Caltrans officials continue clearing homeless encampments
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On Thursday, Caltrans cleared the Seabreeze and University Avenue Interstate 80 underpass homeless encampment in the Berkeley Marina.
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2 men hit, killed by Amtrak train in West Berkeley
Two men were hit by an Amtrak train and killed on the Union Pacific Railroad tracks near Fourth Street and Bancroft Way on Thursday night.
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Berkeley police ask community for help in unsolved murder case
Thursday marked the nine-year anniversary of the unsolved murder of Adolfo Ignacio Celedon Bravo, which occurred on the morning of Sept. 12, 2010, his 35th birthday.
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CS 61A course enrollment reaches an all-time high at 2,000 students
UC Berkeley’s introductory computer science course hit the class maximum of 2,000 enrolled students this semester, seeing an increase from the previous maximum enrollment of 1,961 during the fall 2018 semester.
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Psychoactive plants to be discussed at city council meeting
The meeting will discuss wheelchair charging opportunities for the homeless, a visit to a new sister city and the decriminalization of psychoactive plants.
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Berkeley Police Review Commission discusses use of automated license plate readers, BPD staffing
The Berkeley Police Review Commission, or PRC, met Wednesday evening to welcome two new commissioners and discuss the use of automated license plate readers, or ALPRs.
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UC Berkeley chooses 2 companies to develop People’s Park
UC Berkeley hired an architecture firm and a supportive housing developer to initiate the transformation of People’s Park into a housing complex — which will serve students and homeless community members. The construction is set to begin in two years and will be occupied by 2023, according to campus spokesperson Dan Mogulof.
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Berkeley school district board member Judy Appel returns to work after accident
Berkeley Unified School District board member Judy Appel has returned to work after she and her wife, Alison Bernstein, were hit by a car in January in a collision that left them in critical condition.
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Berkeley City Council approves construction of Kaiser Permanente offices, parking lot
On April 30, Berkeley City Council voted to approve the construction of a Kaiser Permanente medical office building and a surface parking lot to serve patients.
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Proposed California Senate bill to extend Cal Grant to incarcerated students
A proposed California State Senate bill may extend the availability of Cal Grant funds to incarcerated students.
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