Seeing strange things around our fair city is nothing new for the average Berkeley student. We’ve become accustomed to occasional nudity, demonstrations by protesters, the outspoken preaching of religious fundamentalists on Sproul and the sometimes-alarming interactions with our city’s homeless. Due to our high tolerance for the abnormal, a truly Read More…
An annual study by the Texas Transportation Institute has ranked the San Francisco nine county Bay Area as having the second worst traffic in the nation. Read More…
Now that the application season has concluded for millions of students applying for undergraduate, graduate and professional schools, the acceptance notifications will loom over many of their heads like dark clouds for the next few months. During this time, I will reflect on my improbable journey from inner-city public schools Read More…
For drivers and bicyclists, sharing the road can be a frustrating experience that tests the patience and safety of both parties. An ordinance passed by Berkeley City Council in January, which went into effect Thursday, aims to promote safer roadways for cyclists but fails to do any more than existing Read More…
I grew up behind the orange curtain in a city of wide streets and Del Taco. One of those suburban cookie-cutter places in Orange County, the kind of scene subject to satire after satire, was home to me for 18 years. Then I made the great pilgrimage to Berkeley — perhaps Read More…
Taking inspiration from a similar law in San Francisco, the city of Berkeley could look into imposing campaign contribution limits on contractors doing business with the city. At its meeting Tuesday, the Berkeley City Council will vote on an item that would ask the city’s Fair Campaign Practices Commission to Read More…
A $19 billion public works project to build hundreds of new Los Angeles Unified School District school facilities over the past few years was associated with an increase in student achievement, according to a UC Berkeley study. Read More…
The Berkeley City Council approved a referral that would make a civil course of action — the right that individuals have to sue each other for personal damages and receive compensation — for bicyclists who are harassed by motorists on roads in the city. The referral is based on an Read More…
