AUSD Senior Manager of Community Affairs Susan Davis congratulates the Encinal women's basketball team for making it to regional finals and spotlights Otis Teacher-Librarian Paizley Spencer, who has been selected to be one of the six school librarians on the California Young Reader Medal Committee.

In this week's Letters to the Editor, Jeanne Allen urges reconsideration of the design concept for Fernside between High Street and Eastshore.

Gene Kahane reflects on five years of posting poems on trees in Alameda, "I’m writing this to say farewell to the five trees — I hugged each one recently to say thanks — and to thank all of you in this beautiful town."

Richard Bangert examines a 1981 environmental assessment by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers while considering Alameda's plans for sea level rise adaptation.