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A new city-coordinated mobile COVID-19 testing site will open January 23 at San Pablo Park. The site will be operated by Curative and provide tests Sundays and Mondays until February 14.
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An increased number of students from kindergarten through 12th grade are dealing with social, emotional and behavioral challenges since returning to campus in August.
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UC Berkeley alumna and pioneer of “new journalism” Joan Didion died Thursday, Dec. 23, due to Parkinson’s disease at the age of 87
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The university agreed Wednesday to recognize Student Researchers United, or SRU, a union representing 17,000 student researchers employed by the UC system.
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Berkeley Student Farms volunteers are expecting a harvest with crops that will help them alleviate student food insecurity through campus’s Food Pantry.
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The Berkeley school board unanimously passed a Climate Literacy Resolution at their regular meeting Wednesday, committing $65,000 to developing a new climate change curriculum for the district over the next 18 months.
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Berkeley school board members discussed consent education and plans for altering the bell schedule at Berkeley High School at their meeting Wednesday.
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The 29th annual Indigenous Peoples’ Day Pow Wow took place virtually for the second year in a row on Monday.
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Since June, most employees of large chain grocery stores in Berkeley have not received hazard pay as compensation for pandemic-related risks.
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Berkeley opened the city’s first Safe Parking lot on Wednesday as part of the Horizon Transitional Village to provide 40 secure parking spots for those living in RVs and other large vehicles for 11 months.
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