July 7, 2020 AC Transit Proposed Service Reductions Due to Covid-19, AC Transit is considering a bus network redesign to reduce service levels by 15% to 30% to match expected reduced revenues, which will be discussed initially on Wednesday, July 8, at 5 p.m., as stated in the AC Transit Board Agenda item #6D here. Zoom meeting link https://actransit.zoom.us/j/95195950039 [...]
June 23, 2020 COVID-19 Community Update As of this afternoon, there are 72 cases of COVID-19 in the City of Alameda, an increase of 17 cases, or more than 30%, since we posted on June 10. Alameda County has 5,140 cases, 78 hospitalizations, and 120 deaths (compared to 4,033 cases, 92 hospitalizations, and 105 deaths on June 10). [...]
Alameda-North Bay Farm Island Pipeline Crossings EBMUD is planning to construct three transmission pipelines (24-inch inner diameter) located within Alameda County in the Cities of Oakland and Alameda. Water service to the City of Alameda is provided by four existing underwater pipeline crossings at three separate locations between the City of Oakland, Alameda Island, and [...]
Shelter In Place Orders Extended The seven Bay Area Public Health Officers who ordered a shelter in place in mid-March will extend the orders through May 31 while some restrictions are eased and tools to strengthen containment of COVID-19 are put into place. The social distancing intervention has slowed the increase of new cases and [...]
April 27, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Sarah Henry, Public Information Officer 510-747-4714 City launches Slow Streets Alameda to offer more space for physical distancing Alameda is joining cities across the Bay Area and country by implementing Slow Streets Alameda – a temporary “soft” closure of select streets to provide more space for physical distancing [...]
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April 8, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Sarah Henry, Public Information Officer 510-747-4714 Alameda County releases dashboard with detailed information on COVID-19 cases, shows 18 cases in the City of Alameda The Alameda County Public Health Department has published an online dashboard of COVID-19 cases displayed by city. The County (excluding Berkeley) shows 631 positive [...]
Sunday, April 5, 2020 As of April 5, 2020, in the United States, cases of COVID-19 tripled from last week to 337,072 today, the most in any country in the world, with 9,619 deaths. Worldwide, there are 1,272,115 COVID-19 cases and 69,374 deaths. In California, there are 13,438 cases and 319 deaths. In Alameda County, [...]
April 2, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Sarah Henry, Public Information Officer 510-747-4714 New health order establishes further limits on what is considered an essential business activity, including construction On March 16, 2020, residents and businesses in Alameda County were ordered to shelter in place, with exceptions for certain essential activities, business and government services, [...]
March 30, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Sarah Henry, Public Information Officer 510-747-4714 Stay at home, and when out, use social/physical distancing Residents and businesses in Alameda County have been ordered to shelter in place or stay at home, with exceptions for certain essential activities, business and government services, and public infrastructure construction. When performing [...]