Residents cut off from water supply for up to 20 hours Just minutes after an underground water line broke open, high pressure water forces its way up through the asphalt and the flood tide rises over the curb and base of the tree right next to the source of the powerful leak. A corroded, 12” cast iron EBMUD water delivery pipe burst open around 4:30 pm on Wednesday August 2nd, rapidly transforming a 200 yard swath of Lincoln Ave. into… [READ MORE].
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Preface To ANN’s First Audio Interview With APD’s Police Chief HEAR THE ENTIRE INTERVIEW AT BOTTOM OF STORY Alameda’s chronically understaffed Police Department, — which once peaked at 111 officers prior to 2005—is inching towards attaining its authorized force number of 88, according to Alameda Police Chief Nishant Joshi in an exclusive audio interview with ANN. (please hear it at bottom of this story) APD, in late July, hired three new officers who will become active in December of this year… [READ MORE].
by Chris Rummell, PPM Program Manager & Michael Schiess, PPM Executive Director If you stayed until the last part of the Alameda Fourth of July Parade you may have seen a time traveling mobile celebration of a beloved local nonprofit organization. The Pacific Pinball Museum’s lift gate truck was on full tilt, bringing out the latest tool in their chest to help spread their pinball passion and take part in the nation’s longest July 4th parade. The 14 foot box… [READ MORE].
Scrappy, Tight Knit Team Kept Eyes On The Prize Despite Setbacks By Dan Hurst The 2023 Alameda Little League Champs show their pride and their prize that came after the team rose from third to first place in the tournament. Alameda Yankees players, starting lower left and going clockwise are: Ricky Montero, Jordan Arena, Merrick Boyes, Eli Shirgul, Michael Brunetti, Darren Hurst, Jackson Kodama, Max Danielle, Mason Gee, Marcus Lee, Abraham Kim. The Alameda Yankees 2023 Little League majors baseball… [READ MORE].
Hello ANN Community Showcase visitor! We are 96.1 KJTZ, the Bay Area’s #1 student-led radio station. Our programming connects the community by informing and entertaining the public with creative content. We aim to provide students a platform to voice their perspectives to a local audience. KJTZ broadcasts live, on the air, from the 180 school days from fall to spring. Our air-time is from 7 AM to 11 AM. KJTZ is a living, breathing example of one of the career… [READ MORE].
Those grim days whose stranglehold on society began in March of 2020, plunged the world into a cloistered crisis of fear, shutdowns, panic buying, hoarding, dread, loss, death, grief, sickness and regressive life style impacts. Days fraught with two hour lines stringing around the back of the Costco Warehouse and the mad, flailing search for rubbing alcohol, Clorox Wipes and toilet paper long gone from barren shelves are ones we might well want to forget. In the very beginning, we had… [READ MORE].
By Christopher Rummel Silver pinballs, mirroring electrons in frozen orbit above an atom’s nucleus, appear to hover in the air instead of flying madly around on a pinball machine’s playfield as they are supposed to. Neyen’s tribute trophy gleams with pinball like orbs in seeming orbit above the score reel and old circuit boards scavenged from mothballed pinball games. The gleaming orbs, beneath which lies an old school pinball machine score reel reading “104”, are encased by plexiglass, all part… [READ MORE].
Full, Year-Long Access for Alameda Youths, Free for Teens and Just $100 for 12 and under By Kari Barnes, ABGC Director of Resource Development and Marketing More than just recreation awaits youngsters from 6-18 years old at the Alameda Boys and Girls Club. Life enrichment and experiences that come from being a part of the Club pay enduring dividends for young people in our community. The Club’s sustained attention to the changing needs of today’s youth enriches the quality of… [READ MORE].
By Stephan Pippen, Alameda Little League Umpire In Chief Challenger Jamboree, aptly named for youngsters who face special life hurdles , brought kids to a special field of dreams on April 23, at Heather Farms in Walnut Creek. Alameda Little League, along with other Bay Area Little League programs and local partners, participated as part Little League District 4’s volunteer-hosted event that provides Little League Challenger Division players the experience of a baseball tournament. On top of that, the outing gave… [READ MORE].
Alameda’s Pacific Pinball Museum tapped in to beer week Sunday, February 11 as an outpouring of beer and pinball enthusiasts packed the venue for a five hour fest. Ten Bay Area brewers provided scores of pours at the exclusive event for well over a hundred visitors who got to test their skills on the near 100 vintage games the museum sports. This marked PPM’s third foray into hosting a party where the silver ball meets the golden pour. The event… [READ MORE].