Berkeley City Council voted Tuesday in favor of deferring redistricting in Berkeley until after the November 2012 election, a decision that could eventually result in a student supermajority district. By delaying redistricting, the City Council — which voted 7-2 in favor of the postponement — hopes to place a charter Read More…
As chief of staff, Julie Sinai advised Mayor Tom Bates on youth and education, drawing upon her background in education policy. Sinai returned to those roots Monday when she officially became UC Berkeley’s new director of local government and community relations. Sinai announced her decision to leave city hall for Read More…
After a clash between police and Occupy Berkeley protesters early in the morning, only a few tents remained on the lawn of Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park Thursday evening. Berkeley Police Department officers removed what appeared to be unoccupied tents from the encampment early Thursday morning, but a Read More…
Occupy Berkeley protesters camping out in Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park received an eviction notice from Berkeley city staff Tuesday night, warning that failure to comply could result in arrests. The notice, which sets the park closure at 10 p.m. Wednesday, cites Berkeley Municipal code 6.32.020, which restricts Read More…
Thousands of UC Berkeley students, faculty, occupy protesters and residents from around the Bay Area lined up Friday night to view a dialogue between Carl Dix, a founding member of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA, and Cornel West, a politically progressive professor from Princeton University. The dialogue — which was Read More…
Demolition of the building destroyed in the Nov. 18 fire was halted temporarily Wednesday following an accidental violation of the partial demolition permit, though some residents claim city staff did not intervene quickly enough. A side letter of agreement issued with the demolition permit stipulated that the walls along Haste Read More…
Temperamental elevators, mold, dangerous electrical wiring, no heat or hot water and damaged fire escapes are among the complaints of Berkeley residents displaced by a fire that destroyed their apartment building. Many tenants, who met Monday night with city and campus officials and legal representatives, are now looking to a Read More…
In Berkeley, efforts to expand the city’s medical cannabis industry have been slowed as contention between state and federal marijuana policies causes confusion among business owners, local governments, legal experts and patients alike. Berkeley has already begun to see the effect of federal lawmakers butting heads with officials in states Read More…
UC President Mark Yudof announced Tuesday that he will launch a systemwide investigation into policing protocol on all 10 UC campuses in an effort to identify and amend policy in respect to protests. Yudof said he intends to provide a comprehensive report of what happened Nov. 18 at UC Davis, Read More…
Despite reports that federal intervention may have forced its upcoming move, local medical cannabis dispensary Berkeley Patients Group insists that its recently revealed relocation from its current spot on San Pablo Avenue has been planned for some time. Reports last month that BPG — the oldest and largest of Berkeley’s three dispensaries Read More…
