The USS Hornet recovered both Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 after their splashdowns in the Pacific, bringing the astronauts and their capsule aboard within minutes of landing. Walking through the ship today ...

For many of us, 2025 was a year when the arts took on a greater significance in our lives. Surrounded and troubled by national and world events, we marched and wrote letters and tried to assure one ...

Over the past 134 years of its life, 1724 Santa Clara Avenue has worn many hats. It has been a private residence for multiple families, served as a private school in the 1920s, the home of the Boy ...

Alameda Mayor Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft stood on the steps of the Veteran’s Memorial Building on Monday morning, December 15, surrounded by a dozen veterans, Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee, Alameda City ...

The California Strategic Growth Council (SGC) has awarded a $44.5 million grant to MidPen Housing Corporation and the City of Alameda through its highly competitive Affordable Housing and Sustainable ...

At its meeting on Tuesday, December 9, the Alameda Unified School District (AUSD) Board of Education reviewed the First Interim Budget report, which provided an overview of the district’s financial ...

On Friday, December 12, Congresswoman Lateefah Simon released a statement saying that she, together with Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi and Senators Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff had written an open ...

Global warming or just one more torrid estival romance? At left, a cylindrical roxy glass is filled with a tall ice prism. The icy rectangular prism, with square bases, fits snugly in the cylinder.

Starting Wednesday, December 10, the two dozen Bay Area transit agencies that accept Clipper for fare payment will initiate the long-awaited launch of Next Generation Clipper, or Clipper 2.0. This ...

If you’ve been hoping for a safer, cleaner, and more user-friendly downtown parking garage, your wishes are about to come true. The City of Alameda is launching a major renovation project at the Civic ...

The novelist Michael Cunningham once observed that everyone’s life is worthy of being a story, told well, with passion, craft and care. Karin K. Jensen, the author of the recently republished The ...