By Angela Woodall Actor Henry Brown's path to his first lead role in a feature film spanned nearly four decades, across racism, radical politics, Republican Party dominance and the possibility of a black president. It has been quite a trip from Alameda to Hollywood "... and back.

By Alameda Journal Right now it's a bare patch of ground, what used to be a basketball court at the former Woodstock School on Third Street. But it truly could become a field of dreams in the near future. The Alameda Boys & Girls Club's plans for the site are beginning to take shape.

By Peter Hegarty The calm leadership that Alameda schools Superintendent Ardella Daily displayed during tumultuous times -- such as a cycle of budget shortfalls and a string of school closures -- will be missed in the years ahead, officials say.

By Shirley Dang Martinez teachers donned black on Friday to mourn the loss of colleagues whose jobs evaporated in the face of a statewide fiscal crisis. In Dublin, parents rallied around Nielsen Elementary School -- before the school board voted last week to shut it down to save money.

By Peter Hegarty ALAMEDA -- Chanting and holding signs, hundreds of students walked out of class Wednesday to show their anger at the school board's decision to gut funding for high school sports as a way to offset a $4.5 million budget shortfall.