Alameda Halloween Guide + Island City Waterways Art Walk Friday

Rise and shine, Alameda! Here's everything you need to know to get this Friday started off right. Here's what's going on today in town.

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First, today's weather:

Clear throughout the day. High: 63 Low: 55.

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Here are the top stories today in Alameda:

1. Alameda Halloween Guide 2021: Trick-Or-Treats & Pumpkin Patches (Alameda Patch)
2. Surprise Metallica show at small San Francisco club sells out in minutes (San Francisco Chronicle)
3. How UC Berkeley went from 13th to No. 1 on a college rankings list (San Francisco Chronicle)
4. City Of Alameda: The Alameda Free Library Presents E-Library Workshop (Alameda Patch)
5. College Of Alameda: Latinx/Hispanic Heritage Month Celebrations (Alameda Patch)

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Today in Alameda:

• Island City Waterways Art Walk: Japantown: 2021 Alameda (5:00 PM)
• Ngaio Bealum - Live at the Alameda Comedy Club (7:00 PM)
• District Family Camp - Mt. Diablo Silverado Council Boy Scouts of America Alameda District (12:00 AM)
• First Progress Report - Alameda High (12:00 AM)
• Hearty, Nutritional Broths and Soups by Chef Nancy | Friday Pickup in Oakland! (3:00 PM)
• 45th Annual San Francisco International Comedy Competition - Semi Finals (8:00 PM)

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Alameda Patch Notebook

• Alameda Fire Department: "Today City Manager Eric Levitt announced the selection of Nicholas "Nick" Luby as the City of Alameda's next Fire Chief, effective October 18. Chief Luby will come to Alameda with 23 years of fire service experience, most recently as the..." (Facebook)
• Alameda Food Bank: "Big shout out to ReGrained for donating 3 pallets of grain puffs. That's a plethora of puffs! ReGrained upcycles grains used by breweries and turns them into other food items. Less waste, more food. We love that! And an additional thanks..." (Facebook)
• Ruby Bridges Elementary School PTA: "Ruby Bridges PTA supply drive starts now!! What the school needs: Water bottles Yoga mats (new or used) Child sized disposable masks Wipes Hand sanitizer Tissue boxes There are two ways to get supplies to the school 1. Drop off supplies ..." (Facebook)
• County of Alameda, CA - Government: "Alameda County is proud to be recognized as a Government Experience Project Winner by Government Technology News for 2021! We were recognized for our Virtual First Initiative which included virtual marriages, DDE Solution (Develop, Deplo..." (Facebook)
• Alameda Free Library: "Did you know that it was TWO YEARS AGO TODAY... Our Library stopped charging Overdue Fines?! Thank you to all the library staff for their "behind the scenes" hard work to get to this day! It was Launch Day! We are the Alameda FINE FREE L..." (Facebook)
• Alameda Free Library: "Teen Book Club Registrations for October are open! The book for October is The Immortal Game by Talia Rothschild & A.C. Harvey. "Galene, daughter of Poseidon, wants to earn her place among the gods. For the children of the gods to become..." (Facebook)
• Alameda Food Bank: "After our free 2 month trial, we knew just how valuable this translation tool was to us. Thanks to the company giving it to us at cost and a donation from a generous volunteer, it's ours permanently. Now to work on getting it to translat..." (Facebook)

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Events:

• Ngaio Bealum - Live at the Alameda Comedy Club (September 17)
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— Bea Karnes

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