Alameda News
Bertholf Unloads Drugs
Nov 26,2015
Crewmembers aboard the Alameda-based U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf offloaded more than 25 tons of cocaine valued at more than $765-million at the Port of San Diego Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal on Nov. 19. Five Coast Guard cutters and one Canadian navy vessel with a U.S.
Navy Housing Site Safe to Transfer
Nov 19,2015
The Navy recently decided that North Housing — a vacant residential area located between Alameda Point and Alameda Landing — is safe for transfer. The approval comes after the Navy stopped a program to clean groundwater at the site to drinking-water standards.
Adults Cited in Youth’s Death
Nov 19,2015
Seventeen-year-old Clay Harding died on Nov. 23, 2014, after ingesting prescription drugs and alcohol at the Alameda home of Kathleen Perkins, 57, and her son Matt Arnstein.
Hornet Taps New Executive Officer
Nov 19,2015
The USS Hornet announced that the floating museum has hired its first female executive director in the person of Jill Knowland Rapposelli. She will lead museum operations, educational programs and the ship’s capital campaign. A Piedmont resident, Rapposelli lives in Piedmont.
