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Posts Tagged ‘childcare’

Childcare advocates push for Measure A on the Alameda County June ballot

By Hyowon Lihinag-Tam | April 5, 2018 | 4

On a bright Saturday morning, approximately 200 people gathered at the Boys and Girls Club in San Leandro in support of the campaign kick-off for Measure A: Alameda County’s Ballot Measure for Child Care and Early Education. Measure A will appear on the county’s June ballot in 2018. If passed, Measure A will enact a…

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In East Oakland, a couple offers 24-hour, two-parent day care

By Tom Goulding | March 2, 2015 | 2
Keishna's Kiddie Corner offers 24 hour childcare for parents in Oakland. For many parents who work non-traditional jobs, having affordable and flexible childcare is a necessity.

On a Thursday morning just before lunch, 40-year-old Eugene Hamilton is looking at one of the two-year-old boys in his daycare. “You’re going to behave properly and not like a baby if you want to get back in there,” he says. The young boy wears a clean and snazzy orange flannel shirt, but is delivering…

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Childcare advocates call on Gov. Brown to sign controversial bill

By Catherine Traywick | September 21, 2011 | 1

Parents, childcare providers and state officials on Tuesday urged Governor Jerry Brown to sign a controversial bill, AB 101, that would allow family childcare providers to collectively bargain with government agencies.

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Eight Childhood Development Centers set to close Friday

By Jill Replogle | July 29, 2010 | 8
stacked boxes with Judy Lee in background

Judy Lee has already begun packing her boxes. Full of art supplies and Shel Silverstein books, the boxes sat neatly stacked near the wall of her spacious classroom at the Piedmont Avenue Early Childhood Development Center on Wednesday, a telltale sign of the center’s imminent closure.

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