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].
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City’s “Traffic Calming & Bikeways Project” Rolls Forward As Locals Provide Input By Larry Freeman A group of about seventy assembled at Edison School to chime in on how to improve safety on dangerous Fernside corridor. 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… [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” This driver rolled right through the stop sign and into the crosswalk before spotting a young bicyclist crossing through the intersection. The vehicle stopped in time, but such has not always been the case. 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… [READ MORE].
An Estimated Hundred People Turn Out To Support Humanitarian And Political Causes Vigil participants begin to gather in front of Alameda City Hall as musicians play, symbolic shoes representing Gazan child casualties send a message and local TV news crews get their footage and story 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… [READ MORE].
Alameda Sun’s Last Print Issue Hit Stands On November 30 ; Digital To Fold At Close of Year By Larry Freeman Alameda Sun Publisher Eric Kos lays out a page for The Sun’s next to last print issue 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,… [READ MORE].
Recent Arrest Underscores Need For At Home Protections Instagram was the site used by the suspect, even as its webpage displays a an image that does not reveal its dark side as a realm for online child predators. 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… [READ MORE].
Alameda’s U.S.S. Hornet Aircraft Carrier Museum Hosts One Of A Kind, Record Event On Veterans Day Key dignitaries, including (l to r) Congresswoman Barbara Lee, Admiral Daniel Dwyer and Alameda Mayor Marilyn Ashcraft join others in the wreath ceremony in honor and memory of U.S. Military Veterans. 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… [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 As many as 16 new gates may be added under Oakland Airport Expansion Master Plan 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… [READ MORE].