The city invites the public to provide feedback on the Commercial Streets Program to help the city decide what’s next for streets transformed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. These changes included the introduction of parklets.

Sideshow activity and drag racing at Alameda Point has now become a weekend routine. Despite community outrage and being given a host of ideas on how to curb the activity, the city appears to be doing nothing about it. Even the private security detail is absent when needed.

City Council will examine several site locations and structure types for a possible housing community for Alameda’s unhoused population at its July 20 meeting.

The Oakland Colonels took the field last Sunday in Washington Park. The Colonels are part of Bay Area Vintage Base Ball, a 15-year-old organization that uses the Spalding 1886 rulebook and strives for historical accuracy.

Freddie Mac’s July 1 Primary Mortgage Market Survey showed that the 30-year fixed rate mortgage fell 6 basis points from last week’s 3.04 percent to 2.98 percent.

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB 832 into law on June 28. The bill allocates additional federal rent relief dollars to the state rental assistance program. The program provides assistance to housing providers with qualified tenants.

Editor’s note: “Real Estate on the Archipelago” is a new monthly column about Alameda-specific issues impacting homebuyers, home sellers, and commercial real estate.

David Stark

California Association of Realtors

You earn admission to the Annual Manteca Invitational Snooker Championships. Because High Speed Rail is unavailable, you take the Stockton Jitney to get there. As you board Roxy, the driver, spots your five foot long, ivory inlaid, pool cue.

Corica Park’s On the Green Golf & Play Summer Camps for underserved youth in the East Bay are just almost here. As part of the program, Corica is hosting a backpack drive to provide campers with essential school supplies.