As an independent student newspaper and the paper of record for the city of Berkeley, the Daily Cal has been communicating important updates during this pandemic. Your support is essential to maintaining this coverage.
As a business originally started in 1973 to raise money for the Irish Republican Army, the Starry Plough Pub now relies on donations from the Berkeley community to stay afloat.
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Pinky and Red’s, a Black-owned restaurant in UC Berkeley’s Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union, is in financial trouble due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Jaguar Karaoke on Durant Avenue, which customers say has brought people together, is at risk of closing after 10 years of business due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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UC Berkeley School of Law first-year Kevin Frazier has launched a fundraiser, promising to shave his head to raise $10,000 for small businesses and nonprofits.
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A GoFundMe for Berkeley restaurant Top Dog has reached its goal to support the business during the pandemic. Having served the Berkeley community for about 54 years, Top Dog has already closed two of its three locations as a result of shelter-in-place directives.
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Moe’s Books owner Doris Moskowitz started a GoFundMe campaign Friday to help cover revenue lost during the coronavirus pandemic.
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UC Berkeley graduate student Paige Balcom and Ugandan environmental and community activist Peter Okwoko are making plastic face shields for health care workers in Uganda during the coronavirus pandemic. The pair also founded Takataka Plastics, a social enterprise based in Gulu, Uganda.
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Berkeley’s small business owners met virtually Thursday to discuss the actions they are taking to engage with customers and to financially support their businesses during the shelter-in-place order.
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Berkeley restaurant Poke Parlor launched a GoFundMe page aimed at funding meals for East Bay health care workers to show community support during the COVID-19, or the novel coronavirus, pandemic.
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Pay Us More UCB, a group dedicated to achieving a cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, for campus graduate students, started a GoFundMe page Wednesday to raise money in support of COLA strikers.
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