Public Settings Heavily Subject To Image Capture INTERVIEW TOP TAKE: Chief Joshi: “If you have video evidence, provide it to APD.” If criminals see your post on social media, “they will get rid of the evidence that’s against them” as just occurred with the recent arrest of a car thief suspect. Hear Entire Interview By Clicking Audio Bar At End Of Overview AUDIO OVERVIEW by Larry Freeman A reporter’s cellphone video of two teen-looking girls toting out two bags stuffed… [READ MORE].
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Police Respond Quickly, But Criminals Still Manage To Flee Alameda With A Haul, as Locals Fume In Frustration At least two alleged car thieves roving the streets of Alameda from around one to six a.m. on Saturday, Sept 30, left town in the same stolen vehicle in which they arrived, along with at least one, felony level item of stolen property. Details of that night’s events provide insight into some of the tactics the crooks use as well as their… [READ MORE].
Criticism From Public and Council Members Spurs Decision As the clock approached 11 pm, four long hours after the October 3rd City Council Meeting opened to the public, the Council unanimously approved a motion, primarily worded by Vice Mayor Tony Daysog and secondarily by Council member Malia Vella, to scrap the City’s Draft Response Letter (DRL) due to its lack of hard data based on expert analysis. In its vote, the Council directed staff to go back to the drawing… [READ MORE].
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].
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].
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].
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].
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].
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].
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].