On August 9, during a special closed session meeting, the City Council unanimously directed staff to place the appointment of Nancy Bronstein to be Interim City Manager on the council’s September...
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According to police reports, Daisey Lancaster was safely located in Stockton with family.
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The Alameda Police Department is supporting the Oakland Police...
A passenger on a San Francisco Bay Ferry vessel is presumed dead after jumping into the Oakland-Alameda Estuary Sunday, Aug. 14.
The ferry was on the Oakland & Alameda route traveling...
The Alameda Fire Department deployed several personnel members and equipment to provide aid to weather-related crisis incidents.
AFD announced recently they deployed a water tender and two...
On Thursday, August 4, Alameda Police Department (APD) announced on their Facebook page that an arrest had been made in the homicide of an Alameda woman.
Donovann Sanders, 19, of Tracy,...
The Alameda Mystics women’s basketball team lost the inaugural Women’s Premier Basketball Association (WPBA) championship game, 82-80, to the Oakland Swish in overtime Sunday, August 7, at the...
St. Joseph Notre Dame junior Parker Johnson helped lead his Bay 2 Bay (B2B) boys’ youth volleyball team to a ninth-place finish in the 16-and-under Classic Division at the 49th AAU Junior Boys...
Lucian, 10, and Silas Nelson, six, both Edison Elementary students, participated in the Donner Lake Kids Triathlon on Saturday, July 23 at Donner Lake in Truckee, Ca. Both brothers came in 2nd...
The Alameda Women’s Golf Club sponsored a fundraiser for the Alameda Junior Golf Association (AJGA) Thursday, July 28. The “Norma Arnerich and Jack Clark tournament” was renamed this year to add...
The annual cancer research fundraiser, Relay for Life, held its Alameda event Saturday, July 23 from 1 to 10 p.m. at Jean Sweeney Park. The event was sponsored by the American Red Cross of Alameda...
I continue to be surprised at how many parents do not teach their children to participate in responsibilities around the house. We set a model for how our children will be as they grow, and we...
I saw an interview with Merry Clayton. She was a back ground singer in the 60’s. The documentary Twenty Feet From Stardom included much of the work she did. She was a Raylette, when she worked...
Sun Staff Reports
The fall season has begun, and bone-dry drought conditions have made the western United States a tinderbox prime for wildfires. That, combined with the threat of...
Karin Kim Jensen
At the September 21st City Council meeting, the Council authorized the City Manager to negotiate and execute an agreement with Alameda Family Services (AFS) to provide...
A few years ago, the font on my email became very tiny. I explored trying to figure out how to change it, and I was unsuccessful. I called my daughter and asked her to help me. She told me to go...
On Friday, July 15, the Tomorrow Youth Repertory (TYR) held its opening night of Heathers The Musical at The Academy of Alameda Auditorium. Five students from Encinal High School (EHS), two actors...
This summer, the Alameda Free Library is hosting “Flashlight Fridays” for children ages 5-12. This program encourages young readers to read silently and independently. Bringing the magic of...
The Alameda Police Department (APD) is holding several days of fishing for children six to 15 years old. APD’s Casting with Cops events will take place Tuesdays and Thursdays between July 19 to...
Girls Inc. of the Island City (GIIC) announced recently that it has hired Sarah Burton as its new CEO.
Burton has 20 years of leadership experience in the non-profit sector and has worked...
Alameda native Michael Proffitt will have his Eagle Court of Honor ceremony on Wednesday, June 29, at the Alameda Elks Lodge 1015 after a two-year delay.
Proffitt, who graduated from St....
