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City Seeks Public Input For  “Traffic Calming & Bikeways Project” This driver rolled right through the stop sign and into the crosswalk before spotting a young bicyclist crossing through the intersection. The vehicle stopped in time, but such has not always been the case. In the wake of multiple, ongoing neighborhood concerns about dangerous, speeding drivers who ignore stop signs, blow through bike lanes and endanger pedestrians in crosswalks on Fernside Boulevard, The City Of Alameda will host a Community… [READ MORE].

Alameda Sun’s Last Print Issue Hit Stands On November 30 ; Digital To Fold At Close of Year By Larry Freeman Alameda Sun Publisher Eric Kos lays out a page for The Sun’s next to last print issue The well-practiced hands of Eric J. Kos, Publisher of The Alameda Sun, a longstanding fixture of homegrown local news, did their keyboard dance to lay out the Police Blotter page of his paper at 11:07 a.m. on November 13. On the surface,… [READ MORE].

Recent Arrest Underscores Need For At Home Protections Instagram was the site used by the suspect, even as its webpage displays a an image that does not reveal its dark side as a realm for online child predators. As Chief Of APD, Nishant Joshi, revealed a few more details about the recent arrest of an alleged online child sexploitation suspect, but, as a local parent, he unveiled volumes of views and advice that lie deep behind the badge that defines… [READ MORE].

Two Letters Seek To Deliver Wake Up Call, Citing Substantial Deficiencies In Oakland’s Draft EIR As many as 16 new gates may be added under Oakland Airport Expansion Master Plan The City Of Alameda and a long standing community group concerned about  Oakland Airport expansion plans, The  Citizens League for Airport Safety and Serenity  (CLASS),  aligned in common cause as each, separately and serendipitously, sharply challenged much of  Oakland Airport’s  (OAK)  Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR). The DEIR, along with the… [READ MORE].

Intensive Investigation Of June Tip Leads To Apprehension Of Alleged Perpetrator A brief APD online posting reported that a suspect was taken into custody at his work place in Emeryville after evidence involving  “the sharing of explicit content and the maintaining of inappropriate online relations.” The suspect’s name was withheld, part of standard police procedure for an ongoing investigation. Thus far, their detective work has “has identified several of the users he was in communication with.,” without specifying whether those… [READ MORE].

High Court Declines To Hear Case, Upholding August Appeals Court Ruling Exterior View of California First District Court Of Appeal Which Ruled In AUSD’s Favor The California State Supreme Court dealt a fatal blow to local resident Leland Traiman’s cause to nullify AUSD’s parcel tax Measure A, by letting stand a California First District, Division 5 Court Of Appeals ruling that the tax did not create “different effective tax rates for different properties.” Had he prevailed, AUSD General Fund revenues… [READ MORE].