Strict Alameda Smoking Ban Takes Effect In 2012
Fines for anyone caught violating the ordinance range from $100 to $500.
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Fines for anyone caught violating the ordinance range from $100 to $500.
An Oakland shooting victim was found injured in Alameda early Monday morning and transported to a local hospital.
No injuries were reported in a fast-moving 3-alarm fire Saturday that displaced at least 12 residents of an apartment complex in Alameda.
Dozens of discouraged teachers packed the Alameda Unified School District board meeting Tuesday night to vent over contract negotiations that are at an impasse.
Wednesday marks the 70th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack, which left 2,402 Americans dead and drew the country into World War II. A Bay Area survivor is the main speaker at the remembrance onboard the USS Hornet in Alameda.
East Bay water officials are reversing course on certain aspects of a 30-year long range plan, deciding not to enlarge a key reservoir in the Sierra foothills in the face of a lawsuit by environmental groups.
The USS Hornet was acknowledged for its role in the Apollo 11 space mission Wednesday, as the curator for the warship and museum docked in Alameda attended Wednesday's Congressional Gold Medal ceremony for Apollo astronauts in Washington, D.C.
Friends of Alameda Animal Shelter, a group of volunteers, will be running the facility beginning in January.
Alameda officials have bought a second rescue boat, as they try to improve the island city's water rescue capabilities following the drowning of a suicidal man while authorities watched from the shore.
Enthusiasm for biking continues to soar in the Bay Area, and a number of shops cater to those weekend warriors that can be seen on streets, trails and back roads all across Northern California. The staff of Eye on the Bay and some helpful Yelp reviews have helped us track down the best stores to get you in gear.
An independent investigation into the drowning death of a suicidal man while Alameda police officers and firefighters stood by has found that the death was caused by a breakdown in communications and a lack of training.
The Navy is turning over its 918-acre former naval air station property to the city of Alameda.
Some new parents got an unexpected scare Wednesday morning when they awoke to a team of armed Federal Bureau of Investigation agents attempting to raid their home.
Some homeless people in the East Bay are keeping warm with handmade blankets, all because a waitress got wrapped up in a sewing dilemma.
A 3.4-magnitude earthquake shook Alameda County Saturday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The city of Alameda has chosen a former state fire marshal to conduct an independent review of the drowning of a suicidal man at Crown Beach on Memorial Day.
A father and his two children were rescued 500 yards south of Ballena Bay in Alameda when their 19-foot aluminum boat capsized before 11:40 a.m., Sunday.
A 12-year-old Oakland boy and a 9-year-old Hayward boy area accused of using a shovel to bludgeon to death eleven chickens inside a chicken coop operated by an Alameda community garden.
Harold Camping, 89, was hospitalized after suffering the stroke Thursday night at his Alameda home.
A group of Alameda residents remains puzzled as to why the city's fire department didn't help Raymond Zack, who drowned in the Bay on Memorial Day.
An internal memo appears to contradict claims by Alameda fire officials in the wake of a man's suicide in San Francisco Bay while firefighters and police watched from the shore.
The Alameda Police Department Wednesday released 911 calls and a timeline of events surrounding the death of a man who intentionally drowned at Crown Beach on Memorial Day while rescuers watched from the shore for almost an hour, prompting outrage from the public.
Autopsy results were completed Thursday for the 52-year-old Alameda man who killed himself in San Francisco Bay on Monday. However, it could take four to six weeks for the toxicology report.
Alameda officials said Tuesday they'll change the island city's water rescue policy after an apparently suicidal man died in 54-degree water.
