Wanted to give a pre-weekend hat-tip to Dan Wood of A Progressive Alamedan (one of the Alamedans.com bloggers), who was anonymously mentioned in John Diaz' column on the appendage "-gate" last Sunday .
It's not just the mainstream media's fascination. In Alameda, bloggers who are rightly...
Mass media - Blog - Directories - Web Rings and Cliques - United States
About a year ago I had the good fortune of working on a long story about Mount Trashmore -- the dump-turned-fenced-in-grassy-mound just over Bayfarm Bridge. The history of it is interesting -- that whole area was prime shorebird habitat until the early 1950s, when the City of Alameda, like so...
1950s - Technology - History - Mount Trashmore - Robot
While some commenters have been touting the City’s hired gun lawyer Michael Colantuono’s award from the Bar Association this year, they’ve been a little more quiet about the lawyer Lena Tam has secured to defend her against the Interim City Manager’s accusations other than to question how Lena Tam could possibly afford John Keker and make insinuations that someone else is footing the bill for her defense.
Personally I don’t know how Lena Tam is paying John Keker, I assumed she was paying him herself with her savings, which simply makes me sad to think about.
And while “Incredulous”:
“simply cannot recall any California ...
This Sunday afternoon, Alameda Towne Centre will is hosting a young songwriters workshop and jam session – featuring DC Carter & Project 7. Musical instruments will also be collected for public-school students on August 1.
The workshop is set to take place from 1-3:45 p.m. at ATC’s Center Court Stage. Starting at 5:30 p.m., there will be a jam session and performance [...]
Like many of my colleagues. I have been doing my best to avoid short sales. And frankly if former clients were not calling asking me about “short saling” (new verb) their properties, I would likely have kept avoiding the dreaded short sale transaction.
For those of you who have been blissfully uninvolved in the woes of the real estate market, “short sales” are transactions where the seller’s proceeds from the sale are not enough to cover the loan or loans that are placed against the property. Also known as being “upside down” on your loan.
With one out of seven households in ...
Candidate filings are just beginning to trickle in, as are official candidacy announcements. Thursday afternoon, my inbox lit up with an e-mail from Planning Board president Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, announcing a City Council run.
“With a budget crisis compounded by the national recession, Alameda’s challenges will only grow if we don’t leave behind the political infighting of the recent past,” Ezzy Aschraft was quoted as saying in a press release announcing her candidacy. “As a Councilmember, I will prioritize creating jobs and housing opportunities, strengthening our business districts, and pursuing sensible, sustainable development while promoting ethical, accountable city government.”
In addition to ...
Photo by Rob Hazel
The folks over at Dragon Rouge have cooked up an interesting little event for tonight: They’re having a listening party and meet and greet with Sadat X of the 1990s hip hop act Brand Nubian. The listening party starts at 10 p.m., and if you attend, you could end up in Sadat X’s next video.
Dan Nguyen, the Vietnamese bistro’s promotions manager, said he has a friend who knows Sadat X’s manager. He said the rapper was flying into Oakland International Airport for a show in Oakland on Saturday, “and this is kind of on the way.”
The restaurant ...
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San Anselmo Tournament, June 10-11, 2010
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The Alameda 10U Blaze with their first place trophy from a tournament in San Anselmo. Contributed photo.
Saturday, June 10
Alameda Blaze 11, Santa Rosa Hackers 1
Ruby Siltanen’s pitching and the Blaze defense were dominant in this game, which included nine defensive plays, four strikeouts and a double play by Edyn Garvisch at first base, picking off the runner going to second. Lily Wilmot had a great all around game at second base, contributing three of the defensive outs and a double in the fourth inning. The game included a diving catch by Mira Piamonte in center ...
Updated 1:14 p.m. Friday, July 30
Police are investigating the discovery of a body on an Alameda beach this afternoon.
Police said that at 2 p.m. today, officers from the East Bay Regional Park District and the Alameda Police Department responded to a call about a body floating in the water off Robert W. Crown Memorial State Beach. When police arrived, they removed a 25-year-old Asian man from the water.
Police said the man, who they identified as an Alameda resident, received emergency medical aid but was pronounced dead at the scene.
A Shoreline Drive resident told The Island they saw the man wading ...
Yeesh, it must really be the dog days of summer because I have yet another dog-oriented post to put up this week ** : Pet Food Express's Pet Wash K-9 Fundraiser, which I'm pretty sure no self-respecting Alameda dog would want to miss, even if said dog is already pretty clean.
The event,...
Pet food - Animal - Pets - Dog - Health
