Four Day Event Starts Thursday, February 22 With Best Ever Line Up At Alameda Theatre and Cineplex (l tor) Mark Farrell, Phillip Matarrese and Colin Blake of The Alameda International Film Festival prepare to bring the magic to you and the big screens of Alameda Theatre in a banner year for the event. By Larry Freeman Alameda film buffs, or maybe just folks who want to explore an outpouring of ‘Indy’ films and shorts, will get more than an eye full… [READ MORE].
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The First In A Series Of Behind The Scenes, Live Training Videos Of Firefighter Recruits And The Program In Action Video, photos and text by Larry Freeman Please View Video By Clicking On The Arrow At Bottom Of Story With “Turnout” gear, oxygen tanks and masks in place, a group of Alameda Fire Academy Recruits receives instruction before engaging in a forced entry, victim rescue training activity. They will have to pry open a latched metal door before crawling and… [READ MORE].
AUSD’s Wood Middle School Construction And Sports Facilities Improvement Project Poses Problems For Vaunted Youth Baseball Program By Larry Freeman Alameda Little League, (ALL) which has nurtured thousands of Alameda youths to “Play Ball” since 1980, now finds itself in a ballgame of a very different and complex sort. While the league looks forward to another festive Opening Day Ceremony on Saturday March 8th at its prize field next to Wood Middle School, it also faces down a fearsome fastball… [READ MORE].
Police Respond Quickly As Two Neighbors Detain Suspect Until Police Arrive The alleged burglar is detained and questioned inside a police vehicle after initial apprehension by a brave resident who found the suspect in the act of stuffing power tools into a sports bag. By Larry Freeman An alleged burglar, a light, scruffy bearded male, reportedly in his thirties according to a local social media post, found himself cuffed in the back of an APD squad car at about 7:15… [READ MORE].
Twenty Recent Hires and Trainees To Boost Patrol Numbers Above Thirty-Four LISTEN TO THE ENTIRE INTERVIEW HERE by clicking the arrow on the soundbar below You can find and hear the previous six interviews, each covering different policing topics of importance, by scrolling down the news page. This edition updates our police staffing report from last year. Chief Joshi updates us from his desk in this interview, with recording device in the forefront. PREVIEW OF AUDIO INTERVIEW By Larry Freeman… [READ MORE].
Daysog Reconciles Council Position With His Congressional “Peace” Platform The City Of Alameda, due in part, to Daysog’s stance, did not officially take sides in the Israel/Gaza War. by Larry Freeman At a contentious Jan 2, Alameda City Council meeting Vice Mayor Tony Daysog – who is a local candidate for The U.S. Congress –faced an issue elemental to his platform and campaign, involving calls for a Gaza Ceasefire. Daysog, who has consistently staked out a position as “fighting for… [READ MORE].
PART 2: Into The Thick Of Things With Margie Sherratt READ PART 1 HERE Veteran AUSD Educator and past Alameda School Board Member, Margie Sherratt, sees her interim appointment through the lens of a wealth of past experience and contemporary insights. In an interview that took place not long before she entered into the Alameda City Council Chambers on January 9th for her first School Board meeting since leaving as its President in 2015, Sherratt provided key perspectives on the province… [READ MORE].
Important, Upcoming City Council Agenda Items and Review Of The City Council’s Gaza Ceasefire Vote, Local Slacking On Covid Vaccinations And Much More Audio Interview by Sarah Henry and Larry Freeman, summary by Larry Freeman LISTEN TO THE ENTIRE INTERVIEW HERE AUDIO CONTENT SUMMARY: In this podcast, Alameda’s PIO, Sarah Henry, provides a forward look at pressing issues on The Council’s Jan 16th meeting agenda and reveals substantive detail about The Council’s non- approval of issuing formal position statements on the controversial Gaza Ceasefire… [READ MORE].
When they cast their ballots, Alameda voters will decide whether or not to approve what is called a “Replacement Parcel Tax” to combine and terminate two existing measures, A and B1, passed in 2016 and 2020 respectively. The Alameda Unified School District unanimously approved on November 14, 2023 the placing of parcel tax “Measure E” on the March 5, 2024 election ballot. Should it pass, Measure E will assess each residential and commercial “building area square foot” at $0.585, the… [READ MORE].
Recently Appointed Local Has Spent A Lifetime ‘At School’ In Alameda PART 1: A Bio Of Extraordinary Community Connectedness By Larry Freeman Margie Sherratt, Alameda’s newly appointed School Board Member, has a vast professional and personal lineage with Alameda Schools tracing back to her Kindergarten year at Alameda’s Franklin School over half a century ago. During her deep and wide journey across the many worlds of public education, the Alameda High graduate learned the ins and outs of Alameda schools from… [READ MORE].