Last week’s story “Island Chalk Artist Breaks Own Record,” April 29, contained incorrect information. Artist Mark Wagner just set a new record for largest chalk art by a single artist. He set a record in 2008 for largest chalk street-art by multiple artists: about 6,000 kids and adults.

The Alameda Sun joins the chorus of voices that decry recent hate crimes. The completely uncalled for behavior of injuring frail, elderly people shows these perpetrators missed some lessons in basic human decency.

Sun Staff Reports

Rasheed Shabazz

During a virtual press briefing that was broadcast from Santa’s workshop, Santa’s spokes-being, Gumdrop the Elf, confirmed that Santa and his crew, as metaphysical entities, are Covid-free.

Hope, light overcome attack on official Hanukkah symbol

Most people are experiencing some degree of depression during the pandemic, but it is higher in teenagers. Not being in school, around friends, no extracurricular activities, no socializing and spending more time on social media and video games are taking a toll.

Charles Shaner was one of Alameda’s more prolific Victorian-era architects and builders. According to Alameda Museum Curator George Gunn, Shaner designed and/or built 46 homes here.

The French Laundry capers starring Governor Gavin Newsom and Mayor London Breed bear striking parallels to the allegory Animal Farm that are inescapable to the discerning “unwoke” and to stodgy objectivists.

It’s become fashionable to deride 2020 as “annus horribilis” but I prefer to see it as a near biblical test of Alameda’s resolve and resiliency to which we have responded admirably.