Alameda News
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.
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.”