Volunteers needed for holiday dinner distribution project

Emeryville Citizens Assistance Program serves over 300 families/individuals daily, 6 days a week. Meals and grocery boxes are prepared for seniors, people living in encampments and transitional housing throughout Emeryville, Oakland, and Berkeley.

'Grinch' swipes presents from Alameda apartment complex for 2nd year

Residents of an Alameda apartment complex are venting their frustrations after a real-life Grinch left them with nothing to put under their trees this year. The thieves struck the complex's package room at the Ballena Village Apartments just days before Christmas and Hannukah.