We got the money! Last month I reported that Alameda applied for a $12.3 million Homekey grant from California’s Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD). Good news: Our application was successful!
It was a chilly 39 degrees outside when I left my house before 5 a.m. on Feb. 23. I was helping count the number of people living unsheltered in Alameda.
City Council voted to expand its automated license plate readers (ALPR) program at its Feb. 1 meeting.
The plan was approved with a narrow 3-2 vote. Vice Mayor Malia Vella and Councilmember John Knox-White voted against the measure.
We learned a new Greek letter last month: Omicron, which is also the World Health Organization’s designation for a new COVID-19 variant.
City addresses recent gun violence, pandemic fatigue, early voting results
The City of Alameda and the Alameda Police Department (APD) put out a joint press release responding to recent violent crime that has plagued the city since early summer.
* Get your flu shot. It’s especially important to get your flu shot this year, to minimize complications if you were to contract COVID-19, and to ease the burden on our healthcare system.
After seven long months of sheltering in place, we’re finally starting to see the number of new COVID-19 cases in Alameda County decline.
Alameda County Registrar of Voters Tim Dupuis and Alameda City Clerk Lara Weisiger joined my Sept. 18 Mayor’s Town Hall via Zoom and Facebook Live to discuss the many ways Alameda County voters can cast their ballots this November.
Longing for a breath of fresh air: It’s been a tough summer, to say the least. Now, as we work to stop the spread of COVID-19, we must also protect ourselves from poor air quality resulting from widespread fires.
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