Communities

Students at UC Berkeley celebrated Eid al-Fitr, a major Muslim holiday that marks the end of the month of Ramadan, with food and loved ones.

Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day, commemorates a key moment of Jewish resistance against the Nazis during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. 

The Sheldon Alexander Quartet performed at the Downtown Berkeley Plaza Wednesday, attracting a small crowd and capturing the attention of passersby.

For over a decade, the East Bay Bike Party has hosted monthly celebrations of community and human power for bike enthusiasts of all ages and experience levels in the East Bay.

To tackle food insecurity, the city of Berkeley has several establishments that provide groceries to those in need of assistance.

Iranian and other Persian communities gathered Sunday at 2727 California St. for the indoor Nowruz Market in celebration of Nowruz, or the Persian New Year.

“Apartheid week” was held this week, hosted by student groups Bears for Palestine and Berkeley Law Students for Justice in Palestine with the goal of covering “the origins of Israeli apartheid and how it affects Palestinians today.”

The city filed a notice of violation against Berkeley’s ‘so-called’ chess club — an arrangement of tables and chairs that meets daily at the corner of Telegraph Avenue and Haste Street.

HBF, a public health grassroots organization dedicated to building a thriving Black community in Berkeley, focuses on housing, health and birth equity and the promotion of healthy foods and beverages. 

In its 27th year of production, Street Spirit continues to stand out as a far-from-ordinary source of news and advocacy in the East Bay. The paper is written entirely by and for unhoused people and their advocates, allowing those affected by poverty and houselessness to report on issues important to them.