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].
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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].
Alameda Boys and Girl’s Club Launches New Program –Open To All– For College Bound Youths and Parents The renowned, late Don Sherratt and surviving wife, Margie Sherratt, stand at the club’s site with three of the Club’s proud members. Parents seeking to send their students off to college face a labyrinthe of complex decisions, and navigating that often new, and not always hospitable terrain, can be daunting, time consuming, and involve major financial decisions and sacrifices, not to mention home-front drama… [READ MORE].
5th Annual Gala Event To Help Fund Alameda Boys and Girl’s Club A ‘fare’ sampling of some of what awaits the tipplers and gourmand guests of the event. By Kari Barnes A signature community fundraising event, replete with fine food, great wine, top tier brews, major mingling and high energy music, will be back in town as the Alameda Boys & Girls Club hosts the festivity in the scenic open space of Alameda Point on Saturday, October 7 from 12-4pm…. [READ MORE].
How both Police and Community Members can better understand the problem and take action Preface To ANN’s Third Audio Interview With APD’s Police Chief HEAR THE ENTIRE INTERVIEW AT BOTTOM OF STORY A national and local tsunami sized surge in car thefts, vehicle break-ins and stolen catalytic converters has many Alameda residents experiencing an equivalent spike of tempers, frustration and even feelings of futility. One unfortunate East End resident witnessed 3 different attempts to steal his vehicle over a three year period,… [READ MORE].
Preface To ANN’s Second Audio Interview With APD’s Police Chief HEAR THE ENTIRE INTERVIEW AT BOTTOM OF STORY When three new officers were sworn into the ranks of APD in early August of 2023, they took an ill-defined, standard oath, administered by APD Chief Nishant Joshi, to obey The Constitutions of The United States and California along with Alameda City laws and ordinances, and follow the proviso to “faithfully discharge the duties of my position as a police officer to the… [READ MORE].