I had a hard time falling asleep last night and this is not an uncommon occurrence these days. As I process the events of the day while lying in bed, it is very easy to hit turbulence.

During the pandemic, millions of people quit their jobs. During times of reflection, many decided to act on their dissatisfaction with work. Many felt underpaid. Many did not have the benefits they needed. Many did not like the work they were doing. Many felt underemployed.

Measure B, the facilities bond placed on the June 7 primary election ballot by the Alameda Unified School District (AUSD), appears to have passed with 56.33% of the vote.

Food production is a major contributor to climate change, creating a quarter of greenhouse gas emissions globally.

I am announcing my bid for re-election to the Alameda City Council.

Spring semester concluded with joyful celebrations of student success at College of Alameda (CoA). On May 27, CoA held innovative virtual and in-person commencement celebrations titled GradFest.

Last month, the nation witnessed back-to-back mass shootings; at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas and the Tops supermarket in Buffalo, NY, causing another surge in awareness around the topic of gun control.

The problem with figuring anything out these days starts with looking back at the day, week or month before and trying to remember where we were then, so that we can draw a line or make some sort of connection with where we are now.

Alameda Community:

Megan Njeri, a 2022 graduate of Encinal High School (EHS) and the College of Alameda, has only lived in two places: Nairobi, Kenya and Alameda, California.

Having lived in Alameda since she was four, she now plans to relocate to Palo Alto: at Stanford University to be exact.