Miguel Castro, a humanities teacher at St. Joseph Notre Dame and the cross country and track and field head coach at Alameda High School, can add published poet to his expansive resumé.

Alameda Fire Department personnel assisted with the containment of the fire burning at a large scrap metal yard near the Port of Oakland traveled to Alameda Wednesday, Aug. 9.

On Sunday, June 25, City of Alameda Vice Mayor Tony Daysog formally announced his candidacy for the 12th Congressional District of California of the U.S. House of Representatives.

The Alameda Police Department is one of several local police agencies that aided the Alameda County Regional Auto Theft Taskforce (ACRATT) in arresting six people involved in a wide-ranging catalytic converter theft operation throughout the Bay Area.

On Wednesday, June 29, a federal jury convicted an Alameda father and son on four counts of fraud, according to the United States Attorney Stephanie M. Hinds and United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) official Dustin Cladis.

An Alameda resident was killed Sunday, March 6, following a crash in East Oakland while riding his motorcycle, according to Oakland police.

Raul Marquez, 41, was riding east on Bancroft Avenue when his bike struck the center divider, ejecting him, according to police.

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) announced recently that it will close the Posey Tube for maintenance and servicing from Alameda into Oakland on Thursdays through August of this year, from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. the following morning.

Caltrans announced that it will close the Posey Tube for inspection and maintenance from 10 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 17, to 5 a.m., the following morning. The tube, built in 1928, carries traffic from 
Alameda into Oakland.

In 1994, a group of Alameda homeowners’ associations formed an umbrella organization to address issues at the Oakland International Airport.