San Leandro News

Two teens carjacked a man and his daughter at gunpoint Tuesday evening in San Leandro and led police on a chase that ended in a crash on the Golf Links Road freeway onramp.

Curtain Call Performing Arts is proud to present renowned San Francisco-based opera troupe Opera on Tap in "Le Nozze di Figaro" with five performances June 21-23.

Video broadcasts of City Council meetings will soon be available, bringing the city up to date with other Alameda County cities.

California lawmakers have come up with some potentially life-saving changes for stretch limousines to prevent a repeat of the deadly tragedy on the San Mateo Bridge in May. If you count the limo fire in Walnut Creek, where there were no fatalities, you're looking at two incidents in six weeks.

The city of San Leandro, California and the San Leandro police department are being sued in federal court by two men who were arrested in June 2012 during an undercover sex sting that targeted gay men cruising a public bathroom near the San Leandro Marina, The Oakland Tribune reports : "While it's technically illegal to engage in sexual activity in ... (more)

State lawmakers are proposing new safety requirements for limousines after two recent incidents in which limos in Northern California caught fire.

The woman, who has not been identified, was taken to Eden Medical Center, just a few hundred feet from where she was hit, to be treated for unknown injuries, according to a CHP dispatcher.

Senate Majority Leader Ellen Corbett, D-San Leandro, has named a Tri-City tech manufacturer as her district's "Small Business of the Year."

The city of San Leandro and its police department are being sued in federal court for allegedly targeting gay men in a sting operation at the local marina.

On June 3, the city council unanimously approved a biennial budget, adopting a $125 million operating budget for 2013-14 and $127 million spending plan for 2014-15, higher than this year's $120 million budget.

A partnership between the City of San Leandro and San Leandro Academy for Multimedia at San Leandro High School is broadcasting on its cable channels video profiles of local business leaders.

The San Leandro Public Library, as part of its Millennial Academy, is presenting "Movies for the Latest Generation," a film series featuring great stories about Millennials, people aged 18 to 33 years old.

The city will hold a Town Hall meeting Thursday, June 27, at 7 p.m. for the residents of San Leandro City Council Districts 1 and 2. The meeting will be held in the Senior Community Center at 13909 East 14th St, hosted by Mayor Stephen Cassidy and City Councilmembers Michael Gregory and Ursula Reed.

The City of San Leandro has leased the California Conservatory Theater located at the San Leandro Civic Center to Curtain Call Performing Arts .

A San Leandro woman struck by a car while walking near Lake Chabot died Wednesday, the Alameda County Coroner confirmed.

The Food and Drug Administration recently approved laser technology for cataract surgery--giving patients not only more precise removals of the cataract, but custom correction of problems like astigmatism or myopia at the same time.

The city and its police department are being sued in federal court for violating the civil rights of gay men by having officers conduct undercover sting operations in hopes of stopping sexual activity in a restroom near the San Leandro Marina.

Various officials have asked the Eden Township Healthcare District to provide financial support for the San Leandro Hospital of up to $20 million between 2014 and 2015.

Ten women celebrating a friend's 96th birthday escaped unharmed when their limousine became engulfed in fire as it idled near their Rossmoor homes.

One month after a fire killed five women in a limousine on the San Mateo bridge -- and only a day after a group of elderly women escaped a similar fire in Walnut Creek without injury -- a Bay Area legislator introduced a bill requiring more safety features on the state's limousines.