Editorial

Restart the Presses

Apr 20,2023

Caught that part of television quiz show Jeopardy! when host Ken Jennings interviews the contestants briefly.

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Sorting Waste is Now the Law

Apr 20,2023

Make sure your recyclables, organics, and garbage are put in the correct container. Properly sorting your waste is now the law. California law, Senate Bill 1383,* became effective January 2022.

Help keep your community clean and green — do your part! Keep the organics stream clean.

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West Coast Dance Marks its 50th Year

Apr 20,2023

Standing among the Island City’s longest-running businesses, Marnell Xavier’s West Coast Dance Theater (WCDT) turns 50 this year. Xavier, an Alameda native has been a self-employed woman in business since 1973.

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Dubs Playoff Fever

Apr 14,2023

We have watched the media try to turn the Dubs into a traveling circus and haunted house, with Draymond Green as Boris Karloff, and Wiggins as The Rock, but the truth shines through, which is that they are the best basketball team in the last 50 years.

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Campus Safety in the Wake of Nashville

Apr 07,2023

Dear AUSD Staff and Community:
In the aftermath of Monday’s [March 27] tragic shooting at a school in Nashville, Tennessee, we are reminded again of the terror, grief, and loss that gun-related violence has perpetuated on so many school communities.

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The Time for Climate Protection Action is Now

Apr 06,2023

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued its March 2023 report and it is alarming. What is the IPCC? According to the IPCC’s Fact Sheet, “The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the international body for assessing the science related to climate change.

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AUSD needs to be held accountable

Mar 23,2023

Indignant, righteous citizens have boldly stepped up to defend the Alameda Unified School District (AUSD) for its failure to communicate with the community and its folly for closing a superior school and redirecting those successful students to attend inferior schools (“

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