Alameda News

CONGRATULATIONS ARE IN order to the team that's just opened up High Street Station coffeehouse at High and Encinal Avenue.

Alameda City Council and the Alameda Unified School District Board of Trustees are holding a joint meeting next week on the proposed Alameda Point Development in Measure B. The meeting will be at the Mastick Senior Center, at 1155 Santa Clara Avenue , at 7:00 pm on Tuesday, January 5, 2010.

Harold Camping lets out a hearty chuckle when he considers the people who believe the world will end in 2012.

Leaders of one of California's most powerful state workers' union said they were happy with a ruling handed down by an Alameda Superior Court judge Thursday ordering the end to state-mandated furloughs imposed on its union members.

Event: 'Osmosis And The Panda Bear Fist Fight: Cody Vrosh & Emonic @ Everybody Get Up, Alameda' Team show featuring paintings in wood, water & fire by Cody Vrosh and new works by Emonic .

A man armed with a rifle carjacked a couple on Christmas Eve, confronting them as they sat outside the Big 5 store at Alameda Towne Centre, police said.

It's true - one individual's efforts can succeed in benefiting many. Thanks to the efforts of Alameda resident Toby Berger, solving the problem of providing a Braille edition of a new Reform Jewish prayer book was set in place.

Share + Dec 30, 2009 2:01 pm US/Pacific OAKLAND Recipients of general assistance funds and their supporters will hold a rally in front of the Alameda County administration building Thursday night to protest a new three-month limit that goes into effect on Friday.

Proponents of an effort to recall three school board members who voted to implement an anti-gay bullying curriculum in Alameda's elementary schools have called it quits.

An analysis of reader traffic for the year shows that - excluding visits from residential internet users - City of Alameda employees are the top readers of Action Alameda News for 2009.

In a letter to members, Teamsters Local 853 Principal Officer and Secretary-Treasurer Rom Aloise encourages Alameda voters and members to vote no on Measure B. The letter, dated December 21, 2009 and addressed "Dear Member and Alameda Resident:" explains that "They [SunCal] have promised jobs, but Measure "B" does not guarantee that a single ...

Police have identified the human remains found inside an abandoned warehouse at the former Naval Air Station here as a man who was reported missing more than three years ago.

THE ALAMEDA Animal Shelter staff and volunteers wish all Alamedans the very best of holidays and wish to thank all the providers of new homes for the many pets to which they opened their hearts in the past year.

If you're looking to get out of town, say to Las Vegas, for a unique New Year's Eve experience, Alameda Theatre could have just the ticket.

Alameda County's assessor, Ron Thomsen, was elected as the 2010 president of the California Assessors' Association .

About 4.7 million doses of the weak vaccine were sent nationwide in October and November, and the vast majority already have been given to people.

Good ol' St. Nick may have shimmied down some chimneys this morning leaving presents under Christmas trees, but the bearded one in red got a jump-start last weekend with "to your door" gift service thanks to the Alameda Recreation and Park Department's "Santa Visits Homes" Program.

Three men, including one who brandished a knife, robbed a 34-year-old woman on San Jose Avenue Monday afternoon, stealing her iPhone and then fleeing in a waiting SUV.

Alameda police investigators hope the results of a necropsy will help them understand what may have caused a police dog to attack an officer at a burglary scene, prompting the officer to shoot and kill it.

It all happened within seconds. The word was museum. Liang Goh felt his palms start to sweat.