Larry Freeman

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ALAMEDA’S DUELING BALLOT MEASURES:  A NEWS ANALYSIS OF CRAB COVE CAMPAIGN STRATEGIES AND TACTICS

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].

ALAMEDA THEATRE AND ELKS HOST YOUNTVILLE VETS IN SHOWING OF COMMUNITY SPIRIT

Team Effort honors Vets and commemorates Doolittle Tokyo Raiders Day By Larry Freeman A company size squad of twelve  Yountville  California  Veterans, Home members, flanked  by a platoon of Vets from The Alameda Elks Club, were treated to a special screening of “Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo” on the April 18 anniversary of the Tokyo Raiders’ bombing of Japan, the first such strike after Pearl Harbor. Kyle Connor, owner of Alameda Theatres, embraced the idea last February after an Alamedan suggested… [READ MORE].

HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK

This video exploration of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park  is clearly not Alameda centric, but serves as a temporary example of the style of  video journalism to come when ANN goes live to the public. Unlike the Rig Restorer story, this account  transitions between locations as it tells the tale of the many public service functions of our  nation’s remarkable and wonderful National Park Service, including a number of on site interviews with Park Personnel. If you have visited the park, you… [READ MORE].