Alameda’s Crown Beach set for makeover
Robert W. Crown State Beach has been called “a great achievement of landscaping and engineering,” a manmade beach on San Francisco Bay that once hosted an amusement center known as the “Coney Island of...
View ArticleVIDEO: Coastal Cleanup in Alameda
By Donna Eyestone Alamedans combed Robert W. Crown State Beach on Saturday as part of the 29th Annual California Coastal Cleanup Day. They were among the more than 50,000 volunteers who volunteered for...
View ArticleThe Broad Brush: Your Alameda News in 60 Seconds
Welcome to this week’s edition of The Broad Brush, your two-sentence news review. Here are your headlines for this week. The city scored a victory against investors in its former cable and Internet...
View ArticleVIDEO: Old tug exhumed from watery grave
According to local legend, the “Captain Al” settled into her watery grave sometime in the 1990s, sinking to the bottom of the Oakland/Alameda Estuary as her unknown owner was preparing to rend her for...
View ArticleDraft plan offered for new Alameda park
Gardens, biking and hiking trails, a lawn-fronted gazebo and covered picnic pavilion are some of the features proposed for the new Jean Sweeney Open Space Park that’s planned for 22 acres of onetime...
View ArticleVIDEO: An old-fashioned park raising in Alameda
By Donna Eyestone About 300 volunteers showed up for an old-fashioned park raising Saturday at the future Jean Sweeney Open Space Park, to weed, mulch, paint a mural and build planter boxes and compost...
View ArticleEnviros fear changes could sunset solar in Alameda
Local environmentalists fear changes Alameda Municipal Power – which bills itself as “the greenest little utility in America” – plans to make to its solar program could bring an end to new solar...
View ArticleAlameda’s school board to discuss solar plan
Should Alameda’s schools go solar? School board members will discuss the merits of moving forward with a plan to install solar panels atop Alameda’s public schools Tuesday night. Proponents of the plan...
View ArticleAlameda may acquire portion of tidal canal
City officials are considering whether to accept part of a waterway separating Oakland from the Island’s East End that the federal government has long sought to hand off. The City Council is expected...
View ArticleAlameda to consider solar subscription program
Alameda Municipal Power may soon provide a subscription solar power service for residents and business owners who aren’t prepared to install their own solar array. Utility officials will pitch the...
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