In our October e-newsletter, I wrote about ‘What is Equity?’ and how Alameda Education Foundation (AEF) is focusing on making equity central to our work. Now that it has been a few months, I wanted to share some reflections on this journey and invite you to reflect as well.

Dangerous and confusing driving, biking, and walking conditions, traffic gridlock, and the uglification of Alameda are here and thriving — and with help from Planning, Building, and Transportation Director Andrew Thomas, Mayor Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, and Councilmembers John Knox White and Malia Ve

I’ve been thinking a lot about collaboration these days.

Have you ever watched a TV show where a character from one show appears another? It’s fun isn’t it, mixing it up like that?

We got the money! Last month I reported that Alameda applied for a $12.3 million Homekey grant from California’s Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD). Good news: Our application was successful!

After 30 years leading the birders counting birds on the island of Alameda for the Oakland Christmas Bird Count (CBC), in 2021 Leora Feeney turned that job over to another Alamedan, Doug Henderson.

This week we welcomed spring, the season of growth. It’s a time when all the things that laid dormant in the winter begin to experience new life. It’s a hopeful time for most.

Spring is around the corner and it is finally looking like we are moving out of the pandemic, so I wanted to share some news. I have made the decision that I will not be pursuing reelection this year, which means that 2022 will be my last year on Alameda’s City Council.

People spend enormous time and corporations make enormous sums out of news that becomes obsolete almost immediately.

Paul, an Alameda renter, has been working hard to save up his money so he can move to a place closer to where he works. However, the past year has been really hard on Paul.

Alameda Backyard Growers (ABG) invited a youth at Farm2Market to share their perspective on gardening. Oliver Stouffer, a 17-year-old senior at Encinal High School, accepted their offer.