UC Berkeley student dies in car accident on San Mateo Bridge
Last week, UC Berkeley student Jose Felix Mayen died in a car accident on the San Mateo Bridge. Read More…
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ASUC Senate passes Israeli divestment bill SB 160, 11-9
In a dramatic vote that was emotional for all sides, the ASUC Senate voted 11-9 to divest from companies affiliated with Israel’s military early Thursday morning. Read More…
Community group to be formed to address homelessness
The Compassionate Sidewalks Plan, introduced by Councilmember Jesse Arreguin, will proceed with the creation of a group of community members to address the ongoing issues of homelessness. Read More…
Berkeley City Council raises annual parking permit fees
The annual fee for residential parking permits will increase by approximately 30 percent this year to cover a deficit in the Residential Preferential Parking program. Read More…
Berkeley city council passes plan allowing Telegraph Avenue to be open 24/7
By next month, commercial businesses on Telegraph Avenue north of Dwight Way will have the option of staying open for 24 hours. Read More…
Student from Berkeley elementary school denied re-entry into country
What seemed to be a simple trip to Mexico over winter break took an inauspicious turn when nine-year-old Berkeley student Rodrigo Guzman realized he could not come back home. Read More…
Berkeley teacher’s union hits snag in salary negotiations with school district
Britt Alamo has spent the last six years teaching eighth grade at Berkeley’s Longfellow Middle School, but without an increase in pay in the last four years, she finds herself in a difficult situation. Read More…
Berkeley reports lower than average unemployment rates
Berkeley’s unemployment numbers yet again beat out Alameda County and the state, a distinction made possible by high numbers of college graduates in the city, according to a recent city report. Read More…
High rent forces many who work in city to live elsewhere
Suzan Steinberg, owner of Stonemountain and Daughter Fabrics, had lived in an apartment in Berkeley for 17 years before she moved to Oakland. Read More…
Cafe Intermezzo, Raleigh’s inch closer to reopening
Cafe Intermezzo and Raleigh’s Bar & Grill are set to reopen as part a new building proposal submitted last week, well over a year after a fire destroyed the two eateries.
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