I would like to ask you not to allow the Alameda Community Learning Center (ACLC) to move onto the Wood Middle School (WMS) campus. I believe this will lead to the facility eventually being given completely over to the charter school, making the evitable closure of WMS as a public school option for West End students.

Emergency medical responses: 3:16 a.m. Buena Vista Avenue; 5:49 a.m. Coast Guard Island; 7:47 a.m. Haight Avenue; 9:25 a.m. San Jose Avenue; 10:51 a.m. Central Avenue; 11:41 a.m. Central; 11:52 a.m. Clinton Avenue; 12:43 p.m. St. Charles Street; 3:55 p.m. Fir Avenue; 4:25 p.m. Waterview Isle; 5:26 p.m. Laurel Street; 5:32 p.m. Ninth Street; 5:54 p.m. Oak Street; 9:47 p.m. Maple Way...

It seems that all our city government is concerned about is filling up our island as quickly as possible. Our streets are getting crowded to the point of where it feels like I'm leaving the Oakland Coliseum parking lot every time I have to drive

I was gratifi ed to read that your story on the petition to halt gun sales at Big 5 Sporting Goods ("Residents Petition Big 5 to Halt Gun Sales," Jan. 17) has started a healthy discussion about the use of weapons and gun control in our community. Many of your readers were concerned about the facts. I would like to be able to take the opportunity to correct the record. Let us take each of your readers' comments

At the January Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) meeting I repeated a question that a resident had asked me: "Is Seaplane Lagoon safe for young people to sail there?"