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The Berkeley City Council determined funding allocations for fiscal year 2022 and the city’s legislative platform for next year at its regular meeting Tuesday.
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The People’s Park Council held a rally and street fair against UC People’s Park development plans outside Resources for Community Development offices.
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Since its July 1 opening, Horizon Transitional Village, the first 24-hour homeless shelter in Berkeley, has continued updating its services, while meeting some criticism from community members.
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CA Gov. Gavin Newsom held a cleanup at a Berkeley homeless encampment Monday. The cleanup comes just over a month before his recall election Sept. 14.
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The gardens at People’s Park are just one of many community gardening efforts around Berkeley.
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Nicholas Alexander has “grown up on himself,” learning to cook while navigating the foster care system. As a UC Berkeley student, Alexander would host dinner parties at his residence. Now, he cooks meals for the residents of People’s Park.
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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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UC Berkeley students and community members gathered Wednesday in a show of solidarity against the recent spike of anti-Asian violence in the United States.
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UC Berkeley students have been occupying People’s Park since Monday in hopes of pressuring the campus to stop its plans to build housing on the park.
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UC Berkeley students and community members alike gathered in People’s Park on Friday to protest campus plans to build housing in the area, culminating in crowds of people tearing down fences and placing them on the steps of Sproul Hall.
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