The Official End Of The Alameda Sun As Online Edition Ceases Publication A last look at the Sun’s online display just before the publication went under. Publisher Eric Kos shows a bittersweet, golden sun reflection in his farewell smile. Alameda took a step in the direction of becoming a “news desert” with the final, second stage shutdown of the long-standing local newspaper, The Alameda Sun, in digital form scheduled to go offline on Dec. 15th. In fact, the webpage still… [READ MORE].
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Local, Commercial Real Estate Veteran Broker Looks Past The Storefront Windows Many times, commercial real estate brokers/agents are asked about the retail scene in Alameda. It is my hope to answer that question here in this article. As a commercial broker that has worked in this wonderful community for over 30 years and served on the Downtown Alameda Business Association Board of Directors, it has always been a goal to find ways to help business owners and landlords succeed! Not… [READ MORE].
Loss Of Tenants As Rockwall Winery and Wrightspeed/Revo Spurs “Use Priority” Promotional and Public Comment Event To Help Advise City Council The City Of Alameda is more than a local city government in charge of police, fire, public works, parks, public policy and other standard functions. It is also the biggest landlord and property owner in town, with its crown-jewel being the more than 2,600 acre former Naval Air Station. But as any landlord knows, vacancies in lease properties cause… [READ MORE].
“Christmas Tree Lane” By Daylight Basis For Holiday Decoration Photo Shoot Every year during the December Holiday Season, thousands throng to Alameda’s famed Thompson Ave. to gaze and gape at the festive houses decked in blazing illumination that treats the eye to a kaleidoscope of colors, seasonal icons, and, on some nights the venerable and enduring Old St. Nick. The street abounds with lines of cars ‘cruising the main,’ the chatter of children and admonishing adults, a variety of live… [READ MORE].
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].
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].
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 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 the plaza in front of Alameda’s City Hall on the evening of Sunday, November 26th. The vigil’s overarching goals coincided with diplomatic efforts by Qatar, Egypt and The United States to extend the… [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].