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Members of Direct Action Everywhere, or DxE, gathered outside Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguín’s house during Tuesday’s Berkeley City Council meeting to demand progress towards reducing city spending on animal agriculture.
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Before the Stonewall riots marked the beginning of the modern gay rights movement, and even in the time following, members of the LGBTQ+ community existed within a “hidden subculture” in the Bay Area, according to Robert Plantz, former president of the GSU from 1969 through 1970.
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UC Berkeley successfully sold “The Fourth Pillar,” the first nonfungible token, or NFT, based on Nobel-Prize-winning research for $54,360 at an auction Tuesday.
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Roger Benitez, a federal judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, ruled Friday that parts of the state’s 32-year ban on assault weapons are unconstitutional.
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About two years ago, Cassondra Marshall, UC Berkeley campus assistant professor of public health, began her application for the National Institutes of Health Mentored Research Scientist Career Development Award. Marshall said winning the award May 8 is only the beginning of her journey in research for reproductive health equity.
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San Francisco Unified School District, or SFUSD, announced Tuesday that it is planning for all students to return to full, in-person instruction Aug. 16. Additionally, in March, Berkeley Unified School District, or BUSD, announced a full return to in-person learning for the upcoming school year.
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On May 20, the UC Berkeley C.V. Starr East Asian Library, or EAL, announced plans to digitize most of its pre-1912 collection of Chinese texts.
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The Dollar Tree, located on Shattuck Avenue, closed permanently Saturday, according to an employee of the store. Dollar Tree spokesperson Kayleigh Painter said the store, which had been open for 15 years, does not have plans to relocate.
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The East Bay Municipal Utilities District, or EBMUD, Board of Directors declared a Stage 1 drought April 27, indicating a water shortage that has implications for both Bay Area residents and plant life.
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As an immigrant from Bangladesh and the first Muslim lawmaker in Georgia, Georgia State Sen. Sheikh Rahman spoke about his unique perspective on the importance of unity in politics during a Berkeley Forum event Monday evening.
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