Alameda News

Courtesy Friends of Sausal Creek -- The Fruitvale Bridge remained stuck in the upright position for some of last week’s power outage.

City Manager Gives Drawbridge Update

Mar 01,2023

Alameda City Manager Jennifer Ott gave City Council and community members an update on the cause of the Fruitvale and High Street bridges being inoperable during last Sunday’s power outage. Ott gave a summary of the events at the Feb. 21 City Council meeting.

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City of Alameda -- Traffic on Park Street was snarled Sunday as drivers couldn’t access the Fruitvale or High Street bridges.

PG&E Fire Causes Outage for Island

Feb 21,2023

Portions of Alameda and Oakland were without power Sunday, Feb. 19, after a fire broke out at the PG&E substation at in the area of 5000 Coliseum Way. More than 54,000 residents in Oakland and Alameda were reported to have lost power on Sunday.

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