On May 2, the City Planning, Building and Transportation Department received an application to amend the General Plan and Zoning Code to allow for redevelopment of the Harbor Bay Club site.

Students at Alameda High School (AHS) are in the early stages of a pilot program they hope will lower the amount of single-use plastics used by students during lunchtime.

Fed up with the amount of trash generated around campus during lunch, a group of AHS students decided to act.

The Alameda City Council will consider whether to implement a Guaranteed Basic Income (GBI) pilot program, designed to help Alameda’s most vulnerable residents who are disproportionately affected by a wide range of financial challenges.

Update:

The elderly couple dragged out of the burning home Monday, May 9, on the 700 block of Buena Vista Avenue has died from their injuries at a local hospital. The condition of the grandson who was treated for burn injuries is not known.

Original story:

At its April 28 special meeting, the Alameda City Council voted 5-0 to adopt an urgency ordinance that will extend the protections of the city’s Rent Control Ordinance to maritime residences or floating homes.

The Alameda Police Department (APD) is investigating the suspicious death of a man who was found in a parking lot near Blanding Avenue and Broadway Thursday, April 21.

According to a second autopsy report conducted by an independent pathologist, Mario Gonzalez died because of restraint asphyxiation after an altercation with three Alameda police officers.

Alameda Assistant City Manager Girad “Gerry” Beaudin was hired for two city manager positions on the same night this week.

The USS Hornet Museum will be holding an event to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Doolittle Raid with a presentation, special exhibit and more on Saturday, April 16th. The event takes place from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. The main event starts at 11 a.m.