A Rare Treat These Days Underscoring The Importance Of Arts Education Lincoln Middle School in Alameda represents a rarity in schools these days, with its ongoing, decades long music program marching band tradition. The band’s time honored performance on Alameda’s “Christmas Tree Lane,” the festive block of Thompson Avenue, took to the streets, or more specifically to a front yard, for its annual performance at the site. This video gives a glimpse into the program, some logistics of a foot… [READ MORE].
Yearly Archives: 2023
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City’s “Traffic Calming & Bikeways Project” Rolls Forward As Locals Provide Input By Larry Freeman A sizeable group of around seventy adults and two young children who worked at a coloring table, responded to a deep, data based traffic safety presentation at Edison School’s Multi Purpose Room on the evening of November 4th. While Monday Night Football and typical dinner time routines captured the attention of many that night, residents, city staff, members of the traffic study firm Parametrix Engineering… [READ MORE].
Teen Center Key Part Of Club’s Teen Education Program By Ana, 13 As a thirteen year old member of the Alameda Boys & Girls Club, I have had the good fortune to have a place with my friends to finish our homework and collaborate on class projects. But there is also more learning to be had for us teens. We are able to chat with friends for real, face to face personal connecting and get advice and guidance from the… [READ MORE].
City Seeks Public Input For “Traffic Calming & Bikeways Project” In the wake of multiple, ongoing neighborhood concerns about dangerous, speeding drivers who ignore stop signs, blow through bike lanes and endanger pedestrians in crosswalks on Fernside Boulevard, The City Of Alameda will host a Community “Traffic Calming” Workshop at Edison School’s Multipurpose room on Monday 12/4 at 7:15 pm. The forum is designed to gather public feedback and input on “The Active Transportation Plan,” adopted about a year ago,… [READ MORE].
An Estimated Hundred People Turn Out To Support Humanitarian And Political Causes A peaceable assembly, calling primarily for an end to the bloodshed in The Gaza Strip and a permanent cease fire in the wake of the recent Hamas Israel war, brought together about 100 people in the plaza in front of Alameda’s City Hall on the evening of Sunday, November 26th. The vigil’s overarching goals coincided with diplomatic efforts by Qatar, Egypt and The United States to extend the… [READ MORE].
Alameda Sun’s Last Print Issue Hit Stands On November 30 ; Digital To Fold At Close of Year By Larry Freeman The well-practiced hands of Eric J. Kos, Publisher of The Alameda Sun, a longstanding fixture of homegrown local news, did their keyboard dance to lay out the Police Blotter page of his paper at 11:07 a.m. on November 13. On the surface, it was just another micro moment in a 23 year work ritual performed so many hundreds of… [READ MORE].
Recent Arrest Underscores Need For At Home Protections As Chief Of APD, Nishant Joshi, revealed a few more details about the recent arrest of an alleged online child sexploitation suspect, but, as a local parent, he unveiled volumes of views and advice that lie deep behind the badge that defines his role as a police officer. Joshi provided a bit more about the tip provided by The WOLF Project, a volunteer organization dedicated to unearthing online sex predators of juveniles,… [READ MORE].
Alameda’s U.S.S. Hornet Aircraft Carrier Museum Hosts One Of A Kind, Record Event On Veterans Day This past Veterans Day aboard Alameda’s prized World War II Aircraft Carrier Museum, The U.S.S. Hornet, produced a unique, historic, banner day for the famed vessel, for the combined thousands of dignitaries, visitors and, most importantly, Veterans who ascended the gangplank that day. The numbers aligned in remarkable ways, to make it an historic day for an historic ship on an historic day. On… [READ MORE].
APD Chief Nishant Joshi Discusses The Effectiveness And Limits of Law Enforcement, Private Security And Criminal Law To Arrest Rise Hear the full audio interview here: Story Overview By Larry Freeman It’s all too well known by shoppers, retail workers and business owners that shop lifting takes a toll on the community and feeds an ever rising sense of frustration, feeling of helplessness or a even a kind of reluctant acceptance. In the worst case scenario, retail establishment close due… [READ MORE].
Two Letters Seek To Deliver Wake Up Call, Citing Substantial Deficiencies In Oakland’s Draft EIR The City Of Alameda and a long standing community group concerned about Oakland Airport expansion plans, The Citizens League for Airport Safety and Serenity (CLASS), aligned in common cause as each, separately and serendipitously, sharply challenged much of Oakland Airport’s (OAK) Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR). The DEIR, along with the Alameda City Response Letter (CRL) and CLASS Response Letter (CLR) reveal a deep, data driven… [READ MORE].