Seagulls fight for position over a dead whale found on Alameda’s Crown Beach, Sunday April 20, 2025. A kayaker is visible behind the whale. Photo Stephanie Penn. A dead whale washed up in Alameda ...

Follow our live election returns for national, state, regional, and city candidates and measures. Stay with the Alameda Post for full election coverage until all the races have been called. The ...

It’s really happening! The repurposed shipping containers that will become the FAAS Animal Medical Services & Training (FAMST) campus arrived at their home on Bay Farm Island after being trucked down ...

A former Alameda Circle K clerk has agreed to a plea deal for shooting a man in the head for trying to grab a pack of cigarettes at the Webster Street store on July 11, 2020, according to a report in ...

Bay Farm Island is becoming a pollinator haven, featuring two native plant gardens in public spaces—Bay Farm School and Bay Farm Island Library. These gardens are part of a larger initiative to ...

Picking up litter year-round, not just on Earth Day, is an ongoing effort for some. On Saturday, April 12, dozens of student volunteers showed up at Seaplane Promenade Park at Alameda Point to pick up ...

Did you ever know someone who is truly wonderful, but initially comes across as reserved, even aloof? That’s Bernie, FAAS’s handsome two-year-old husky mix. Huskies are not known for being warm and ...

In Episode 150, Scott Piehler’s topics include: Plea deal in the Circle K murder; Willie Stargell updates; another prank call leads two schools to shelter in pleace, AFD and APD equipment in the news; ...

On April 15, City Council unanimously approved design concepts for the Willie Stargell Avenue Complete Street Corridor Project, consisting of safety and transit improvements between Main Street and ...

The ancestral indigenous (Ohlone), steward of this land for thousands of years. Willow trees. “Grove of poplar trees.” Change. Renewal. Growth and resilience. That’s what Alameda means. A bitter-sweet ...

On April 14, the Planning Board voted to recommend that City Council adopt amendments to the Universal Residential Design Ordinance to ensure that townhome-style developments are no longer penalized ...

It’s a special treat to travel to the West End of Alameda and explore one of the very oldest still-standing homes in town. Although records from this period can be imprecise, the best information we ...