The Alameda League of Women Voters (LWV) held a virtual election forum on Monday, Sept. 12, for the five candidates vying for two City Council seats in the November 8 General Election.

The Alameda Community Assessment Response & Engagement (CARE) Team is set to receive $1.8 million from the California state budget for the 2022-2023 Fiscal Year.

There were two cases of vandalism reported at Jean Sweeney Park last weekend.

Tuesday’s power outage in Alameda was the result of a misunderstanding between the Northern California Power Agency (NCPA) and the California Independent System Operator (CAISO), according to an NCPA press release.

City Council hopeful Bill Pai announced he would be suspending his campaign after he was charged for an alleged domestic violence assault last month. Pai made the announcement Friday, Sept. 2, on his campaign website, www.billpai4alameda.com.

The California Department of Social Services awarded Alameda Point Collaborative (APC) $15 million as part of its California Community Care Expansion (CCE) Program grant. The announcement was made Wednesday, August 24.

Alameda firefighters responded to a house fire early Sunday morning on the 300 block of Robert Louis Stevenson Avenue near Bayport Park and Ruby Bridges Elementary School.

On August 9, during a special closed session meeting, the City Council unanimously directed staff to place the appointment of Nancy Bronstein to be Interim City Manager on the council’s September 6 meeting agenda.

A passenger on a San Francisco Bay Ferry vessel is presumed dead after jumping into the Oakland-Alameda Estuary Sunday, Aug. 14.

The Alameda Fire Department deployed several personnel members and equipment to provide aid to weather-related crisis incidents.