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When a couple of hundred activists and friends in Berkeley turned an empty mud pit into a park in 1969, everyone was in high spirits. A month later, the national guard had taken over the city of Berkeley. This is that story. Produced by Tanya Chawla and reported by Jacob
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Eliciting reactions from local groups and Berkeley City Council members, SB 9, a bill currently standing before the California State Assembly, has become a point of contention between both parties.
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I knew very little about my new roommate Emma. We assumed one Zoom call was sufficient to decide to spend the next five months living together in a pandemic.
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Hoyt Hall and Sherman Hall Co-ops, mainstays in Berkeley housing, believe their gender-inclusive co-op housing provides a unique haven for LGBTQ+ students during the fall and spring semesters. Out of twenty co-ops available to students in Berkeley, Hoyt and Sherman Hall are the only co-ops in Berkeley dedicated solely to
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Rats are basically living rent free in your head — and maybe your house, too. Here are the relatable stages of thinking there are rats in your walls.
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Not only would revenue from this tax raise be an important lifeline, but it could put an end to a profoundly inequitable part of California’s tax policy.
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To understand housing in Berkeley, one must start with single-family zoning — Berkeley doesn’t just participate in this racist policy, we helped invent it.
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If you are thinking of moving next semester or are coming to UC Berkeley as a new student in the upcoming school year, you are probably already thinking about where you should live. I remember all too well the confusion of moving here from out of town without being able
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The city of Berkeley and BART are moving to rezone areas around the Ashby and North Berkeley BART stations for housing development, and in effect implementing state law AB 2923, which requires changes to zoning requirements in areas surrounding BART stations.
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In response to UC Berkeley’s housing crisis, Oski and his team have unveiled a new plan to house students. Citing the nearly infinite ways to get lost in Dwinelle Hall, Oski said this meant “there is nearly infinite space in Dwinelle, which is the perfect solution to the lack of student housing.”
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