At its Sept. 5 meeting, the Alameda City Council approved a lease agreement with Pyka Inc. for Building 39 located at 950 West Tower Ave. at Alameda Point. The ordinance passed with a 4-1 vote. Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer represented the lone dissenting vote.

The City of Alameda’s guaranteed income pilot program (GBI), Rise Up Alameda, will begin accepting applications for eligible households at 9 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 8. Applications must be submitted by 9 a.m. on Monday, Sept.18, to be considered for the program.

On Thursday, Aug. 3, the California First District Court of Appeal ruled in a unanimous opinion that Measure A — a parcel tax designed to help attract and retain high-quality Alameda Unified employees — is legal and valid.

A man was pronounced deceased after he suffered a cardiac arrest while being rescued from the San Francisco Bay near Harbor Bay on Sunday, Aug. 6. The deceased man was one of four men that were on a small vessel Sunday afternoon in the water near the Harbor Bay Ferry Terminal.

On Tuesday, July 18, a Bay Area man was robbed at gunpoint in Alameda on Lincoln Avenue, near the Alameda Police Department (APD). The incident occurred in broad daylight around noon.

Thousands of Alameda residents lined up along Park, Grand and Webster streets, along with Otis Drive and Central Avenue, to experience the 45th annual City of Alameda Fourth of July Parade. The parade began at 10 a.m.