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Alameda Storm and Flood Prep Meetings Run Nov. 4 to 10
The city's emergency team will walk residents through El Niño, King Tides and flood risk at four stops around the island.
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The city's emergency team will walk residents through El Niño, King Tides and flood risk at four stops around the island.
Read moreA Nov. 4 workshop starts the talk on a wave pool at Enterprise Park, plus a first master plan for the whole 21-acre park.
Read moreTwo new self-service stations opened Oct. 19, so you don't have to drive to Lexington Street anymore.
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Councilmember Daysog wants the century-old sweetgums treated like Alameda's famous palms and oaks, just as the city drafts a plan to remove some.
Read moreThe design fixes most of 239 access barriers in four phases, and a board member wants automatic doors now.
Read moreMost rates hold steady, but summer camps, after-school care and Officers' Club rentals cost more next year.
Read moreAlameda Municipal Power's biggest grant award pays to swap gas water heaters in 20 supportive-housing homes.
Read moreRoot damage has made stretches of sidewalk hard to use for wheelchairs and strollers, and Alameda wants resident input before deciding how many…
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The one-day pop-up fills the marina parking lot with local makers and vintage sellers, right behind The Launch apartments.
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A timed 5K, a donut eating contest and live music take over Alameda Point for the fourth year.
Read moreThe city's 47-unit homeless housing site opened on COVID-era grants in 2023. Staff bring a sustainability plan to a public board Sept. 24.
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The fest is charging admission for the first time this year, with general tickets at $10.
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A baptismal certificate Christ Church in Alameda mailed in 1955 came back to the church on August 20, 71 years late, marked insufficient address.
Read moreThe city's $4.6 million pilot paid 150 households $1,000 a month. The final report goes to a city board Sept. 24.
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The volunteer-run museum at Alameda Point closed for six months before a fundraiser brought it back this spring.
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The pop culture convention's fourth year filled the WWII-era Navy hangar turned brewery on Aug. 30, with cosplay, comics and a beer brewed just for…
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A half marathon, 10K, 5K and family mile take over Alameda Point on Sept. 20, the same day as Blues, Brews and BBQ.
Read moreFire Station 1 on Park Street opened its doors for a free celebration of a department that started as a volunteer bucket brigade in 1876.
Read moreAlameda's 2026 count found 242 people without homes, down from 455 two years ago, a drop that outpaces every other city in the county.
Read moreA new ARPD staff report tallies the numbers behind Alameda summer camps, swim lessons and the Fourth of July parade.
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The Public Art Commission meets Monday to decide whether to retrofit or decommission the park's two spinning boulder sculptures.
Read moreThe Emmy-winning screenwriter who created Jason Voorhees called Alameda home. He died Aug. 31 at 86.
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The Pentagon attack survivor now mentors Bay Area youth at the aircraft carrier museum in Alameda.
Read moreAlameda Pride's biggest event of the year wraps with a free block party and a DJ on Alameda Avenue.
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Downtown Alameda turns into a weekly block party every Thursday evening, with live music, games, and pop-up vendors.
Read moreA free kickoff concert at Webster Park on Saturday night leads into a full day of bands playing on porches, stoops, and driveways around Franklin…
Read moreA prevention video made by Alameda Family Services' Youth Advisory Board got bumped from four straight City Council meetings this summer. It's back…
Read moreA class ring locked inside a closed-off part of the ship since 1970 is finally headed home.
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Family-friendly pro wrestling is back at Almanac Adventureland & Brewery, and yes, it's really called Puppet Wars.
Read moreAlameda approved $270,947 to replace the play structures at this Bay Farm Island park, tucked into a routine consent calendar vote.
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The Leapfrog Group's new national safety report bumped Alameda Hospital up from a run of Bs, its best patient safety grade in a year and a half.
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FAAS's 15th annual fundraiser moves into a WWII-era hangar at Gold Bar Distillery, with tickets coming soon.
Read moreA free public celebration for the muralist behind the I-580 giraffes runs 6 to 10 p.m. Friday at 1510 Webster St.
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After 19 years growing Alameda's parks and a stint as assistant city manager, Wooldridge is headed to the East Bay Regional Park District.
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The circus dinner show is back under a 12,000 square foot Big Top at Radium Runway, running through October.
Read moreThe 18-year-old, Pepperdine-bound this fall, led for two rounds before a rough final stretch cost him the win in Texas.
Read moreBay Area artists explore hope for the country's future at the Blanding Avenue gallery, with a free closing workshop for everyone.
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The West End Arts District's free festival is back for its 9th year, with Chris Cain headlining an afternoon of music, BBQ, and craft beer.
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