In a well-attended meeting on February 10, the Planning Board held a public workshop to guide staff on drafting a Short-Term Rental Ordinance. The ordinance would regulate rentals of less than 30 days ...

On Monday evening, February 10, the basement of the Veteran’s Building was packed with a crowd of Alameda Pride supporters, many of whom were Alameda government and community leaders. The event was an ...

Books Inc., the Bay Area’s oldest independent bookstore, has launched a $100,000 fundraising campaign for Reading Bridge, a separately operated 501(c)3 nonprofit founded by the company in 2023 to ...

Schedule some positive vibrations this week at the Valentine’s Sound Bath on Thursday, February 13, from 5:15 to 7 p.m. Join Jessica’s Peaceful Journeys at the backstage door entrance of the Alameda ...

Flying in from Sproat Lake on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, a World War II-era plane called the Philippine Mars landed in Seaplane Lagoon at about 4 p.m. on Sunday, February 9. The Alameda ...

Running on the sand, huddling in divots on the sloping beachfront, the small sand-colored, sparrow-sized birds are well camouflaged until they dash for another divot or patrol the beach at low tide, ...

The Kiwanis Club of Alameda’s 23rd Annual Chili Cookoff on February 1 at the Albert DeWitt Officers’ Club raised $20,000 for Alameda nonprofits that serve children and their families. Jude Everett ...

The first opera I ever saw was Der Meistersinger by Richard Wagner. It was a concert opera, performed in San Francisco in 1986, in parallel with The Ring Cycle, his legendary, greatest work. The show ...

On Monday, February 10, District 18 Assemblymember Mia Bonta introduced a new bill, AB 489, to protect Californians from AI systems that misrepresent “themselves” as health professionals. Specifically ...

48 boxes of “Caramel DeLites,” valued at approximately $350, were stolen from a Girl Scout Troop on Park Street on February 9 around 11:30 a.m. Two troop parents were setting up a booth in front of ...