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Over 40 community members attended a “mock swimathon” benefit at Willard Middle School on Saturday to raise awareness for two November ballot measures aimed to renovate and build new pools for the city.
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Workers at Berkeley High School’s old gym began demolition of the building last week. The construction on the new gym is scheduled to begin in the fall and finish in November 2013.
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To recognize the closure of Berkeley High School’s warm water pool, roughly 40 people gathered for a “funeral” Wednesday evening to express their discontent at losing the facility, which is set to have its last day of operation Thursday. The pool — which city residents have fought to keep open for
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With Berkeley’s only warm water pool set to close in under three months, city staff held a meeting Tuesday night to hear the complaints of an agitated elderly crowd that raised concerns about the possibility of using the Downtown Berkeley YMCA’s pools for their physical therapy exercises. At the meeting,
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