Feature Articles

County to Charge New Hazardous Waste Fee

Jun 05,2014

Alameda homeowners will see a new fee on their property tax bill effective July 1. Last week the Alameda County Waste Management Authority Board adopted a hazardous waste fee of $9.95 per year per household. 

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Pending Sales Unchanged

Jun 05,2014

The California Association of Realtors’ (C.A.R.) Pending Home Sales Index dropped just 0.5 percent from 114.4 in March to 113.8 in April. This is down considerably from the 121.1 revised index recorded this time last year.

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Courtesy photo. Photographer Chris Adamson won this year’s “1,000 Words” award in the Frank Bette Center’s Alameda on Camera contest.

Adamson Takes Home ‘1,000 Words’ Award

Jun 05,2014

Photographer Chris Adamson noticed that when he tilted the photograph he had taken on its axis, it had the configuration of a yin-yang symbol. The cool turquoise and blues on the wall of the home in the picture formed one curve, and the fence, the other.

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Courtesy photo. This owl on a tray is just one of the pieces of art by Jon Kerpel currently on display at the Main Library.

Main Library Displays Good Earth Artworks

Jun 05,2014

Alameda artist Jon Kerpel is exhibiting his assemblages at the Alameda Free Library through Saturday, June 28, on the second floor of the Main Library, 1550 Oak St. This is the first in a series of shows of Kerpel’s artworks entitled The Good Earth Project.

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Courtesy San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Richard Diebenkorn’s “Ocean Park #54” from 1972 will be part of a community conversation on June 18 at the Main Library.

California Artists from Figure to Funk

Jun 05,2014

An upcoming presentation with docent Avril Angevine will explore San Francisco Museum of Modern Art’s longstanding history of showcasing and nurturing California artists.

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