Alameda High School Junior, Hannah Boles, had no idea she was about to engage in her second stray dog rescue when she spied a white and tan Pit Bull mix wandering aimlessly down Fernside Boulevard in Alameda on Sunday April 12th. This time it would require uncommon patience on the part of this 16 year old, the kind of staying and caring power not always a part of her age group, or even those way past it. She asked her sister,… [READ MORE].
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As Alamedans cast their votes amid a national dialogue over “defunding” of police, they will not find the issue directly on the ballot, even as official city studies on the matter are underway. They will however, cast votes for two open seats on The Alameda City Council, with incumbents and candidates alike holding varied, sometimes equivocal, sometimes polar opposite views on the matter. Four incumbent members of the Council and two of the three candidates, Gig Codiga, and Trish… [READ MORE].
Legendary Grateful Dead bassist, Phil Lesh got one more reminder of what a long strange trip it’s been just before a special 78th birthday concert at Portchester New York’s Capitol Theatre featuring Lesh, the Terrapin Family Band, Steve Winwood of Traffic and other famed rock bands on March 19 of this year. Fire Captain Larry Miano of the “Harry Howard Hook and Ladder Fire company #1” in Port Chester wracked his brains last January for something special to give Lesh… [READ MORE].
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].
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].