Alameda News

An Alameda-based energy storage company will be using a grant from the federal government to help it store green energy being harnessed by the Modesto Irrigation District.

FRIENDS OF THE ALAMEDA Animal Shelter cordially invite Alamedans and their pets to their first SANTA FAAS celebration from 1:30 to 4 p.m. Dec.

When the planning for Alameda's new library was under way, a survey asked residents what they wanted most.

A state appeals court in San Francisco has upheld the convictions of an Oakland father and son in a string of nearly 30 takeover-style robberies of small East Bay businesses in 2005 and 2006.

Mayor Beverly Johnson and other city leaders will visit Southern California today, when they plan to meet with officials from Irvine to learn how they are handling the redevelopment of the former El Toro Marine Corps Air Station.

Last week, Alameda City Council reviewed the quarterly sales tax numbers. Retail sales tax in Alameda was the hardest hit, business-to-business sales tax revenue the least hardest hit. Theater and parking garage doing little to offset loss of auto-row.

Police arrested a man on suspicion of drunken driving Nov. 11 after they said he crashed into five parked vehicles on three streets and then fled the scene.

The small island town of Alameda, California was rocked by the pop phenomena of Twilight at midnight last night when Twilight New Moon made it's premiere at the local theatre.

Yesterday, Alameda firefighters announced that starting Monday, the union local would give away free Thanksgiving turkeys to Alameda families, while supplies last.

City Councilwoman Marie Gilmore has announced she's running for mayor. Gilmore has served on the council for six years and points to the openings of the new main library and the Alameda Theatre & Cineplex, as well as her work to revamp the Park and Webster street business districts, as among her achievements.

Sculptor Vakil Kuner had no expectations walking into Autobody Fine Art's "Critique Salon" with his recycled aluminum casts in hand.

In this twelve-page letter to SunCal, Alameda City Manager Ann Marie Gallant responds to written comments received from SunCal about the City's election report.

State inspectors say an oil spill that sent hundreds of gallons of bunker oil into San Francisco Bay was caused by a fuel tank that overflowed during a morning refueling stop.

OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE decisions that will have immediate and profound impact on an entire community do not come along frequently.

Share + Nov 17, 2009 12:38 am US/Pacific OAKLAND Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O'Malley said Monday that she has agreed to state Attorney General Jerry Brown's request that her office investigate the secret taping of conversations with reporters by Brown's former communications director.

Robert Rosales stands by his BMW at his home in San Jose, Calif. on Saturday, November 14, 2009.

A child's body was recovered from San Francisco Bay waters south of the Berkeley Marina late this morning near where investigators spent Saturday searching for a missing 17-month-old son of a murder victim, a police lieutenant said.

A search of Berkeley's Aquatic Park concluded this afternoon with no new information about the disappearance of the 17-month-old son of the woman found murdered on the park's shoreline early Friday morning, a police lieutenant said.

Police arrested a 20-year-old Alameda man Tuesday after a background check revealed that he was wanted on a warrant that accuses him of receiving stolen property.

Authorities are searching for a missing infant, the son of the woman found murdered in Berkeley's Aquatic Park Friday morning.