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Friday, July 24, 2020

Let’s rename Barrows Hall for Margy Wilkinson

We honor people who pioneered for social justice, organized for workers and fought against racism. Margy Wilkinson is a perfect fit for Barrows’ new name.
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Obituary

Tuesday, June 30, 2020
Mary Wilkinson

‘Polite but persistent, fierce but friendly’: UC Berkeley alumna, activist Margy Wilkinson dies at 76

Longtime city activist and UC Berkeley alumna Margy Wilkinson died Saturday at the age of 76. 
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City

Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Berkeley-based KPFA radio station building scheduled for auction because of unpaid taxes

The KPFA radio building on Martin Luther King Jr. Way is scheduled to be put up for auction beginning March 20 because of unpaid property taxes.
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City

Friday, October 18, 2019

Parent company of Berkeley-based KPFA radio station lays off staff in New York

John Vernile — the interim executive director of the Pacifica Foundation, the parent company of the Berkeley-based KPFA radio station — laid off staff and cancelled programming at its New York-based WBAI radio station Oct. 7.
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Music

Tuesday, June 12, 2018

‘We need you’: Danyel Smith talks women in hip-hop at Oakland Museum of California

That Saturday afternoon, Smith was the guest of honor at an event at the Oakland Museum of California titled “Women in Hip-Hop.”
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City

Monday, April 9, 2018

Parent company of Berkeley-based KPFA radio station settles lawsuit

The Pacifica Foundation, the parent company of the Berkeley-based KPFA radio station, has reached a settlement with Empire State Realty Trust, or ESRT, over a lawsuit originating from November 2016.
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City

Wednesday, March 7, 2018

Physicist Michio Kaku discusses digitizing consciousness, colonizing Mars at Berkeley event

Physicist, futurist and best-selling author Michio Kaku took audience members on a journey from the universe’s deepest reaches to its most fundamental building blocks at an event hosted by KPFA radio station Tuesday night at the First Congregational Church of Berkeley.
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City

Sunday, January 21, 2018

$2M loan may save Berkeley-based radio station KPFA from closure

The Pacifica Foundation, the parent company to Berkeley-based KPFA radio station, will be receiving a $2 million loan that could save KPFA from closing due to debt owed, following a lawsuit by Empire State Realty Trust Inc., or ESRT.
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City

Saturday, December 30, 2017

Berkeley’s KPFA Radio risks closure in wake of multimillion dollar lawsuit

Berkeley radio station KPFA may soon close, as its parent company owes more than $2 million in debt to Empire State Realty Trust Inc., or ESRT.
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City

Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Richard Dawkins KPFA event canceled over ‘abusive speech against Muslims’

KPFA, a radio station based in Berkeley, cancelled an upcoming event with English author and prominent atheist Richard Dawkins after concerns were raised about Dawkins’ “abusive speech against Muslims.”
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