Yearly Archives: 2023

As Alamedans cast their votes amid a national dialogue over “defunding” of police, they will not find the issue directly on the ballot, even as official city studies on the matter are underway.   They will however, cast votes for two open seats on The Alameda City Council, with incumbents and candidates alike holding varied, sometimes equivocal, sometimes polar opposite views on the matter. Four incumbent members of the Council and two of the three candidates, Gig Codiga, and Trish… [READ MORE].

Legendary Grateful Dead bassist, Phil Lesh got one more  reminder of what a long strange trip it’s been  just before a special 78th birthday concert at Portchester New York’s  Capitol Theatre  featuring  Lesh, the Terrapin Family Band,  Steve Winwood of Traffic and other famed rock bands on March 19 of this year. Fire Captain Larry Miano of  the  “Harry Howard Hook and Ladder Fire company #1” in Port Chester wracked his brains last January  for something special to give Lesh… [READ MORE].

The fate of Crab Cove redevelopment hangs in the balance in advance of a hotly contested special election vote on land use in Alameda on April 9.  Measure A, if approved would convert several vacant, former Federal office buildings adjacent to The Crab Cove open space site into senior citizen housing and a homeless services center. Measure B, a direct counter ballot initiative, would expand the 3.65 acres of former Federal land to add to the size of Crab Cove. … [READ MORE].