The group behind efforts to recall three school board trustees over lessons intended to halt anti-gay bullying introduced themselves to about three dozen people at a town hall meeting Saturday at the Alameda Free Library.
Leaders …

The Oakland Tribune is reporting that police have identified a suspect in the shooting of an Oakland police officer as Colin Todd of Alameda.
Police said that Todd, 41, fired at two officers who pulled his …

When families return to school today, they’ll be greeted by a host of new faces of folks helming the district and its schools, including new principals at five schools and a quartet of new staffers …

Thinking about driving into San Francisco during the long Labor Day weekend? Well, get ready to put a few extra miles on the odometer.
In what’s becoming an almost annual rite of passage, Caltrans is shutting …

Today’s West End farmer’s market will have more than just the best fresh produce: They’re turning it into a Hot (Rod) Summer Market with music, classic cars and more.
The market, which is from 9 a.m. …

Should SunCal’s plan to develop Alameda Point make it on to the ballot, there’s one group of people who may not join the large, dissonant chorus of voices who have put their two (and 10) …

Well, I learned something very interesting the other day: Trailblazing comedienne Phyllis Diller once called Alameda home.
Diller, 92 (yes, she’s still with us), was a housewife with five children and an unemployed husband when she …

Congrats to the folks out at the Cycles of Change bike shop. Their bicycle donation drive, held this past Saturday at the Bank of Alameda’s Towne Centre location, netted 44 bikes.
On a side note, another …

Alameda Towne Centre wraps its Summer Serenade concert series tonight with the (strictly Kosher!) surf sounds of Meshugga Beach Party.
The free, two-hour show starts at 5:30 p.m. in the mall’s center court.
Meshugga Beach Party is …

The fall TV schedule just got a very local addition: Schools Superintendent Kirsten Vital.
Starting Monday – the first day of school – Vital will host her own show on Comcast cable’s public access. The show …

Alameda Reads, the Alameda Free Library’s adult literacy program, is hosting its second annual Walk-A-Mile for Literacy from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, September 19. The registration is $10 in advance, $15 on the …

School district officials laid out their plan Tuesday night to seek out a new set of anti-bullying lessons that will more specifically address bullying based on race, gender, disability and other factors. They hope to …