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Alameda Post
Published 7 hours agoBear’s-Eye View of Alameda for September 13, 2026
Mouf the Roving Reporter celebrates National Happy Dog Day with a well-deserved Puppuccino, a hot dog, and sake maki.
Alameda Post
Published September 18Letters to the Editor for September 18, 2026
In this week's Letters to the Editor, Bayview Drive homeowners respond to criticism over landscaping on public land, the Rotary Club announces a picnic at Jean Sweeney Park, Richard Bangert comments on Measure L, and Stephen De Luchi objects to the removal and replacement of…
Alameda Post
Published September 18Math Puzzle for September 18, 2026
Jeff Smith's Math Puzzle for September 18, 2026 – WARNING: AI May Form an Incorruptible Political Class One Day.
Alameda Post
Published September 18Alameda PostCast for September 18, 2026
In Episode 220, Scott Piehler's topics include: Fire destroys Building 78 at Alameda Point. Planning Board postponed. City Council tackles housing and more. Public transit. Real estate sales. The Girl Scouts head to CHRS. Plus activities for your weekend, including touring the…
Alameda Post
Published September 17Two Birds from Alameda – September 17, 2026
The folks at Two Birds from Alameda are asking our candidates the important questions in the latest installment of our weekly strip drawn by Alameda cartoonist, Brice.
East Bay Express
Published September 16AI: Final weapon or final healer?
Part 1: The Wound, Enthroned “Know thyself”—the timeless injunction of Socrates, father of the Western wisdom tradition, to his students. Science Fiction I exhaled. The session had taken the afternoon. I had read the output, critiqued it, resubmitted it to my AI therapy-bot for…
East Bay Express
Published September 15Free Will Astrology: Week of Sept. 16
Closing out Virgo season...
Oakland Post (Post News Group)
Published September 14OPINION: AI Needs to Know Who Is the Boss
OAKLAND POST — AI is software running on computers. However startling the conversation may feel, the machine does not have my childhood, my mother, my father, my mistakes, my embarrassments, my loves, my grudges, my Filipino American history, my aging body or my accumulated sense…
Oakland Post (Post News Group)
Published September 14Goldi-Locs and Two (or Three) Bears in the Forest in California Hills
OAKLAND POST — My husband has anticipated 99% of our needs – tents, saws, canopies, batteries, shovels, rakes, axes, picks, etc., and Goldi-Locs instructs and reminds us how to get from step A to B, but there is nothing like the experience you gain on your own. Meaning: you don’t…
Oakland Post (Post News Group)
Published September 14California’s Legal Cannabis Market Hits $8 Billion as State Touts Progress on Fighting Drugs, Crime
OAKLAND POST — “We are building a legal cannabis market that generates billions for Californians, and going after the illicit operators who undermine it,” said Newsom. “That’s public safety: protect consumers, support the businesses playing by the rules, and put the revenue to…
Oakland Post (Post News Group)
Published September 14Henry O. Flipper: A Trailblazer at West Point and Beyond
OAKLAND POST — Flipper’s promising military career ended abruptly in 1881 when he was accused of embezzling commissary funds. A court-martial acquitted him of embezzlement, but convicted him of conduct unbecoming of an officer. The Army dismissed him in 1882. The circumstances…
Oakland Post (Post News Group)
Published September 14Latest Massacre in Haiti Reveals Cruelty U.S. Deportations
OAKLAND POST — The Haiti Action Committee condemns recent violence in Haiti following a massacre by the Viv Ansanm paramilitary death squad in Kenscoff on August 23. This attack targeted survivors sheltering in a church and homes, with estimates of 40 to over 70 killed and women…