Every Wednesday evening San Leandrans parade along Parrott Street to pick up produce fresh from the farm. The weekly Farmers’ Market is delivering goods, from produce to cooking demonstrations and wine tastings. Last week, musical entertainment was provided by The Backbeat, performing hits by The Beatles. Richard Carrillo had plenty of business at his booth for Nursery Organic Farms. The Farmers’ Market will continue for three more Wednesdays before the season ends on Oct. 21.

The stylists at Amparo Salon on West Joaquin Avenue snip their customers hair while a bulldozer scoops up slabs of pavement right outside the window. The work crew is turning the block into a walkway, a pedestrian mall between East 14th Street and Washington Plaza, where restaurants can set up their tables for outdoor…

Gianna Trevisan couldn’t have gotten a better workout at the gym. Trevisan spent Sunday pulling the handle on the tap pouring beer under the big tent at the Sausage & Suds Festival. The nation’s economy…

The city's downtown farmers’ market opened with a bang Wednesday to an enthusiastic crowd. The air was muggy, but more than 2,000 folks descended on Parrott Street to take part in the freshness and liveliness of the inaugural event. Vendors sold everything from seafood, nuts, fruits and vegetables to flowers, kettle corn…

If downtown San Leandro were a class at a university, Craig Semmelmeyer would be the professor. His firm, Main Street Property Services Inc., has been contracted by the city to help revitalize the downtown area by attracting more retailers and making it the destination spot everyone wishes it…