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Norma J F Harrison, an 85-year-old activist and community volunteer, is running for a position on the Berkeley Unified School District school board for the “fifth or sixth” time.
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As a result of the updated shelter-in-place order, which went into effect June 5, libraries may now offer curbside pickup for books and other materials.
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Hundreds of protesters took to the streets Tuesday to chant and dance as Black Lives Matter protests continued in Berkeley.
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Berkeley Unified School District unveiled the plan for its summer free meal program Wednesday, which will continue through August 17.
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With schools closed due to the shelter-in-place order, the Edible Schoolyard Project, which operates out of Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School, has been donating its harvests to the Berkeley Food Network.
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UC Davis and Alice Waters, the owner of Berkeley restaurant Chez Panisse, announced a partnership designed to bring together health, sustainability and education to foster a healthier future and fight climate change.
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A judge ruled Oct. 19 that Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School teacher Yvette Felarca cannot block Berkeley Unified School District from releasing documents about Felarca to conservative advocacy group Judicial Watch.
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The different industry sectors include health science and medical technology; public service; arts, media and entertainment; information technology; engineering and design; and building trades and construction.
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It makes sense, perhaps, that the first short story Dick ever sold in 1953 was entirely based on the utterly mundane situation of a Berkeley neighbor’s dog barking at the garbage man.
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Berkeley school district teachers mostly work with students of color — yet only one-third of the district’s teachers are people of color, according to data from the California Department of Education.
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