Berkeley marijuana dispensary threatened by federal government
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The federal government has filed a lawsuit to shut down Berkeley Patients Group, the city’s oldest and largest medical marijuana dispensary. Read More…
Berkeley Unified School District begins moving offices
The Berkeley Unified School District has begun moving its district administrative offices into the renovated West Campus building at 2020 Bonar Street at the corner of University Avenue.
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City Council meeting canceled due to broken elevator
The Berkeley City Council meeting was postponed yesterday after the elevator in the building broke down and was not repaired in time for the meeting. Read More…
Annotated agenda for Jan. 17 Berkeley City Council meeting
Berkeley City Council will meet Tuesday night for its first regular meeting of 2012. The second public hearing for redistricting will be held at Tuesday’s meeting, as well as further discussion of potential locations where city council chambers could be relocated once Old City Hall, at 2134 Martin Luther King Read More…
Labeled as seismically unsafe, Berkeley’s Old City Hall faces uncertain future
With its ornamental tower and spacious steps, Old City Hall has long held an impressive presence in the heart of Berkeley at 2134 Martin Luther King Jr. Way. Despite the building’s humble grandeur, a plaque left of the entrance reminds visitors that “this building does not meet structural standards for Read More…
Berkeley High School students hold rally in support of Day of Action
Hundreds of Berkeley High School students skipped their last class Thursday, instead deciding to hold their own rally in support of the March 1 Day of Action just hours before local teachers gathered at the same spot. Before joining the Berkeley Federation of Teachers demonstration at 4:30 p.m., high school Read More…
Supporters of undocumented workers to march in protest of Pacific Steel firings
Supporters of the 200 undocumented laborers recently fired from Pacific Steel Casting Company will participate in a protest for worker rights Friday with a “March for Dignity” from Old City Hall to Pacific Steel’s facility in West Berkeley. The march is in response to an I-9 audit, mandated by the Read More…
Berkeley council members discuss move out of Old City Hall
Berkeley City Council members voted unanimously Tuesday night to direct city staff to prepare a report weighing various options and possible sites for the relocation of the council chambers once the building is vacated due to poor seismic safety. The council asked that city staff bring the report before the Read More…
Berkeley City Council, school district to vacate Old City Hall
Both the Berkeley Unified School District and Berkeley City Council plan to vacate Old City Hall, which houses the district’s offices and council chambers, in the near future. The building, located at 2134 Martin Luther King Jr. Way and also called the Maudelle Shirek Building, after the former council member, Read More…