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This weekend offers a variety of holiday events, including boutiques, a community concert, wonderful decorations on Christmas Tree Lane and a quiet retreat. Plus Thursday, Dec. 5, is the last day to sign up for Breakfast with Santa.
Plus the Pilots' girls volleyball team won't make it to the statewide Division V championship match, and an Alameda resident is honored for her role in rescuing a local family when their car went into the water off Doolittle Drive last June.
The council also authorized hiring of an interim recreation director until the position is filled permanently.
Volunteers from the Piedmont Garden Club worked Monday and Tuesday to check the hundreds of lights and to assist Public Works Supervisor Dave Frankel and his crew with decorating the tree.
Anyone seeing this Volvo with license plate number 5NDF073 is asked to contact Oakland police immediately.
Volunteers from the Piedmont Garden Club worked Monday and Tuesday to check the hundreds of lights and to assist Public Works Supervisor Dave Frankel and his crew with decorating the tree.
The weekend police log.
The community meeting is scheduled for Thursday evening at Oakland Technical High School.
Plus battery, burglaries, stolen cars, assault and a loaded revolver concealed in a car.
David La Piana, whose previous books have focused on strategies for nonprofit organizations, turned to fiction to delve into the life of his late father.
The postal service in December will continue its 101-year-old "Letters to Santa" program, one of several ways you can get involved in the holiday spirit.
The program aims to relieve stress for travelers and make waiting for your flight more enjoyable.
The program aims to relieve stress for travelers and make waiting for your flight more enjoyable.
Helpful USPS deadlines to keep in mind, to make sure everything arrives on time this season.
Helpful USPS deadlines to keep in mind, to make sure everything arrives on time this season.
Under a contract being presented to the Alameda City Council, Perata would receive $90,000 a year for his work on eight specific issues.
The field of mayoral candidates includes incumbent Jean Quan, who is expected to run again, Bryan Parker, Joe Tuman and others.
Anyone seeing this Volvo with license plate number 5NDF073 is asked to contact Oakland police immediately.
The field of mayoral candidates includes incumbent Jean Quan, who is expected to run again, Bryan Parker, Joe Tuman and others.