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The One Big Beautiful Bill “is impacting the equation on both sides,” Alameda Food Bank Executive Director Teale Harden tells Jean Chen. “We’re having fewer resources from the federal government, but ...
Alameda Police discovered and seized thousands of illegal fireworks from storage units. All fireworks are illegal in the City of Alameda.
Jeff Smith's Math Puzzle for June 13, 2025 - Golden Rectangle starts to lose its luster.
The Alameda Fire Department recently completed training eight additional firefighters to bolster its Dive Rescue Team.
In this series about astrophotography in Alameda, we will look at pictures of galaxies, nebulae, planets, and celestial events taken from our island. As we share information about these objects, ...
A dead whale washed up on the shore of Alameda's Crown Beach early on the morning of Sunday, April 20, 2025. Cause of death to be determined.
We continue our celebration of local poets for National Poetry Month with 'The Island' by Shanti Lair-Croom.
According to the 2024 Annual Report, AFD responded to 10,012 incidents last year and provided mutual aid as far away as Florida.
Jeff Smith's Math Puzzle for April 11, 2025 - A stop sign so big even California drivers can see it.
April is National Poetry Month, and the Post is celebrating by featuring poems about Alameda penned by local writers. This week’s featured poet is Alameda Poet Laureate Kimi Sugioka. She shares with ...
Unhoused disabled veterans who are 62 or older now have an opportunity to live in a furnished studio or one-bedroom apartment in Linnet Corner, a newly built housing community in a great location in ...
AFD responded to three serious emergencies in just over 13 hours, starting Tuesday, March 25, at 2:18 p.m. to just past 3:30 a.m. on Wednesday morning, March 26. The incidents included a structure ...