‘Concrete sucks the life out of you’: Plight of winter homelessness
Jim Xu/Staff
With struggles to escape the cold, the plight of homeless people is amplified in the winter. Berkeley’s homeless population nears 1,000 people.
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Ben Gould sets sights to be Berkeley’s 1st student mayor
If elected, Gould would be the first student to win a major city position since then-UC Berkeley graduate student Nancy Skinner was elected to the council in 1984.
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Community vigil honors Roberto Benitas, homeless man who died on street
After a community vigil held Friday, wilting flowers and burnt-out candles marked the doorway of a shut-down U-Haul location on San Pablo and Addison avenues where a 50-year-old homeless man, Roberto Benitas, was found dead on the street Sept. 18.
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James Reagan withdraws from District 2 City Council election
On Tuesday, former candidate James Reagan announced his withdrawal from the District 2 Berkeley City Council elections race.
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Berkeley resident files to run for District 2 City Council election
Nanci Armstrong-Temple filed her intent to run for the District 2 Berkeley City Council seat last Monday.
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Cheryl Davila, James Reagan file to run for District 2 City Council seat
Two candidates — both of whom have served on the city’s Human Welfare and Community Action Commission — filed their intent to run for the District 2 Berkeley City Council seat this week.
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