Webster Street Gets a Multimodal Makeover
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Ken Der,
Traveling down Webster Street will feel a little different starting this week. As part of the next phase of the Commercial Streets Program, the City of Alameda has restriped Webster Street from Lincoln Avenue to Central Avenue with exciting improvements. Ken Der details the project.
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›› Ken Der,
April 18, 2024
Traveling down Webster Street will feel a little different starting this week. As part of the next phase of the Commercial Streets Program, the City of Alameda has restriped Webster Street from Lincoln Avenue to Central Avenue with exciting improvements. Ken Der details the project.
›› Karin K. Jensen,
April 12, 2024
The Planning Board conditionally approved a development plan and design review for ten new townhomes for sale—the Del Monte Towns—at the corner of Sherman and Clement. Karin K. Jensen reports that the homes are the third and final phase of the Del Monte Warehouse development.
Alameda Features
Alameda Opinions
›› Irene Dieter,
April 12, 2024
Irene Dieter believes that the City Council has a double standard when considering ranked choice voting (RCV) and the creation of election districts. As the City Council discusses election reform, some believe that the Council is not properly representing their desire for RCV.
Alameda History
›› Steve Gorman,
April 18, 2024
"Our beautiful San Francisco, our pride and joy; and now, what remains?" pined Alamedan Emilie Gibbons Cohen after the great 1906 earthquake. Steve Gorman examines the letters Emilie wrote in the aftermath of the quake, gaining a rare view into the daily life in Alameda following the disaster.
›› Steve Gorman,
April 11, 2024
As the 118th anniversary of the great San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906 approaches, Steve Gorman examines a remarkable firsthand account from Alamedan Emilie Gibbons Cohen. She writes, "The constant boom boom of the dynamite sounded and echoed in our ears; a black pall hung over the city."
›› Dennis Evanosky,
April 10, 2024
A number of early, individual visionaries had grand ideas for what Alameda and Bay Farm Island could become, but land changed hands many times, each dream fizzling out with it. Dennis Evanosky introduces the out-of-state giant, Utah Construction, that ultimately shaped Alameda.