Text and Video by Larry Freeman The boiling, tempestuous energy, innate wanderlust and search for self of teen youth collides with the culture bending power of rock and roll music. In the 1950’s, teenagers asserted and informally cultivated a media catalyzed identity and, for the first time, became a distinctive, recognized culture unto themselves in the change driven times between childhood and adulthood. This panoply of print materials and record jackets gives a brief chronicle on the ongoing battle between… [READ MORE].
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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. Dog rescuer, Hannah Boles,… [READ MORE].
Free, 13+. Learn how to start seeds indoors using seeds from the seed lending library at the Alameda Free Library. Bring seeds to share, if you have any. Event in the Stafford Room. More info: contact Jill Russell at 510-747-7713. … Dear Visitor: Our ability to provide you and the community with the news you want depends on having your support as a subscriber. Please also support our important mission reporting, writing and shooting photos/videos for us as detailed. Thank… [READ MORE].
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. Alameda artist, John Frankel, tips his hat to Phil Lesh, Uncle Sam style, just after finishing the marvel. Fire Captain Larry Miano of the “Harry Howard Hook and… [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].
This video exploration of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is clearly not Alameda centric, but serves as a temporary example of the style of video journalism to come when ANN goes live to the public. Unlike the Rig Restorer story, this account transitions between locations as it tells the tale of the many public service functions of our nation’s remarkable and wonderful National Park Service, including a number of on site interviews with Park Personnel. If you have visited the park, you… [READ MORE].