Just a reminder that the See Jane Run half marathon and 5K starts at 8 a.m. today at Washington Park. The course runs along Shoreline Drive and around the rim of Bay Farm Island, wrapping …

Judging by some of the e-mails I’ve gotten of late, this appears to be shaping up to be a pretty tough summer for folks who put on kid camps.
Just the other day, I got a …

To decode for you:
Fiscal Sustainability Committee’s Long Range Financial Plan Due Out Tuesday
(See? Way too long to put in a headline.)
Anyhoo – Alameda’s Fiscal Sustainability Committee, a baker’s dozen of financial experts assembled by the …

Avalon Village, a nonprofit organization that helps Alamedans who are 50 and older with transportation, meals, household issues and more, is looking for volunteers.
The year-old nonprofit, which bills itself as a “virtual retirement community” that …

This is looking to be a pretty quiet weekend, entertainment-wise, though the folks over at Rhythmix Cultural Center have cooked up another one of their fun kiddie events.
It’s called “Shimmy Shimmy Kids’ Dance,” and it’ll …

Parents and staff at Chipman Middle School will be making some decisions in the coming months about whether they believe the school should become a charter or magnet in the 2010-2011 school year.
The school’s leadership …

Just got the head’s up from a friend that Alameda’s irreverent real estate pundit L. Opine has called it a day on the popular Knife Catchers blog, which I wrote up last September.
I checked in …

The Alameda County District Attorney’s Office is considering charges against an Alameda police officer whose department dog died after being left in the car during a training exercise.
The 6 1/2-year-old Belgian Malinois, whose name is …

The school board approved elementary school lessons designed to halt anti-gay bullying and harassment by a 3-2 vote on Tuesday night, capping a two-year process that one trustee said was the most divisive she’s experienced …

For more than three decades, Ed Clark has run Webster Pharmacy at its longtime location on Webster Street. But starting June 4, he’ll be operating out of the Safeway store at Alameda Towne Centre.
“We’re going …

The city is hosting an informational meeting on its planned Willie Stargell extension project at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 28 at Ruby Bridges Elementary School, 351 Jack London Avenue. The meeting is open to the …