I had hoped to have an editorial for you this week that would tell you whether to vote for or against Measure B. But the truth is, I’ll be sitting this one out. Because it …

This past holiday season, I gave myself a gift: Some time to read about the world outside our little Island. For two weeks, I gorged on magazines that had been laying around the house for …

It was late into the night of September 16 when Iris Watson stepped to the podium. The management at Alameda Towne Centre was planning to bring an Orchard Supply Hardware store to fill the vacant …

Last week the City Council, whose members are frustrated about what they consider a misuse of our public safety resources, discussed plans to start charging people for making non-emergency calls to the Fire Department.
The reasons …

Some of our readers checked in with us today to inquire about the pro-Proposition 8 ad that ran on the site. Up to this point we haven’t said too much about the state propositions because …

Let me just start off by saying that I am grateful to live here in Alameda. But like most cities in California these days, we’ve got issues.
We are facing an ongoing fiscal crisis of almost …

The furor over Warmington Homes’ request to move low-income housing it was supposed to build into its planned Grand Marina development to another site has exposed some sad and complicated truths about efforts to create …

A few weeks back we told you that in response to concerns about skateboarders in the new Civic Center Parking Structure, the City Council was considering a ban on skateboarding on city property. Imagine our …

While we’re all tearing each other to shreds over why we should or shouldn’t pay ten bucks a month to support our local schools, I choose to celebrate. Proposition 13, the state constitutional amendment that …

Alamedans are a generous lot. It’s one of the many reasons I’m grateful to live here, and one of the many things that sets this Island apart from many other Bay Area communities. Alamedans are …

It’s easy to get swept up in the promise of Alameda Point, with its acres upon acres of available land and stunning view of downtown San Francisco. But a closer look brings home some troubling …