Former City Council member and activist Maudelle Shirek dies at 101

Maudelle Shirek, former Berkeley City Councilmember known for her boundless energy and lifelong activism, died April 11 in a nursing home in Vallejo at the age of 101. Read More…

Maudelle Shirek, former Berkeley City Councilmember known for her boundless energy and lifelong activism, died April 11 in a nursing home in Vallejo at the age of 101. Read More…
Editor’s note: This is the first installment in a three-part series on the city budget. Theresa Holman would probably be spending her afternoons at home watching reruns of the Oprah Winfrey Show on television were she not at the South Berkeley Senior Center. Holman, 76, started coming to the center Read More…