With the extreme drought conditions taking hold in California, the City of Alameda is doing its part to reach the 20 percent reductions in water use requested by the Governor. All Alameda parks will be watered 20 percent less. This may result in green grass turning brown.

The winter sports regular season is heading for the home stretch with several Alameda basketball teams gearing up for a possible post-season run.

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There are many reasons to embrace the activity of bicycle riding, especially here in Alameda.

Third grade students at Franklin Elementary School were paid a special visit from San Francisco 49er backup quarterback McLeod Bethel-Thompson Jan. 31.

Three Encinal High student-athletes and one from Alameda Science and Technology Institute (ASTI) committed to their future college destinations last week on the Encinal High campus.

St. Joseph Notre Dame (SJND) senior Temidayo Yussuf time as a basketball player for the Pilots reached a new pinnacle Friday, Jan. 24 against El Cerrito.

The East Bay’s newest (and one of the only) flag football league, the East Bay Flag Football youth league, has announced registration is open for their spring season.

Tai Chewpanich was on fire at Alameda Women’s Golf Club (AWGC) tournament event last Thursday, Jan. 30. Chewpanich shot the lowest gross and net scores in the event and even sunk a 22’8" putt for a birdie on the 15th hole.

Finding teams to play sports with in Alameda is easier than most adults think. The Alameda Recreation and Park Department’s Adult Open Gym is held all year on Sundays from 6 to 9 p.m. in the Alameda Point Gym (1101 W.

The Alameda Rugby Islanders are ready to kick off its 2014 season on Feb. 8. The 2014 season will be the 11th year of the rugby club, which began in 2003.