Tens of thousands visit Berkeley’s Sunday Streets on Shattuck Avenue
Michael Drummond/Senior Staff
Over 40,000 Bay Area residents took to Shattuck Avenue on Sunday in celebration of Berkeley’s second Sunday Streets event. Read More…
Second Sunday Streets event to occur on Shattuck Avenue
On October 13, Sunday Streets will come to Berkeley again. Instead of the usual cars and buses, pedestrians, cyclists, skaters and dancers will fill Shattuck Avenue. Read More…
Local medical marijuana collective alleges discrimination in suit against city of Berkeley
Christopher Smith, co-founder of 40 Acres Medical Marijuana Growers’ Collective, filed a lawsuit on Sept. 24 against the city of Berkeley, alleging the city of discriminating against the collective. Read More…
Second BART strike may be imminent should negotiations fail
In one week, thousands of BART employees could be going on strike for the second time this year. Read More…
Gov. Brown signs bill to raise state minimum wage
Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law Wednesday a new minimum wage of $10 an hour, to be implemented gradually, which puts California on track to have the highest minimum wage in the country. Read More…
La’akea Sky Smith, UC Berkeley transfer student, dies at 23
La’akea Sky Smith was known as brother to more than just his family. A practicing Buddhist, the UC Berkeley junior wrote poetry, practiced traditional Tibetan dance and would get “stoked” about the mundane things in life.
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