About a dozen protesters continue to occupy the steps and facade of the Berkeley post office despite ongoing requests from the United States Postal Service Inspection Service to move off of the post office’s property. Read More…
Around 20 to 30 protesters have been camping overnight since Saturday to fight the sale of the historic 99-year-old Berkeley Post Office on Allston Way in Downtown. Read More…
The United States Postal Service announced Monday that it has officially approved the relocation of the Berkeley Main Post Office downtown, due to the organization’s need to reduce its current multi-billion-dollar deficit. Read More…
Berkeley City Councilmember Gordon Wozniak is garnering national media attention for his recent suggestion of an email tax. Read More…
Just in case you haven’t managed to fully comprehend the meaning of the word “sequester” over the last few months – and years, really – of partisan bickering, it has massive financial implications for the entire country, and more importantly, Berkeley. While Mitt Romney’s favorite “Sesame Street” hasn’t been put Read More…
Residents filled the Berkeley City Council Chambers to voice their concerns about the relocation of the downtown Berkeley Post Office during a public meeting Thursday.
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The selling off of the U.S. Postal Service properties is the latest example of the movement to corporatize what’s left of the public sector. It comes in a long line of privatization efforts — from shrinking the public school system to expanding the prison system to contracting out the U.S. military. Read More…
About 90 protesters gathered Tuesday at the steps of the post office to voice support for a Berkeley City Council recommendation that asks the postal service to rethink its plan to sell the historic building. Read More…
Another Berkeley property owned by the U.S. Postal Service is being sold just a few weeks after the news of the plan to move the service’s main post office on Allston Way surfaced. The plot of land owned by the Postal Service is approximately 2.2 acres on 8th and Harrison Read More…
