Updated 1:21 p.m. Friday, July 31
When Richard Bangert first realized that the park he had worked to keep in the development plan for Alameda Point had been taken off the map, his wife told him …

Updated 11:48 a.m. Friday, July 31
Facing serious challenges to their lawsuits to invalidate Measure H, local businesses are taking their case against the school parcel tax to the public.
Steve Meckfessel, an owner of the marina …

Alameda Towne Centre, which has been hosting free concerts every Thursday this summer, has added a series of Saturday shows that start this week and run through the month of August.
The free “Encore Saturdays” shows …

There’s trouble in River City, trouble with a capital T, and … fortunately, this all leads to a picnic and dancing in period dress.
Alameda’s Period Events & Entertainments Re-Enactment Society is hosting The River City …

Contractors are slated to begin some street and sewer repair projects around the Island this Monday, August 3. Construction will take place from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, and is expected to …

The Alameda 10U Blaze team played in their sixth and final tournament of the summer season on the weekend of July 25 in Santa Clara.
In the opening games on Saturday, there was no stopping the …

Like any good politician, San Francisco Assessor Phil Ting has set the state’s fiscal meltdown – and its solution – into the simplest of sound bites.
“We’re in a financial catastrophe,” Ting told me a few …

Peet’s Coffee & Tea is reporting continued good financial news this quarter, posting increased earnings and revenues over the same quarter last year and lower costs.
Company executives also announced a partnership with Godiva to sell …

The Island’s public safety folks have got a new emergency notification system in place. And they want to make sure all your phone numbers are in it so they can tell you what you need …

Alex Lukens has made a point of keeping things local, hiring his architect, accountant and attorney here on the Island. So it makes sense that Lukens, whose Eyewise Optometry opened at Bridgeside Center just a …

The state Legislature has passed a budget sans an anticipated takeaway of more than $1 billion in locals’ gas tax funds (the Assembly balked at the last minute). Which means the county’s threats to leave …