On Monday, February 10, District 18 Assemblymember Mia Bonta introduced a new bill, AB 489, to protect Californians from AI systems that misrepresent “themselves” as health professionals. Specifically ...

In a well-attended meeting on February 10, the Planning Board held a public workshop to guide staff on drafting a Short-Term Rental Ordinance. The ordinance would regulate rentals of less than 30 days ...

Schedule some positive vibrations this week at the Valentine’s Sound Bath on Thursday, February 13, from 5:15 to 7 p.m. Join Jessica’s Peaceful Journeys at the backstage door entrance of the Alameda ...

48 boxes of “Caramel DeLites,” valued at approximately $350, were stolen from a Girl Scout Troop on Park Street on February 9 around 11:30 a.m. Two troop parents were setting up a booth in front of ...

Running on the sand, huddling in divots on the sloping beachfront, the small sand-colored, sparrow-sized birds are well camouflaged until they dash for another divot or patrol the beach at low tide, ...

Flying in from Sproat Lake on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, a World War II-era plane called the Philippine Mars landed in Seaplane Lagoon at about 4 p.m. on Sunday, February 9. The Alameda ...

Books Inc., the Bay Area’s oldest independent bookstore, has launched a $100,000 fundraising campaign for Reading Bridge, a separately operated 501(c)3 nonprofit founded by the company in 2023 to ...

If you have recently parked in a legal spot near a bus stop and then received a ticket in the mail for $110, you can probably blame it on the new AI-powered cameras being used by Alameda Contra Costa ...

When Bentley gives you the side eye with his one light blue eye (the other is brown!), you’ll know you’re in the presence of a dog who tells it like it is. Photo FAAS. This fluffy 14-year-old is ...

The Kiwanis Club of Alameda’s 23rd Annual Chili Cookoff on February 1 at the Albert DeWitt Officers’ Club raised $20,000 for Alameda nonprofits that serve children and their families. Jude Everett ...