A new artisan bakery with a noble mission is coming to Alameda. Firebrand Artisan Breads of Oakland will be moving most of its production facilities to a renovated warehouse at Alameda Point in the coming months, bringing most of its 90...
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Artisan bakery bringing in the dough for social good - February 3, 2021
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Saildrone launches world’s largest deep ocean exploration drone - January 25, 2021
Saildrone, Inc. has launched a 72 foot (22 m) version of its uncrewed surface vehicles, known as saildrones. Powered by wind and solar energy, saildrones are capable of extreme-duration missions of up to 12 months in the open ocean.
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Dune Restoration, Shoreline Project Completed - January 24, 2021
The East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD) completed its beach and dune improvement project at Alameda Point in December 2020. The complete facelift comes on the heels of the city upgrading the nearby boat ramp.
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Decades-long groundwater solvent cleanup completed at Building 5 - December 17, 2020
The Navy has spent some 30 years, starting before the base closed, mapping the geology and groundwater flow, drilling wells, taking water samples, plotting the extent of contamination, creating 3-D models of the contamination, creating health...
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Marine Conservation, Wildlife, and Recreation Area proposed for General Plan - November...
This waterway hosts a complex web of life, from the creatures and vegetation living in the seabed sediment and on the rock walls and rocky shoreline, to the fish, marine mammals and birds that depend on it for food, resting, reproducing and...
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Makani Energy lost its green - October 24, 2020
Makani Energy, the developer of the flying kite that produces energy, is no longer being funded by the green dollars from Google’s parent company Alphabet. The announcement from Alphabet came in February 2020. Soon thereafter, an auction...
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Seaplane Lagoon Ferry Terminal and Bay Trail updates – October 1, 2020
The Seaplane Lagoon Ferry Terminal construction and a section of the Bay Trail are completed. The trail is open, but the opening of the ferry terminal is delayed due to the impact of COVID-19 on ridership.
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City to seek funding for wetland park at Alameda Point - September 24, 2020
As currently envisioned, park construction will entail removing old pavement and softening the edge of the western side of the Seaplane Lagoon which will allow water into the park and become adaptable to sea level rise. A tidal channel...
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Navy digs up petroleum contamination in rare cleanup action - September 2, 2020
In August 2020, after almost two decades of investigation and treatment efforts, the Navy resorted to a rarely used option of digging up all of the soil down to the water table and hauling most of it away.
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Wetland contract awarded for Alameda Point - August 28, 2020
On August 7, 2020, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a services contract to Adanta, Inc. of Napa to expand and enhance an existing wetland on the Veterans Affairs (VA) property at Alameda Point. The wetland project is being implemented...
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