Breakwater pile of rocks serves as an important bird habitat.
Should parents allow their sons to be Boy Scouts and work from within the organization to change it or pull them out entirely?
FREE feline adoptions this weekend at the Alameda Animal Shelter. FAAS has a wide range of beautiful and healthy cats and kittens available so stop by Saturday and Sunday for a new best friend.
No Christening Today Artemis Racing AC72 incurs damage during tow testing . read Official press release from CEO Paul Cayard.
Missing your favorite burger truck at Off The Grid? Me, too. Apparently we don't have a free market here in Alameda.
ORACLE TEAM USA 17 Capsizes During Training in San Francisco
Words and pictures conspire to celebrate one Vertigo's most beloved characters
This beautiful weather has one down side.
America's Cup teams plan for future events . by John Eric Mangino America's Cup Photo Journalist
FAAS has been challenged to raise $50,000 at the second annual After The Ball. If the funds are raised, an anonymous donor will match the amount and double the dollars for Alameda's homeless pets.
I am writing to express my strong disapproval of the September 29th “Beyond Wonderland” Rave that took place in the parking lot of the Coliseum.
Alameda - Haunt Your House! Halloween house decorating contest and canned food drive.
A local rescue dog who survived a tough road back to health is now a pin-up girl.
The Alameda Animal Shelter has lots of purrfect cats and kittens waiting for their new forever homes. Double the love in your life with FAAS special adoption fees!
An author and his protagonist struggle to find their way
The next days in our adventure around Vietnam brought more noodles, dead bodies, and Buddha bellies.
interview with Governor Gary Johnson, the Libertarian presidential nominee
Help Alameda's animals! Friends of the Alameda Animal Shelter presents “After The Ball” to raise needed funds for the homeless animals at the Alameda Animal Shelter.
In which I, well, encounter an undecided voter
City of Alameda responds to weekend noise at the Oakland Coliseum.
With the least terns gone for the season at Alameda Point, volunteers arrived in September to take care of "housekeeping" chores.
Can a woman's sexual attractiveness be enhanced by doing this?
Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan has donated luxury suite tickets for the upcoming October 6th Justin Bieber Oakland concert to Girls Incorporated of the Island City.
Join me and thousands of other Californians in the biggest PTA fundraiser ever! Vote YES on Prop 38 on November 6th.
11,756 miles from the West Oakland BART station, we were welcomed into East Asia by a whirlwind of noodles, life-threatening taxi rides, and automatic toilet seat covers.
Volunteers came to clean up our shoreline and record the types of trash they found. Learn more about the annual cleanup and the results from the last 26 years.
As if we need another reason to enjoy cocoa products: new research shows that cocoa can improve this.
Island residents will step back in time and "Return to Vaudeville." The whole family will enjoy two hours of comedy, music, fantastic juggling, laughter and surprise guests.
No-cost adoptions for senior pets over 7 this month ... and more news from the Alameda Animal Shelter
Not a fan of easygoing pets like dogs or cats, or maybe fish, snakes, spiders, lizards, bunnies, llamas, pot-bellied pigs, horses or bucking broncos? Then a parrot is the pet for you!
Appreciating the many great advantages of Alameda, and hoping to be allowed to have public use of the runway area of Alameda Point.
Citizens of Alameda - haunt your house for Halloween, have fabulous fun and support a great cause!
In which I review "The Fountainhead"
Bill Sonneman, President of the Alameda Education Foundation, discusses news of the Foundation and shares the benefits of collaboration.
How a moment with Jim Morrison brought an Alameda girl up to speed in the sixties.
I'm a genius; I have the numbers to prove it.
Friends of the Alameda Animal Shelter (FAAS) is offering free pet adoptions for all pets that are 7 years and older. This offer is for the entire month of September.
Igor Tregub is covering the 2012 DNC Convention in Charlotte as an elected delegate from CD13 (Rep. Barbara Lee).
San Francisco Bay is the largest estuary on the West Coast of North America! Discover how far north and east our Bay reaches with its network of waterways from the Pacific Coast in this blog.
Near-sighted or just nearby? A vision pointer for parents.