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Local Veteran’s Group Leader And Alameda Elks Member Raises $5,000 To Help Fund Trip; Band Teacher Joyed And Surprised At Covert Ops Award Ceremony By Larry Freeman (Photos courtesy of Tina O’Grady) Joe LoParo, a local Veteran’s organizations and Alameda Elks Club member, had  what might be called a very important, classified document in hand when he entered the Band Room on the second story of Alameda High School on Friday April 5th. LoParo and two other Veterans organization members unveiled… [READ MORE].

What Alameda Does About It, Plans To Do About It, And What They Can’t Do About It; Red Light Cameras Under Consideration; Deterrence Matters; More Traffic Officers To Be Added Soon; What’s A Warning Citation?, and more…. LISTEN TO THE ENTIRE AUDIO INTERVIEW HERE: Interview and Photos by Larry Freeman  A FEW PICKS FROM THIS AUDIO:  “We are absolutely tracking the outcomes and the efficacy” of red light cameras in San Francisco and elsewhere where they are under consideration…What is… [READ MORE].

After A Day And a Half Of Bargaining Following AEA Tuesday Rally And Statements To School Board, Two Sides Find Compromise Mid- Morning Thursday By Larry Freeman The Alameda Education Association’s Bargaining Unit, following a rally in City Hall Plaza on Tuesday, where teachers and community members made pay and benefits exhortations at an Alameda School Board Meeting, found common ground with AUSD negotiators and arrived at a tentative salary boost agreement totaling 7%  for teachers, nurses, counselors and speech… [READ MORE].

Group Gathers To Boost Spirit, Hone Message And Create Awareness Before Addressing School Board  — Negotiations With District Continue As Of Wednesday By Larry Freeman “The community is a lovely place to live.   I love our students, our staff; I love what I teach. I don’t know too many other places in the Bay Area where I could teach those digital media classes.  You know, this place has got it all.  I’m raising my own kids here,” said sixteen year… [READ MORE].

An Overview And Interview Series With Alameda Residents Of Days We Tend To—Or Might Want To– Forget Interviews Follow, Below The Overview Text and Photos By Larry Freeman; Interviews by ANN Student Journalist Intern, Ben Rubin (Editor’s note: In the interest of community public service, ANN is providing free access to this story. Please support our efforts to bring quality community news and public service to Alameda by becoming a paid subscriber, writer, photo journalist or news pod caster. Find… [READ MORE].

Final Tally Comes In At  76.15%, More Than 9.4% Above Minimum For Passage By Larry Freeman Updated 4/06 After a month to the day  of waiting since polls closed for the March 5, Primary Election, voters, AUSD and the Alameda community at large got final word that AUSD’s Parcel Tax Measure will provide nearly $24 million in continued funding for Alameda Public Schools. Had it failed, AUSD would have been faced with serious budget cuts, resulting in loss of  program, likely… [READ MORE].

“IT WAS INCREDIBLE WHAT WE FOUND IN THERE; DON’T COME TO OUR CITY …BECAUSE WE WILL HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE” CHIEF JOSHI WARNS THIEVES; A DEEP DIG INTO HOW STILL ONGOING CASE WAS CRACKED by  Larry Freeman A recent APD bust of a major shoplifting ring that operated brashly and efficiently around the BayArea was initially set in motion by the initiative of a single APD officer,  Mike Tangataevaha  who took a close, thoughtful look at photo evidence and an inventory… [READ MORE].

Volunteer Members Rally To Beat Mother Nature And Complete Recreational Structure; Commemoration This Friday By Larry Freeman One of the Alameda Elks Lodge’s missions is to lend a hand in supporting local veterans, especially those in need of transitional housing and basic living supplies and amenities as twin-size bedding, new linens, cookware, books, board games and hygiene supplies to give folks a boost when they move into the temporary living quarters at Dignity Commons at the former Naval base.  But this… [READ MORE].

This In-Depth ANN AUDIO Episode With Chief Of Police Nishant Joshi Expands On Prior Print Story On APD Staffing And New Hires Text & Interview by Larry Freeman This audio version is an innovative journalism product in which ANN follows up on a previously printed, detail/data heavy story, “APD ADDS NEW OFFICERS TO ITS RANKS,” (2/28) with an in person, one on one interview with The Chief. Here, Joshi takes us beyond and behind the lines of print and the vast… [READ MORE].

Measure E’s Approval Would Keep One Funding Stream Stable For Now , But District Will Still Face Significant Budget Challenges By Larry Freeman —————– Voters around the state will take to the polls tomorrow, Tuesday, March 5th to weigh in on a number of matters, some to select from variety of Primary Election candidate, with votes that elect no one at this time, and some with votes that carry very real, here and now consequences. AUSD’s proposed parcel tax renewal… [READ MORE].