Alameda Fire Department (AFD) responded in force to the report of a house fire at Central Avenue and Grove Street last Monday. Everyone was evacuated safely. There were no reports of injuries....
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Crews aboard Alameda-based Coast Guard cutters Munro and Bertholf interdicted three suspected drug-smuggling vessels in the Eastern Pacific Ocean between Jan. 26 and Feb....
When Girl Scout Leader Jill Proffitt learned of the Alameda Backyard Growers (ABG) Free Seed Library, she saw an opportunity for the Girl Scouts to help. Girl Scout Troop #33373 of Alameda, which...
Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft
Like landing on the surface of Mars, registering for a COVID-19 vaccine takes perseverance! But scheduling your vaccine should be less daunting than slowing NASA’s...
About 8:30 a.m., last Monday a driver jumped the curb with his pickup truck at Santa Clara Avenue and High Street.
He slammed into and damaged the cast-iron fence that defines the boundary...
(Pictured at the right): Pepper and Paige thank each other with a golf-club tap after a match during the Alameda Junior Golf Club’s (AJGC) successful 2020 season. The players all wore masks, as...
Encinal High School (EHS) has recognized six scholar-athletes for their work in the classroom and on the field. Volleyball player Madelyn Macaskill has been named EHS Female Athlete of the Year...
Encinal High School graduates including Danielle Payopay, left, celebrated their graduation at Alameda Theater on May 26. The Alameda Sun is planning a graduation special edition to be mailed to...
Vince Hal, cashier at Alameda Natural Grocery, sprays disinfectant onto shopping baskets and carts. Shoppers enter incrementally after washing hands at the portable sinks or using hand-sanitizing...
The Alameda Sun shone bright in sunny Arizona where Lawrence Sasaki and friends had fun at spring training in Tempe, Ariz., back when everyone thought the season would proceed on a normal schedule...
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The Alameda Unified School District (AUSD) initiated the first phases of a comprehensive COVID19 testing program of staff on Feb. 3. The testing is a key component of the...
If you have Medicare and want to be tested for COVID-19, you should be aware that Medicare covers tests with no out-of-pocket costs. You can get tested in your home, doctor’s office, a local...
At Medicare, we understand people may have concerns about going to a doctor’s office during the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Like so many Americans, Medicare beneficiaries are...
In the 1970s, James Robb, MD FCAP — renowned pathologist, microbiologist and former professor of pathology at the University of California San Diego — became one of the first molecular virologists...
Nearly 1 in 3 deaths in America are related to heart disease. More than 50 years ago President Lyndon B. Johnson proclaimed as February American Heart Month. Cardiovascular disease many attribute...
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Art and pet lovers can log on now to take part in the first-ever “Paw Prints,” a collaborative fundraiser for the Frank Bette Center for the Arts and Friends of the...
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Alameda Junior Golf Association (AJGA) and Youth on Course is busy getting ready for the 2021 junior golf season. AJGA boardmember and volunteer Lynn Perata is giving out...
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Explore the magic and science of bubbles this Sunday, Feb. 21, at 1:30 p.m. with Louis Pearl, otherwise known as “The Amazing Bubble Man.” Pearl combines comedy, science...
J onah Linville, 1.5, shares the latest Island City news with his buddy Curious George after apparently taking last week’s article to heart. “What’s Black and White and Read all Over?,” Jan. 21...
Members of the Bay Farm School community and local cryptozoologists tipped us off about a recent sighting of a yeti on Bay Farm Island. The yeti is actually a product of the Gardner family, the...
