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AFD FIRE WIRE
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Orange Juice Sm 4 | Lg 5
1st Course
Fresh Fruit
Mini Croissant | Strawberry Rhubarb Butter
Mimosa 8
2nd Course (choose one)
Liberty Ranch Duck Hash | Fried Farm Eggs | Salsa Verde
Two Farm Eggs Any Style | Applewood Bacon | Herbed Breakfast Potatoes
Tomato-Spinach-Goat Cheese Benedict | Hollandaise | Chives | Herbed Breakfast Potatoes
Buttermilk Strata | Fresh Strawberries | Vanilla Bean Syrup | Honey Butter | Whipped Cream
Smoked Salmon-Asparagus Scramble | Dill Creme Fraiche | Herbed Breakfast Potatoes
Open-Faced Fried Chicken Sandwich | Baby Spinach | Tomato | Roasted Garlic Aioli
Penne Pasta alla Carbonara | Applewood Bacon | Egg | Parmesan | Cream | Black Pepper
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Silver Ball Fun
Raiser • Black & White Theme
3rd Course (choose one)
Flourless Chocolate
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Wednesday,
December
31 from
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Compiled by AFD Capt. Rick
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Monday, March 23
Emergency medical responses: 2:54 a.m. Phoenix Lane; 3:31
Compiled by AFD Capt. Rick
a.m. Willow Street; 5:10 a.m.
Murray
and Dennis
Lincoln Avenue;
7:10 a.m.Evanosky
Buena
Vista Avenue;
8:56 a.m.
St.22
Charles
Monday,
Dec.
Street; Emergency
9:36 a.m. Park
Street;
11:43
medical
responses:
a.m.1:45
Coast
Island;
1:03
p.m.
a.m.Guard
Webster
Street;
5:20
a.m.
Camellia
p.m.Oak
Buena
LincolnDrive;
Avenue;2:57
7:56 a.m.
Street;
Vista;
p.m. Avenue;
San Antonio
8:07 3:50
a.m. Taylor
11:18 a.m.
Lagunaria
Lane;Park
11:33Street;
a.m. 4:27
South
Avenue;
3:53 p.m.
OrrJack
Road;
p.m.Shore
OakCenter;
Street;12:05
4:45p.m.
p.m.
2:39 Avenue;
p.m. Shore
2:54
London
7:40Line
p.m.Drive;
Central
p.m. 9:32
Otis p.m.
Drive;Shore
2:59 Line
p.m. Drive.
Lincoln
Avenue;
Avenue; 5:17 p.m. Main Street; 5:19
Fire
responses: 8:04 a.m.
p.m. Buena Vista Avenue; 7:09 p.m.
Intersection
of Encinal
Thompson
Avenue;Avenue
10:06 and
p.m.
Benton
Street,
report9:51
of ap.m.
leaking
Central
Avenue;
West
fire Tower
hydrant.
Firefighters
a
Avenue;
10:42 p.m.used
San Jose
hydrant
wrench
stop
the leak.
Avenue;
11:36 to
p.m.
Otis.
• 11:15
1700 block4:22
of Webster
Firea.m.
responses:
a.m. 400
block
of of
Willie
Street,
report
a fireStargell
in a trashAvenue,
can.
report ofused
downed
power
line near
Firefighters
a water
extinguishresidence.
Firefighters
discover toa put
out the small
fire.
ered several downed power lines.
Tuesday,
March
24 notified
They
isolated the
area and
Alameda Municipal
(AMP).
Emergency
medicalPower
responses:
Firefighters
turnedAvenue;
the scene
over
12:22
a.m. Lincoln
12:31
the AMP
when
a.m.toBeach
Road;crewmembers
2:05 a.m. Willow
they2:43
arrived.
Street;
a.m. Park Street; 3:57
• 8:58
a.m.Avenue;
400 block
Buena
a.m. San
Jose
8:56of a.m.
Vista
Avenue,
apartment
fire
alarm.
Encinal Avenue; 10:06 a.m. Park
9:13 a.m.
block of
Buena
Street; •10:51
a.m. 400
Sherman
Street;
Vista, apartment fire alarm.
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es: Wednesday,
1:20 a.m. Otis March
Drive; 4:40
25 a.m.
Otis;
5:55 a.m. Alaska
Packer
Place;
Emergency
medical
respons9:51 a.m. Eagle Avenue; 10:37 a.m.
es: 12:06 a.m. Pacific Avenue; 1:09
Second Street; 11:07 a.m. Central
a.m.
Versailles
a.m.
Avenue;
11:07Avenue;
a.m. 6:37
Blanding
Eastshore
Drive;a.m.6:57
a.m.Street;
Park
Avenue; 11:12
Grand
Street;
11:03
Santa
12:22 p.m.
Parka.m.
Street;
12:26 Clara
p.m.
Avenue;
Westline12:45
Drive;p.m.
12:30San
p.m.Antonio
Shore
Avenue;
2:2912:31
p.m. p.m.
ParkPearl
Street;
3:37
Line Drive;
Street;
p.m.
Shell
Gate
Road; 3:40
p.m. 1:02
Otis
12:46
p.m.
Shorepoint
Court;
Drive;
4:28 p.m.1:59
Central
p.m. Central;
p.m. Avenue;
Lincoln
5:10
p.m. Webster
p.m.
Avenue;
2:10 p.m.Street;
Taylor5:16
Avenue;
4:07 Road;
p.m. Park
Street;
6:02 Shore
p.m.
Ratto
8:34 p.m.
South
Clinton9:59
Avenue;
6:36 p.m.
Third
Center;
p.m. Clinton
Avenue.
Street;
8:34 p.m. Park
9:34
Fire responses:
2:30Street;
a.m. 1800
p.m. South
ShoreStreet,
Center;apartment
11:25 p.m.
block
of Poggi
Shore
Line.
fire
alarm.
Fire
responses:
12:06ofa.m.
400
• 5:48 a.m.
2000 block
Clinton
block ofcommercial
Lincoln Avenue,
apartment
Avenue,
fire alarm.
fire alarm.
Thursday, March 26
Emergency medical responses:
1:17 a.m. Webster Street; 3 a.m.
South Shore Center; 4:19 a.m. Willow
Street; 5:27 a.m. Clinton Avenue;
• 6:27
1000 8:59
blocka.m.
of Marina
5:40
a.m.a.m.
Clinton;
Clement
Village
commercial
fire
Avenue;Parkway,
10:38 a.m.
Bayview Drive;
alarm.
5:34 p.m. Ballena Boulevard; 5:45
• 9:53
a.m. Avenue;
1800 block
Wood
p.m.
Central
5:55ofp.m.
Fifth
Street,
of smoke
inside
a
Street; report
6:26 p.m.
Atlantic
Avenue;
residence.
Firefighters
met
with
7:11 p.m. High Street; 8:01 p.m.
the
occupants
who8:52
saidp.m.
theyMariner
had
Shore
Line Drive;
left
unattended
food
cooking
on
Square Drive.
the stove. The food had burned.
Fire
responses:
9:13
a.m.
Buena
Firefighters made certain that there
Vista
block
was
no Avenue,
fire, turned
off thenumber
power tonot
given,
report
of
an
underground
the stove and ventilated the resinatural
gas mainsmoke.
leak. Firefighters
dence
of residual
met• 10:05
witha.m.construction
workers
2000 block of Encinal
who reported
acciAvenue,
report ofthat
keys they
lockedhad
inside
punctured
the running.
gas line.
adentally
vehicle with
the engine
Firefightersused
cordoned
offtools
the to
area
Firefighters
auto-entry
and access
notified
Pacific
Gas & Electric
gain
to the
vehicle.
11:12 a.m.
900 blockturned
of Santhe
Co.• (PG&E).
Firefighters
Antonio
Avenue,
fire
scene over
to theapartment
PG&E crewmemalarm.
bers when they arrived.
••6:03
p.m. a.m.
500 block
Buena of
10:36
2200ofblock
Vista
Avenue,
apartment
fire
alarm.
Lincoln Avenue, apartment fire
alarm.Wednesday, Dec. 24
• 6:55 p.m.medical
600 block
of West
Emergency
responses:
Hornet
report 9:54
of a.m.
smoke
1:50
a.m. Avenue,
Webster Street;
coming
from
a
dry-docked
boat.
Webster; 10:33 a.m. Webster; 11:18
Firefighters
a mechania.m.
Alamedadetermined
Avenue; 12:17
p.m.
cal problem
in the boat’s
motor
South
Shore Center;
12:34 p.m.
Bay Street; 1:37 p.m. San Antonio
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Avenue; 3 p.m. Willow; 5:28 p.m.
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Avenue;
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p.m. 400
Buena
Square
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Vista, apartment
alarm.
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Memorial
Parkway;
7:07
• 5:49 p.m.
2200 block
of Santa
p.m.
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cott and Tracy
Markee took
a moment to
enjoy the Alameda
Sun while visiting the
Vatican in Italy in late
February. Other sights
included Pompeii,
Siena, Pisa, Florence
and Venice. Thankfully
the Markees took
this trip just in time
to commemorate the
Sun’s Easter edition
with a trip to the
home of the Pope,
the highest-ranking
Catholic official.
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west
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Diana Redding, J.D., LL.M., M.B.A, is an Associate Attorney
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Diana is a member of the Alameda County Bar Association’s
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her local community. Diana provides a free inital half hour
consultation. Diana attended Golden Gate University in
San Francisco, where she received her J.D., M.B.A. and
LL.M. degrees. Diana holds a black belt in Karate and
is also an avid runner.
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