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Thursday, June 10, 2021

Berkeley Commons construction to begin in September

The Berkeley Zoning Adjustment Board unanimously approved the Berkeley Commons construction plans after substantial design changes and consulting members of the Confederated Villages of Lisjan, an Ohlone tribe native to the East Bay.

The city of Berkeley’s Zoning Adjustment Board, or ZAB, approved land use plans for the construction of two research and development buildings and two parking structures at Bolivar Drive and Aquatic Park Path on May 27.
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Op-Eds

Tuesday, June 8, 2021

UC Berkeley should reconsider its proposed student housing plans at People’s Park, 1921 Walnut St.

We call on Chancellor Christ to respect opposition to the proposed plans, return to the drawing board and find alternative solutions to the student housing problem that are broadly acceptable to our entire community.
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Crime & Courts

Monday, June 7, 2021

City of Berkeley files appeal against West Berkeley Ohlone Shellmound development

The city of Berkeley and the Confederated Villages of Lisjan (Ohlone) filed an appeal May 28 to the California Supreme Court against a housing development on the West Berkeley Ohlone Shellmound.
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Campus

Sunday, May 23, 2021

Cal Falcons chicks’ names honor COVID-19 pandemic hero, Indigenous tradition

UC Berkeley’s resident falcon chicks have been named Fauci, Wek’-Wek’ and Kaknu following a voting process run by Cal Falcons with public submissions, polling and creative suggestions from Berkeley children.
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Race & Diversity

Sunday, March 21, 2021

‘Imprisoning our sacred space’: Ohlone tribe protests West Berkeley Shellmound, Village Site fencing

On Saturday, Ohlone supporters held a candlelight vigil to protest the fencing of the West Berkeley Shellmound and Village site. About 100 supporters gathered to dance, sing and recite poetry.
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Campus

Thursday, January 28, 2021

‘Not so one-sided’: Campus community reacts to unnaming of Kroeber Hall

The complicated legacy of Alfred Kroeber will no longer be honored on a campus building after UC Berkeley denamed Kroeber Hall, a decision that has drawn both praise and criticism.
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Campus

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

‘More than a symbol’: UC Berkeley removes Kroeber Hall’s name

Kroeber Hall was unnamed after receiving approval from UC President Michael Drake on Tuesday morning, becoming the fourth campus building to be unnamed in the last year.
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Editorials

Tuesday, December 1, 2020

Building unnaming, heritage month cannot be all CA does to respect Indigenous communities

STATE AFFAIRS: Unnaming, Native American Heritage Month are just the start of heeding Indigenous calls for actionable change

Our outright vicious history with tribes cannot be mitigated with just a land acknowledgment, just a heritage month, just the unnaming of two lecture halls.
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Op-Eds

Tuesday, November 24, 2020

A message from mak-’amham/Cafe Ohlone

Berkeley and the inner East Bay have always been Ohlone land. The food and message we share at Cafe Ohlone is rooted in justice for our Ohlone people.
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City

Friday, September 25, 2020

West Berkeley Shellmound and Village Site named 1 of 11 most endangered historic sites in US

The West Berkeley Shellmound and Village Site was named one of the 11 most endangered historic places of 2020 in the United States by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, or NTHP, as announced at a press conference yesterday.
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Topics

Berkeley Commons construction to begin in September

UC Berkeley should reconsider its proposed student housing plans at People’s Park, 1921 Walnut St.

City of Berkeley files appeal against West Berkeley Ohlone Shellmound development

Cal Falcons chicks’ names honor COVID-19 pandemic hero, Indigenous tradition

‘Imprisoning our sacred space’: Ohlone tribe protests West Berkeley Shellmound, Village Site fencing

‘Not so one-sided’: Campus community reacts to unnaming of Kroeber Hall

‘More than a symbol’: UC Berkeley removes Kroeber Hall’s name

Building unnaming, heritage month cannot be all CA does to respect Indigenous communities

STATE AFFAIRS: Unnaming, Native American Heritage Month are just the start of heeding Indigenous calls for actionable change

A message from mak-’amham/Cafe Ohlone

West Berkeley Shellmound and Village Site named 1 of 11 most endangered historic sites in US