Last-Thursday-of-the-month office hours with Councilman Tony Daysog are set for today, Thursday, April 28, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Blue Danube Café at 1333 Park St. Daysog will be available to answer questions and offer comments on city issues. 

A dozen or more host families are needed in Alameda to host exhange students from Spain. The students arrive in late June and depart in late July. In total, some 25 students will visit Alameda this summer to participate in the EMY Program. 

Sunday, April 17, through Saturday, May 21, from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m., Caltrans contractors will close the Posey Tube to repair the pedestrian guardrail within the tube.

Local historians, and publishers of this newspaper, Dennis Evanosky and Eric J. Kos will discuss 12 waves of immigration that brought various groups to Alameda’s shores in a brand-new talk “Waves of Migration — How did you get here?” tonight, Thursday, April 14, at 7 p.m. 

Sieg Wroebel, skipper of the Sea Scout Ship Barclay Stephens, will host an information and orientation meeting 7 p.m., Tuesday, April 12, at the Naval Air Museum Building No. 77 for boys ages 13 to 20. 

The Alameda Fire Department’s (AFD) Home Safety Program provides services to low-to-moderate income residents over 62 years old and to the disabled of any age. 

The city of Alameda is bringing back a popular economic development program to help local business or property owners spruce up their storefronts and improve the appearance of the city’s retail districts.