 and donated it to the Davis Street Family Resource Center’s food pantry.

Chamber of Commerce to Hold Leadership Program The San Leandro Chamber of Commerce is accepting applications for its 14th annual Leadership San Leandro program.

SL Adds More Green to Its Scene San Leandro is a growing hub for many things green. The ninth grade campus has plans to build solar panels on its roof and sell energy back to the PG&E grid.

Area 5 School Board Seat Is Already Locked Up Election day isn’t until Nov. 4, but the Area 5 school board trustee has already been decided: Diana Prola is running unopposed.

Almonte Makes School Board Bid 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.

CAP Holds Annual Test at OAK 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.

Business is Booming for BART 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.”

Hayward to Host State College Fair A college fair featuring all 23 California State University campuses will be hosted by the Hayward Campus ...

Woman Kidnapped on Estudillo A San Leandro woman was kidnapped in late July and the crime has recently been tied to another similar snatching in Walnut Creek.