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Sunday, February 21, 2021

BART offers free rides from Oakland COVID-19 vaccination site

According to a BART press release, anyone who is vaccinated at the Oakland Coliseum vaccination site can receive a free BART ticket if they present their vaccination card with the corresponding date. The vaccination site itself is accessible to communities within the Oakland area that have the highest numbers of COVID-19 cases.

BART is offering free rides home to users of Oakland Coliseum’s mass COVID-19 vaccination site, which opened Tuesday and is accessible from the Coliseum BART station.
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Obituary

Tuesday, August 4, 2020

‘Serious about helping others’: Berkeley police officer Michael Godinez dies at 24

Berkeley police officer Michael Godinez died unexpectedly in his home while off-duty July 22 at the age of 24.
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Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Union research shows potential paths for UC budget without salary cuts

Local union researchers revealed findings Tuesday that indicate the UC system may be able to avoid austerity measures such as cutting salaries when dealing with the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Alameda County

Monday, April 20, 2020

Alameda County secures 2 hotels to provide isolation housing for homeless community amid COVID-19 pandemic

Alameda County has started offering emergency isolation housing for homeless individuals who have tested positive for or are at high risk of contracting COVID-19.
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State

Friday, April 3, 2020

CA Gov. Gavin Newsom launches ‘Project Roomkey’ in light of COVID-19

California Gov. Gavin Newsom launched “Project Roomkey,” which aims to provide hotel and motel rooms as protection from COVID-19, or the novel coronavirus, to the state’s unhoused population, at a Friday press conference.
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State

Monday, March 9, 2020

LIVE: Updates on the COVID-19 situation in Berkeley

Here’s what we know about the city of Berkeley and UC Berkeley’s campus response to COVID-19, more colloquially known as coronavirus.
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National

Monday, February 10, 2020

Proposed US House of Representatives resolution aims to combat homelessness

A proposed resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives could help alleviate homelessness by increasing resources available to state and local communities. House Resolution 5609, the Homelessness Emergency Declaration Act, was introduced by Rep. Josh Harder, D-Modesto.
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City

Monday, August 19, 2019

BART secures federal grant for anti-terrorist police patrol team

The money was granted again this year after eight members of Congress from the Bay Area lobbied FEMA to secure more funding for police patrols.
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City

Thursday, June 21, 2018

New grant gives Berkeley $1.2 million to retrofit seismically vulnerable buildings

Berkeley received a Hazard Mitigation Grant of $1.2 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, and the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services to retrofit certain types of unstable buildings in order to reduce the risk of damage caused by earthquakes.
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News

Tuesday, October 17, 2017

Berkeley landlords can now grant below-market rate housing to those displaced by North Bay fires, Hurricane Maria

Berkeley will temporarily offer below-market rate housing for people displaced by the recent fires in California and Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico because of a motion passed unanimously by the Rent Stabilization Board on Monday.
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