Rasheed Shabazz seems to enjoy quoting me out of context. In his opinion piece last week (“Did the City Officially Name Its First Park ‘Alameda Park?’” Jan.

Butterflies are perennial favor¬ites for young and old alike. People love to watch them flutter past and feed from flowers.

Each year the Alameda Chamber of Commerce celebrates the best of Alameda with its Business Excellence Awards. The theme for 2020 is We Love Our Community Heroes.

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The COVID-19 stay-at home order remains in effect. Zoom is accommodating public participation in city meetings by computer, except for closed sessions and Public Utilities Board meetings).

Each year, Donna Eyestone and her daughter, Emma — pictured at the right with their 2017 creation of the Masonic building on Park Street— fashion a gingerbread house that replicates an iconic Alameda building and display their creations on location in December.

Alameda’s traditional New Year’s Eve Pipeathon is taking a different tack this year due to the ravages of the pandemic in what has been a devastating year.

Well ladies and gentlemen, we’ve almost made it. Perhaps the worst year in anyone’s memory is heading for the history books just as fast as it can. With the arrival of 2021 we can look forward to reversing the damage 2020 did to our nation’s health and economy.

Alameda photographer Maurice Ramirez captured the line of cars approaching Alameda Food Bank station at Alameda Point on its last day open before Christmas. The need this holiday season is beyond what anyone could have expected.

During the winter months, the city of Alameda hosts a visitor from the north who wears a fancy outfit of black, white and orange.