The Alameda Free Library is offering a virtual gaming-based STEM program introducing Computer Science and C++ programming.

Robert Chan, Kevin Gies, Benedetto Ratto III, Miles Smith and Chase VanDerveer received the Eagle Scout award during a Boys Scout of America National Court of Honor ceremony earlier this month.

Bay Farm School student Benjamin Chee won the Intermediate Award of Excellence at the Peralta District level of the National PTA’s Reflections Art Program.

Girl Scouts of Northern California (GSNC), will kick-off their 2022 Cookie Season on Feb. 1 with the debut of the new AdventurefulsTM cookie, and offer new ways for customers to find and buy cookies online, including contactless delivery through the food delivery app, DoorDash.

Alameda High School’s (AHS) Career Technical Education (CTE) students used their design skills to turn art into activism by producing powerful posters that promote vaccines, ecology and anti-racism. These posters are on display in the windows of Books Inc.

50th Annual Christmas Tree Pick Up Program

If you’re looking for The Little Ice Rink and haven’t seen it at South Shore, have no fear. It’s here. This year it is located at Alameda Point within an airplane hangar and will operate from Dec. 8, 2021 through Jan. 17, 2022. Come rain or shine you can skate, skate, skate.

After dominating the ketchup market on Earth for almost 150 years, H.J. Heinz wants to ensure future space travelers also have access to the tomatoey spread. On Nov. 9, the company unveiled its “Marz Edition” ketchup.

Alameda Scouts delivered 19,689 pounds of food to the Alameda Food Bank, the bounty of this year’s record-breaking Scouting for Food Drive.

On Nov. 12, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2022 Medicare Parts A and B premiums, deductibles, and coinsurance amounts, and the 2022 Part D income-related monthly adjustment amounts.