Alameda News

A A lecture for parents called "Food Allergies and Your Child" will be held Feb.

June Park of Piedmont, from left, Madeline Olson of Ripon and Michelle Zhang of Alameda are the three winners in the 2012 YPSO Concerto Competition who will be featured druing the concert Saturday at First Congregational Church of Berkeley.

Follow Action Alameda News tomorrow, Saturday, February 11th, from 2pm to 6pm, as we live-tweet during a ride-along in a patrol car courtesy of the Alameda Police Department.

An Alameda group has filed a notice of intent to circulate a petition to modify Alameda's City Charter to prevent the exchange of park land without voter approval.

Three Northern California real estate investors have agreed to plead guilty today for their roles in conspiracies to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Northern California, the Department of Justice A announced.

Alameda city officials are reminding couples that City Hall is available for weddings this month, including on Valentine's Day.

Police are reminding people to make sure their homes are secure in the wake of a burglar fleeing from a San Antonio Avenue residence after realizing someone was home.

Olive Quilter talks about her active life before she was diagnosed with Babesiosis disease as she sits on her porch in Alameda, Calif., on Thursday, Feb.

Jason Cibull, boys 8-and-9-year-old division champion representing Tillman Park, holds his certificate for winning the Elks Hoop Shoot District Finals on Jan.

Alameda police and firefighters say they have successfully responded to 16 possible emergencies on the water since they were roundly condemned for how they handled the suicidal drowning of a man in San Francisco Bay on Memorial Day.

A California-based investment group has acquired an apartment building on the city's West Side, not far from Buffalo State College Iron Island Buffalo Properties LLC of Alameda, Calif., paid $140,000 for the eight-unit complex at 449 Herkimer Street, buying it from Caffery LLC, a local group of investors, according to documents filed in the Erie ... (more)

A We used to play this game a lot. Examples here , here and here .A But here we go again.

A Imagine a jet flying 400 miles per hour at 28,000 feet altitude plummeting to the ground in the middle of the Island, slamming into a multi-story apartment complex then bursting into flames.

An Alameda resident who pretended to be a police officer, or at least, said he was friends with police was convicted this week of raping five prostitutes over six months in 2009.

This is normally the season when California newts, a variety of salamander, migrate from the woods and fields where they lie dormant during the dry months to the ponds and streams where they congregate to mate and produce a newt generation.

Twenty-7-year-old David Reta entered the plea on Monday. He is charged with rape and attempted forcible oral copulation.

A Editor's Note: This Op-Ed is adapted from a presentation William Schaff made to the Alameda Unified School District Board on Jan.

A documentary about Shirley Chisholm, the first African-American woman elected to Congress, will be screened at a Black History Month Film Event sponsored by the Alameda Multicultural Community Center The 30-minute film, "Shirley Chisholm: The Leader," will be shown from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb.

A What could be more romantic than a wedding on Valentine's Day? Even if you are a last-minute planner, it's possible you can still get married this Feb.

A ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT The Crab Cove Visitor Center has been designated a certified Bay Area Green Business.A The visitor center recently underwent a review and certification process offered through Alameda County's Environmental Health Department.