Housing market continues to cool in southern Alameda County
Only 17% of households in Alameda County were able to afford the median price for a single-family home in the…
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Reps. Eric Swalwell, Ro Khanna reluctant to support Muwekma Ohlone Tribe’s federal recognition
A Bay Area tribe has been trying to get federal recognition ever since its people were falsely declared extinct more than a hundred years ago, but local members of Congress are reluctant to support that recognition unless the tribal nation is willing to give up its right to gaming and stop one of its consultants from publishing articles critical of the representatives, according to a recently released audio recording.
Alameda County residents can get financial help for recent storm damage
Alameda County residents who were impacted by the recent storms can request financial help from the federal government until mid-March.
Fatal police shooting cases in Fremont, Hayward to be reopened
The fatal police shootings of Caleb Smith, Joshua Gloria and Agustin Gosalez in Southern Alameda County are set to be revisited by the newly elected county prosecutor.
January storms caused $67M in damage to Alameda County’s public infrastructure
Pace Stokes, captain of Alameda County Office of Emergency Services, told the Board of Supervisors on Jan. 24 that there was an estimated $67 million worth of damage to the county’s public infrastructure, including the cities and special districts.
Alameda County homes are still selling like hotcakes despite slowdown
In December, the median sale price for an existing single-family home in Alameda County was $1,065,500.
Healthy, vaccinated adults don’t need to mask, UCSF doctor says
There’s still a moderate amount of the coronavirus circulating in Alameda County and a new variant is working its way through the country, but a doctor from the University of California, San Francisco, says people who have been vaccinated can drop the masks.
Alameda County supes approve election recounts in 4 races, pending litigation
The results of four races in the past election are set to be revisited after Alameda County officials learned the voting system may have been set incorrectly for races determined by ranked choice voting.
COVID-19 continues to circulate in Alameda County
COVID-19 is still circulating at low levels in the community and has led to 495 deaths so far this year.…
Only 17% of households can afford a median-priced home in Alameda County
Only 17% of residents were able to afford a median-priced home at a cost of $1.26 million during the third quarter of the year, according to the most recent data from the California Association of Realtors. The minimum qualifying income to buy a home at that price is $292,400 a year. The median household income in Alameda County is $104,888 a year and the median per capita income is $49,883 a year.