May 2012

Editor's Note: Here comes the Sun!

Michele Ellson
Thursday, May 31, 2012 - 12:10am
Alameda Sun

We've got big news today: We're proud to announce a partnership with the Alameda Sun. Starting this week, the Sun will be running stories from The Alamedan website in their print paper.

We believe the agreement represents a wonderful opportunity to further educate Alameda residents on local affairs and a critical one for us to blaze a trail toward the future of news. And we look forward to seeing this content-sharing arrangement grow in fresh and exciting ways as we make our way together across a wildly shifting media landscape. Read more >> about Editor's Note: Here comes the Sun!

City seeks social change through smoking ban

Michele Ellson
Thursday, May 31, 2012 - 12:05am
Secondhand smoke ordinance

On a bright afternoon earlier this month, some two dozen landlords and property managers gathered in a meeting room at the main library to discuss the city’s tough new secondhand smoke ordinance. Read more >> about City seeks social change through smoking ban

Amblin’ Alameda: Spring on Shoreline

Submitted by Morton Chalfy on

Oh, the heady aroma of Spring on Shoreline Drive. The bushes are all in flower, the ground cover is covered with yellow blossoms and the sweet scent hangs in the air all along the drive. Busyness is left to the bees and other pollinators while beachgoers and strollers seem gentled and slowed by the fragrances. Even the ground squirrels, usually so wary and secretive, seem enchanted and content. Read more >> about Amblin’ Alameda: Spring on Shoreline

Today's news: City seeks social change through smoking ban, and an announcement

New rules implemented at the beginning of this year ban smoking in the Island’s commercial corridors and shopping centers, at public events like farmer’s markets and fairs, on beaches and at bus stops. They will also prohibit smoking in all of Alameda’s multi-unit housing as of January 1, 2013. City staffers charged with implementing the rules have cast them as a step toward a necessary social change akin to efforts to convince Americans to stop littering. Read more >> about Today's news: City seeks social change through smoking ban, and an announcement

Today's news: "We're going to do less with less"

In what has become an almost perverse annual ritual, city leaders discussed how they plan to address a projected $5.1 million deficit in next year’s general fund budget and bigger deficits in the years to come. City staffers on Tuesday outlined a series of cuts that included layoffs and plans to close the city’s jail while City Council members sparred over the Measure C sales tax proposal. The budget is up for a vote on June 26. Here's what's in store. Read more >> about Today's news: "We're going to do less with less"

City budget: "We're going to do less with less"

Michele Ellson
Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - 12:52am

In what has become an almost perverse annual ritual, city leaders discussed how they plan to address a projected $5.1 million deficit in next year’s general fund budget and bigger deficits in the years to come.

City staffers on Tuesday outlined a series of cuts that included layoffs and plans to close the city’s jail. City Council members, meanwhile, sparred over the Measure C sales tax proposal, which voters will consider through Election Day on Tuesday.

“We’re going to do less with less,” Councilwoman Lena Tam said. Read more >> about City budget: "We're going to do less with less"

Editor’s Note: Welcome to The Alamedan!

Michele Ellson
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - 12:05am

Welcome to The Alamedan, your daily journal of civic affairs and Alameda culture. This is a place where you will find breaking news and analysis of major local issues, dispatches on our people and our culture, event listings, data and more.

Our goals are to provide you the information you need to engage in civic affairs and Island living, and to provide a faithful mirror on our community, its issues and personalities. We also want to engage you in the conversation about our community life, because we know that news is never black and white. Read more >> about Editor’s Note: Welcome to The Alamedan!

Editor’s Note: Tragedy by the Bay

Michele Ellson
Monday, May 28, 2012 - 12:05am
Crown Beach

We were driving to a Memorial Day picnic when I heard the helicopter, its blades frantically casting aside the blue midday sky in its quest to rescue a man from the chilly waters of the San Francisco Bay. Read more >> about Editor’s Note: Tragedy by the Bay

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