Construction is underway at Grand Street and Otis Drive, an intersection notable for lack of pedestrain safety. The new configuration limits traffic to one lane in each direction.

The City of Alameda announced earlier this month that it began work on a new five-year Homelessness Strategic Plan (HSP) to reduce and prevent homelessness in Alameda and strengthen the physical health, mental health, and social service supports for Alameda’s unhoused residents.

Sun Staff Reports

Unlike family, we get to choose our friends. These people share similar values and interests with us. It can be a rocky road when we are young. We are not always attractive to the people we want for friends.

Jessica Santone

As an elected official who swore an oath “to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic,” I was appalled by the domestic terrorism we witnessed in Washington, DC last week. I was also inspired by a statement issued by U.S.

The Alameda Police Department (APD) sent out an advisory to resi¬dents alerting them to secure their homes after a series of home inva¬sions happened last week.

The City of Alameda launched a series of mental health webinars to assist small businesses owners and employees last week.

A series of new trees were planted in Franklin Park last month, among them are three southern magnolia trees. The city may have inadvertantly added three oppressive symbols to the park as this particular species has also been used as a symbol of the Confederacy.

Dennis Evanosky