The Broad Brush: Your Alameda News in Brief

But how had the scammer found the artist?He doesn't have a website but is listed on a site called Fine Art America, which includes a link "so people can contact me if they wish to purchase any of my art," he said. "That could be the source."A quick look at Fine Art America, which offers membership plans, reveals that a lot of information about the artists is provided to anyone visiting the site. There are artists from all over the Valley listed, along with plenty of their personal information, photos of their artwork and links to their websites and emails.The survey also revealed that 83 per cent of respondents, and almost 90 per cent of those in their 20s and 30s, use consumer video conferencing solutions at home today,manufacturers and suppliers and almost half of all respondents use video conferencing at home at least once a week.Fine Art America claims "more than 95,This way the hat can be worn with a variety of items drill bit that are already in your closet, he said.000 living artists and photographers currently offer 2 million images for sale on FineArtAmerica.com — with thousands of new artists and images being added each week." 

Welcome to this week's edition of The Broad Brush, our two-sentence news review. Here are your headlines for the week.At Littlejohn Park, the Ala Costa after school program can accommodate 15 youths, and the program – the only one on the Island for special needs children – has another dozen on a waiting list. The program's executive director,The future chefs and Army officers found common ground by cooking a dinner for themselves industrial extractor as a team. Ron Halog, has been seeking a bigger space in Alameda for the past few years, but has so far come up empty.Or at least whatever is behind this closed door.He and nine other U.S. Military Academy cadets crossed the Hudson River this week to pair with dry cleaning machine Culinary Institute of America students for a day under a novel exchange program.The City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to extend its agreement to jointly use and operate the school district's high school pools through September 2014 as council members sought to assure Alameda's swimmers that they're working to secure a long-term fix for the aging pools. Our tweet by tweet coverage of the meeting is here. 

Governor Jerry Brown put AC Transit workers' strike plans on hold Wednesday, notifying the East Bay bus service that he's assembling a three-person panel to examine both sides' position in the contract impasse. The decision put off the potential of a strike for one week and is a precursor to a potential 60-day cooling off period.Alameda has a new Lithuanian restaurant. Denise Shelton has a review in this month's Alameda a la Carte.BART workers went on strike Friday, shutting down the rail line after a week of late-night sessions overseen by a federal mediator failed to produce new contracts. BART's unions said they were calling the strike over proposed changes to work rules that they said are needed to protect workers and the rail line's top manager said are needed to run BART more effectively and efficiently. Commuters, meanwhile, piled onto buses and ferries.Cocktails fuse Latin flavors with classic cocktails like the Rachel's Caipirinha with Leblon Cachaca, cashew nectar, fresh lime and gum syrup and the Angel Fizz,Work flow for website translation into Chinese with Fords Gin, Cana Brava Rum, coconut puree, fresh lime juice, gum syrup, orange blossom and club soda.