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The City Council is set to name Interim Finance Manager Ann Marie Gallant as their interim city manager, per the agenda for a special meeting to be held Wednesday night.
Gallant, who has held …

Waving “Save Measure A” signs and chanting “No More Lies, No More Lies,” about 50 people gathered at City Hall on Monday to protest development plans for Alameda Point and Mayor Beverly Johnson’s support for …

Majors’ Division
The Shooting Stars Photography Astros 5, Dome Fits Nationals 2
Greg Ngim of the Astros and Robbie Achromowitz of the Nationals battled in a great pitching duel on March 29th. Fine plays by the Nationals …

I usually save this stuff for my weekend post, but this is happening tonight, and it sounds too good to miss: Julie’s Coffee & Tea Garden is hosting Grammy Award-winning bluegrass guitarist Scott Nygaard, with …

Police and fire officials are investigating the fire that destroyed an abandoned administrative building on former Naval lands behind the College of Alameda.
Alameda Fire Captain Ken Rankin said the fire is mostly out but is …

It’s gonna be a busy week, folks, so let me hit you with a few quick business briefs before the news gets too stale.
First up: Looks like Alameda biotech Avigen was forced by its main …

There has been so much big-time news on this little Island over the past few days (FISC fire, city suits, big ballot initiatives) that I thought I’d lighten up a little by letting you know …

Fire crews are continuing to fight a two-alarm fire that gutted a former medical clinic on the site of the planned Alameda Landing development.
Alameda Fire Division Chief Rick Zombeck said at around 7:30 p.m. that …

Well folks, if you hadn’t heard about this already, there was a huge fire early this morning that destroyed a defunct military hospital on former Fleet Industrial Supply Center land (which has been slated for …

Peter Tonningsen’s passion for photography was sparked by travel. “I was delighted with the process of discovery inherent to the medium; the hunting, wandering, or seeking out of pictures, basically trying to find a unique …

The city just issued a press release saying they’ve sued to block the Alameda firefighters’ attempt to put a measure on the ballot mandating minimum staffing for the department.
The firefighters opted to work on the …