We tend to see planning ahead as the one true path to success, but like all concepts we use to guide us, it often turns into the trap we step into by starting out in search of perfection, instead of as a way to get through tomorrow while still in the midst of today.

Joining the Alameda Chamber isn’t all about business. There are many incredible friendships that are created in the coming together for the economic betterment of our community. Don’t overlook the potential of deep, meaningful connections with your group at the chamber.

But only if you’re aware of it, instead of mulling, pondering and agonizing about whatever you didn’t get or aren’t getting. Wake up, friends. It’s there if you will see it.

May is the month when we celebrate the culmination of the hard work and achievements of our graduating students. This year, on Friday, May 26, 2023, at 2 p.m., we will hold a traditional commencement ceremony at the CoA Soccer Field.

Dear AUSD Community:

The Alameda Unified School District will be honoring “Spotlight Students” in a new column in the newsletter. A Spotlight Student is someone that has made progress in their educational performance.

After eight years of marriage to Susan, the mother of my two kids, we had an apartment across from the Museum of Natural History in New York, high enough that I could see the great anthropologist Margaret Mead working at night in her turret, across from our apartment and right next to Central Par

Having moved to the Bay Area to be close to my son and his full-blooded Navajo wife and two amazing granddaughters, I found myself like a tree without water, the water of intelligent conversation and smart people to discuss meaningful subjects with.

Caught that part of television quiz show Jeopardy! when host Ken Jennings interviews the contestants briefly.