In this last installment of the history of the Tilden Mansion, Steve Gorman looks into the grisly murder of Isabella von Schmidt and the suicide of her murderer, Edward von Schmidt, in 1899.

As part of our commitment to educate and inform about local history, we have been presenting series of walking tours around Alameda since 2022. Join award-winning Historian Dennis Evanosky for ...

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More than 100 supporters of the Alameda Food Bank (AFB) turned out for a protest at the City Council meeting on the evening of Tuesday, September 17, in response to the news that two citizens had ...

On a balmy Friday evening, a crowd of over 2,000 people gathered outside Hangar 25, facing scaffolding and a giant nest. As the sun set, the side of the building lit up and two dancers in brightly ...

Starting this week, the annual lid flips begin again. ACI staff wearing bright yellow vests will be opening trash bins and digging through our garbage to make sure we are sorting it ...

My friend, Mehdi, will not be “dancing” with me any longer. As of this past week, he is no longer limited in his movements and will instead be dancing freely in heaven. Mehdi resided at one of the ...

Ahead of its Board of Directors meeting scheduled on Wednesday, October 9, to vote on whether to approve the proposed Realign Final Network Plan, AC Transit has made last-minute changes to service ...

On Monday October 7, Judge Scott Patton dismissed charges against two of three Alameda police officers charged with the involuntary manslaughter of Mario Gonzalez due to prosecutorial paperwork and a ...

In Part 1 of this series on the Tilden Mansion, we learned that it was built by renowned local builder A. R. Denke in 1896 for Howard Havens, and then purchased just six years later by Major Charles L ...