Alameda’s ongoing street construction marathon continues, and although some drivers may find plenty to complain about, the end goal is safer streets for all of us. The good news right now is that ...

Production, shipment, and disposal of textiles accounts for roughly 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, discarded textiles made up 11.3 million ...

With all due respect to the many high schools in the Bay Area that recognize and celebrate the designation of being diverse, I know of none like Encinal Junior & Senior High School in its profound and ...

Alameda Scouts will fan out across the Island this Saturday, November 15, to pick up donations for the annual Scouting for Food drive from homes where they left door hangers last Saturday. Scouts will ...

On November 18, City Council will consider quick-build traffic calming in the neighborhood around Gibbons Drive followed by data collection and planning for the Fernside Traffic Calming and Bikeways ...

Cities in the East Bay have already declared themselves sanctuary cities committed to protecting immigrant populations by banning collaboration with federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ...

The novelist Michael Cunningham once observed that everyone’s life is worthy of being a story, told well, with passion, craft and care. Karin K. Jensen, the author of the recently republished The ...

Two-way traffic has resumed along the stretch of Central Avenue between Lincoln Avenue and Fifth Street (in front of Encinal Junior & Senior High School and Paden Elementary) now that construction ...

Every day, emergency departments see patients who arrive with preventable injuries or illnesses. Some come in after falls, others because of minor illnesses that became serious, and many because of ...

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) are holding Public Participation Hearings about PG&E’s 2027 General Rate Case application, which proposes ...

On September 26, 2025, True Life Companies filed a preliminary permit to redevelop Harbor Bay Landing from a shopping plaza into 305 housing units. According to the project description that was filed, ...

California Governor Gavin Newsom has been busy signing bills into law that will help advance housing development across the state, including a set of three that will make it easier for local ...