"The key to going from a flat, dim picture to a finished image is combining many bad pictures to make one good one," writes Evan Gomez-Shwartz. In the latest installment of his series on ...

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In Episode 190, Scott Piehler’s topics include: Proposed surf pool raises questions. Earthquakes felt in Alameda. Suspicious device threat turns out to be nothing. Anti-ICE protests. Alameda takes ...

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Welcome to the Alameda PostCast! Our weekly podcast is a ten-minute digest of the week’s news, released every Friday. Hosted by Scott Piehler, each episode covers the most important news and community ...

As part of our commitment to educate and inform about local history, we have been presenting series of walking tours around Alameda since 2022. Join award-winning Historian Dennis Evanosky for ...

There are many opportunities available around our community for those with some extra time and civic spirit. You can get involved by contacting one of the organizations listed below to volunteer your ...

Sally Faulhaber of Alameda has passed away at the age of 96. An engaged citizen with a deep interest in her community, social justice, and nature, she was active until her last days, and was kind and ...

A charming tradition for nearly 84 years, folks in Alameda know that the holidays don’t really kick off until Christmas Tree Lane (CTL) is underway. In anticipation of the magic, we spoke to several ...

Small, iconic, and endangered, California least terns return every year to one of the largest nesting colonies on the Northern California coast, in Alameda. This year marks 31 years since Susan Ramos, ...

For hundreds of years, ships and boats of all sizes had plied the waters of the San Antonio Slough, a tidal creek that we know as the Oakland Estuary. The Ohlone used the waterway not solely for ...

A curse, a failed land grab, and a murder played roles in bringing the transcontinental railroad West. On Sept. 6, 1869, a train with Leland Stanford aboard rolled into what would become the City of ...