Week in Review: Goodbye February!

The last week of February brought a series of important stories to town, from Tuesday's public improvement agreement between the county and the redevelopment agency to execute projects across the unincorporated communities to a stalemate between neighbors and local government in Cherryland over who should manage $100,000 to combat gang violence. The week that was....

Monday: We spent Presidents Day , a new community group formed at Cherryland Elementary that's determined to turn local parks around.

Tuesday: The Alameda County Board of Supervisors , acting to save crucial development projects that could have faced oblivion under the Gov. Jerry Brown's proposed budget.  Native Informant Lani Conway took us on an , and we learned about a man arrested for driving while under the influence —

Wednesday: On Wednesday, our Moms Council, Weather reports promised snow.

Thursday: Ugg! As freezing weather descended on the Bay Area, Eye on Style photographer   We also And that snow that was coming, we talked about that too.

Friday: On Friday, we took you to the heart of afrom Cherryland and South Garden. We also brought you into the courtroom, where . For those who felt we failed to go deep enough into this tragic story, take heart—Friday's story was just the beginning of our ongoing coverage. There wasn't any snow, but we held out hope.

Saturday: A was caused by a clothes dryer — on Saturday, the Alameda County Fire Department shared tips for .

Sunday: All week long we heard about arctic blasts and California flurries. So when no snow arrived, we all felt a little bit...cheated. Especially by those pesky news outlets who'd spent all week telling us there'd be snow. Jerks.