Appreciating random acts of kindness
Cal in Color
Growing up with random acts of kindness as a part of a daily routine instilled me with compassion and encouraged me to continue practicing them.
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Community members weigh in on bike share program expanding to East Bay
Representatives from the Bay Area Bike Share program held a community workshop Thursday to take suggestions for bike station locations that will be implemented in Berkeley, Oakland and Emeryville starting in spring 2017.
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BART adventures: Fruitvale station
The Fruitvale station BART stop drops you off in the center of a Mexican cultural mecca. Throughout Fruitvale neighborhood you can eat some of the best Mexican food and baked goods in the East Bay, visit historic cultural sites and experience the yearly Cinco de Mayo and Dia de los
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We stand with Ferguson
Michael Brown’s death is not an isolated incident of institutionalized racism run amok; it exists in a continuum of slavery, reconstruction, Jim Crow and the almost ageless stereotype of the violent black man. It exists in an ascendant culture of totalitarian police who were armed by an ever-growing military industrial complex by a country that strives to be always profiting at war. To the people of Ferguson, it exists in a timeline of tension wherein a mostly black town is occupied by an almost all-white police force. To the people of Berkeley, it exists as oppression that cannot be borne if any of us is to feel safe or free.
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UC Berkeley alumnus wins award for Oakland community activism
UC Berkeley alumnus and Oakland community activist George Galvis was honored with $25,000 and The California Wellness Foundation’s California Peace Prize earlier this month for his unique approach to helping at-risk youth steer clear of violence.
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