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 The Official End Of The Alameda Sun As Online Edition Ceases Publication 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 showed up in an archival state on Dec. 16th, with its last new post fittingly focused on  an extension of its “liquidation sale” of office remnants through… [READ MORE].

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 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 dinner time routines captured the attention of many that night, residents, city staff, members of the traffic study firm Parametrix Engineering… [READ MORE].

City Seeks Public Input For  “Traffic Calming & Bikeways Project” 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 “Traffic Calming” Workshop at Edison School’s Multipurpose room on Monday 12/4 at 7:15 pm. The forum is designed to gather public feedback and input on “The Active Transportation Plan,” adopted about a year ago,… [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 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, it was just another micro moment in a 23 year work ritual performed so many hundreds of… [READ MORE].

Recent Arrest Underscores Need For At Home Protections 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 his role as a police officer. Joshi provided a bit more about the tip provided by The WOLF Project, a volunteer organization dedicated to unearthing online sex predators of juveniles,… [READ MORE].