Monthly Archives: September 2023

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LEGENDARY SF GIANTS PITCHER, DAVE DRAVECKY, BRINGS MAJOR LEAGUE LIFE LESSONS TO ALAMEDA

Inspirational Speaker Brings Top Gun Game In Special Appearance And Fundraiser This is a two part audio set on the famed pitcher’s life lessons about the power of self worth and the need to use it to the benefit of others, especially the youth of today. Part One is an introduction to preface and contextualize Part Two and tells of Dravecky’s mind-boggling personal life experiences and riveting message about his still ongoing journey of helping folks to help others. In Part… [READ MORE].

HARBOR BAY ISLE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO URGE CITY COUNCIL TO CONTINUE SUPPORT TO MITIGATE NOISE AND AIR POLLUTION FROM OAKLAND AIRPORT

Encouraging Community Members To Express Views During Public Comment Session Residents of Alameda’s Harbor Bay Isle community, especially those nearest the runways of Oakland Airport,  are no strangers to loud, sometimes intrusive  and window rattling jet engine aircraft noise emanating  from the busy travel spot. Many of them are all too familiar with skins of black soot, presumably from jet aircraft exhaust particulates, layered on their cars and other outdoor surfaces. As The Port Of Oakland, the Oakland airport’s parent… [READ MORE].

ALAMEDA CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS TAKES ON HISTORY IN QUEST FOR MILITARY BUDGET CUTS

Second in a three-part series. When Alameda Vice Mayor Tony Daysog delivered his two minute opening statement at the Alameda City Democratic Club Congressional candidate forum on September 13th, he could barely brush on how his sense of history underpins his devout anti-war stance and his call to significantly reduce the U.S. military budget and America’s global military reach . Two minutes does not give much of a chance to explain a complex topic steeped in history, so Daysog took… [READ MORE].

POLICE POD AUDIO FOUR: APD ON SOCIAL MEDIA MESSAGING, INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND THE PROBLEM OF MISINFORMATION

Wide Open Spaces Of Internet Speech Part Of Double Edged Sword Preface To ANN’s  Fourth Audio Interview With APD’s Police Chief HEAR THE ENTIRE INTERVIEW AT BOTTOM OF STORY In this fourth in-depth, unrehearsed and unscripted audio interview with Alameda Police Chief Nishant Joshi, ANN explores the role of social media as a tool for APD to use for messaging the community to “push out” desired information, and the flip side of social media with respect to its power to… [READ MORE].

DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES SEEK TO DISTINGUISH THEMSELVES AT ALAMEDA DEMOCRATIC CLUB FORUM

First in a three-part series. Looking To Garner Club’s Nomination In Advance Of March 2024 Primary Election The field of five Democratic Party candidates vying to win Barbara Lee’s U.S. Congressional district 12 seat amply represented their party’s ideal of diversity when they made their case to gain the endorsement of The City Of Alameda Democratic Club and prospective voters in advance of the March 5th 2024 top two primary election.  In an online, virtual question and answer forum hosted… [READ MORE].

VICE MAYOR’S DAUNTLESS DEFENSE DEPARTMENT DETERMINATION

Alameda Congressional Candidate Takes Aim At Military Budget By Larry Freeman Part I Alameda Vice Mayor Tony Daysog stood out from the other 146 entrants in  Alameda’s 2023 Fourth Of July Parade by being the only participant to represent twice. His first showing  came in his role as Vice Mayor with the second grounded in  his  Congressional candidacy as a Democrat seeking  the seat in  California’s  12th  U.S. Congressional District.  The seat will be up for grabs after incumbent Barbara Lee vacates it… [READ MORE].

FACES OF FORTITUDE: A PHOTO ESSAY

A subtle, but deeply profound change comes over the faces of Alameda Fire Academy recruits from the time they suit up before facing their live fire attack and rescue training sessions of the day to the time when the ordeal –or at least part of it– is over. Expressions of anticipation preceding the flame and smoke-filled sessions… … morph, in the aftermath of their dealings with Dante, into weighty ones of reflection and reckoning, colored by a touch of fatigue and… [READ MORE].

ANN Journalism Internships For Students (and adults)

Student Journalist Internships and Letters Of Recommendation Students in 8th grade through college or university level who are studying and/or otherwise interested or involved in Journalism or a related field (communications, photography, podcasting, broadcasting writing, etc.) may indicate their interest by filling out the form at bottom of this page. to become Journalism Interns with Alameda Neighborhoods News (ANN). This opportunity, along with all of the lessons in our Free Journalism Education Program, is cost free to all participants or others…. [READ MORE].

Don’t Just Read the News, Write It!

Take advantage of ANN’S Free Journalism Education Program   ANN is proud to offer members of the general public a free Journalism Education lesson series, and we encourage you to become a self-guided learner as part of our rich, professionally developed program with the opportunity to become an ANN Certified Content Contributor, or just for the purposes of  self enrichment by learning core basics of news based Journalism and reporting. FREE JOURNALISM EDUCATION PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Welcome to the world of news based… [READ MORE].

Alameda Teens To Get Free Boost With College Guidance

Alameda Boys and Girl’s Club Launches New Program –Open To All– For College Bound Youths and Parents The renowned, late Don Sherratt and surviving wife, Margie Sherratt, stand at the club’s site with three of the Club’s proud members. Parents seeking to send their students off to college face a labyrinthe of complex decisions, and navigating that often new, and not always hospitable terrain, can be daunting, time consuming, and involve major financial decisions and sacrifices, not to mention home-front drama… [READ MORE].