Alameda News Archives

Crews have turned their focus to restoring water service in the area, afte working throughout the morning to drain the water and get the eastbound tunnel out of Alameda open.

Of the 34 California counties receiving stimulus money to build affordable housing and create jobs, Solano County was among 11 with only one such project.

I've referred to it in the past as "the beast." Possessing tannins that need to be tamed through intelligent winemaking, Petite Sirah can truly be a monster of a wine.

A local journalist who formerly reported for the Oakland Tribune, Contra Costa Times and San Jose Mercury News has refused to take an editorial position on Measure B for her online news blog.

Alameda voters will go to the polls Tuesday to decide the fate of a contentious proposal to build a huge development on the site of the former Alameda Naval Air Station that has been closed for more than 12 years.

A water main break flooded the Posey Tube and the surrounding area early in the morning on Friday Jan.

IT'S BEEN A TOUGH 2010 so far for Haitians and those in need around the Bay Area as well.

Police are searching for a 76-year-old man with Alzheimer's disease who went missing Thursday afternoon.

Flooding from the broken water main was reported just after 3 a.m. near the Posey Tube, CHP Officer Nicole Pacheco said.

Police arrested a man on suspicion of stealing and forging checks from an Alameda church after he showed up at a court hearing Tuesday on an earlier arrest for the same offense in Hayward.

Oakland City Attorney John Russo filed suit Thursday against a company that he alleges is defrauding immigrant families who are seeking legal residency in the U.S. Speaking at a newces represents itself as a law office but employs no attorneys.

David Gunderman and Andrew Raskopf Gunderman with their adopted children, Katie, 8 and Jake, 7 are part of an HBO documentary, A Family is a Family is a Family, ' that will air later this month.

Family and friends of Katherine Truitt, the Alameda woman who went missing earlier this month at Point Reyes National Seashore, will gather Saturday to celebrate her life and pray for her safe return.

We at Bladium Sports & Fitness Club have become airplane hangar reuse and remodel specialists.

Thirteen California hospitals have been fined for alleged code violations that endangered patient safety.

The Alameda County Health Department is partnering with BART Tuesday to offer free H1N1 flu shots at a BART station.

Parenting is no easy job, but local educator and author Thelma Farley can help lighten the load.

The state Assembly has voted to improve oversight of police officers employed by the San Francisco Bay area's rapid-transit system.

On the off chance you're one of the 60 percent of Americans who don't read a newspaper on a daily basis, Matier and Ross ran a gem of an item in their Chronicle column this morning.

On a warm May evening in 2008, Richard Ashley, an Oakland minister at the time, met a man named Kalvin Craven in a motel parking lot.

Editor's note: Retired Alameda nurse Mai Alyschild is en route to Haiti to help with relief efforts there following Jan.

SunCal has submitted its development plan for Alameda Point directly to the city for its consideration, a move that could allow the project to proceed even if voters reject it at the ballot box.

The husband-and-wife team who own Shay's Cafe at 2711 Encinal Ave. will be minus one staffer for a year while Shawn Shay serves in the Navy Reserves in the Middle East.

When she was a teenager, author Therese Poletti and her mom used to make Saturday shopping trips to San Francisco from their home in Santa Cruz.

A man found semiconscious and clinging to a pier in the Oakland-Alameda Estuary this morning has died and now investigators are trying to learn how he first ended up in the water.

Police are investigating the theft of a Grammy-nominated opera singer's family heirlooms that they say were stolen and sold at a Northern California auction house.

Influential environmental group Sierra Club has named activist and author Michael Brune as its new executive director.

Family heirlooms stolen from opera singer Frederica von Stade, whose career stretches back nearly four decades and includes six Grammy nominations, were sold at a local auction house, police said today.

An investigation into the disappearance of an Alameda woman who went missing at the Point Reyes National Seashore on Jan.

She was born Theodosia, but everybody knows her as Teddie. Formally, she's Missionary Teddie McKery, but isn't she the Mother Wright of East Oakland? "Well, yes," Teddie said immodestly but correctly.

I'm voting against Measure B, and I urge you to join me. First, Measure B violates state law.

How much is it worth to never again be stuck waiting for train to pass by? The Alameda Corridor-East Construction Authority hopes it's worth at least $33.6 million to the Obama administration.

Most plays were simpler in the 1950s. Characters, usually in pairs, worked earnestly on their personal problems.

With all of the attention given to the CCPOA lawsuit in Alameda County, it's only fair to ask: What about the other three cases? Well, don't look for furloughs to end right away , state workers, despite Alameda Superior Court Judge Frank Roesch's recent rulings against specific aspects of Gov.

California prison guards will continue to receive smaller paychecks under the state's furlough order after a ruling by a state appellate court.

If your liquor cabinet contains mostly familiar names like Chivas Regal, Jack Daniel's or Smirnoff, get ready to make some new acquaintances.

Marisa McAdams loves cats. She's always enjoyed reading about them, drawing them and now, at age 11, writing about them.

School district leaders heard recommendations Tuesday on how a new parcel tax should be structured, helping set the stage for the tax to go before voters in June.

A 21-year-old Alameda man faces a robbery charge because he fought with a convenience store employee while stealing alcohol, police said.

Wilma Chan will try for a second go-round as an Alameda County supervisor. The former 16th District assemblywoman has announced her intention to run for the District 3 seat on the county's board of supervisors.

Tonight, at Alameda Hospital, the Alameda Democratic Club will welcome Thad Kousser , Associate Professor of Political Science at UC San Diego and visiting scholar at Stanford this year.

In 22 years of working as a journalist, I confess I've never asked a source what kind of underwear she wore to an event.

This weekend, a number of Alameda residents began recording videos for uploading to YouTube, explaining why they want people to vote "no" on SunCal's Alameda Point Development Initiative, Measure B. The videos, typically no more than two minutes in length, each figure a single person providing one or two reasons why voters should turn down the ...

About 80 people are searching for a 37-year-old Alameda woman whose Ford Ranger was found at McClures Beach in Marin County on Friday, a sergeant with the sheriff's office said.

The mood was decidedly ugly Thursday night at an Alameda beauty school where students were furious that the school's owners submitted a reality show pitch about the institution that students called racist and invasive.

A man with a history of mental illness is being ordered to stand trial on murder charges for allegedly fatally stabbing his roommate at a housing facility for veterans in Alameda more than three years ago.

Q: I saw a Buddha's hand citrus in Whole Foods and it looked so cool I bought it.

The Alameda family who last year added a second child to their home only to lose her when they went to Nepal to finalize her adoption is still waiting for her return.

Alice Lai-Bitker, president of the Alameda County Board of Supervisors, will not seek re-election this year for her District 3 seat so that she can spend more time with her family, she announced Tuesday.

Under questioning from school board members, SunCal representatives first asserted that Measure B commits SunCal to building a school at Alameda Point, but when pressed to provide a reference to the language in the initiative, they conceded that it does not.

Each week, The Chronicle features a home on the market that caught our eye with its sky-high or bargain-basement price, architectural or historical significance, or one-of-a-kind location or character.

Michael Krueger's Dec. 11 opinion piece, which defended Measure B by disputing Rosemary McNally's Nov.

City officials will decide the fate of the Mif Albright course at the Chuck Corica Golf Complex on Wednesday, a move that follows the course reopening for six months to see if it could attract more players and make money.

The Legislature will get a lot smarter in 2010, thanks to an influx of highly educated scientists and engineers who will be on loan from major universities across the nation.

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A sweep of arrests Wednesday targeted more than 800 drunken-driving fugitives, aiming to get delinquent motorists off the road in time for one of the biggest drinking days of the year.

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.