Alameda News
John Beck Still Missing As His Case Unfolds
John Nelson Beck has a new date with the United States Bankruptcy Court. Beck disappeared some 30 minutes before his last-scheduled appearance before Chapter 7 bankruptcy trustee Lois Brady and his creditors (“Alameda Man Disappears,” Feb. 18).
Renters Turn Up Heat
The Alameda Renters Coalition (ARC) filed a ballot initiative last Monday in response to what it defines as “a crisis of mass evictions and average rent increases of more than 50 percent over a span of only four years.”
Local Girl Scouts Strike Back
St. Louis, Mo., cardinal’s stance spurs Island City response
Alameda Girl Scout Troop 30928 wrote a letter to the Roman Catholic cardinal of St. Louis, Mo., last week after the prelate published an official statement all but condemning the girls’ organization.