City secures $15M state earmark to improve Berkeley Marina
The Berkeley Marina is slated to receive an influx of cash following a successful lobbying campaign for a $15 million earmark from the state.
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Remembering Alice Philipson, activist lawyer who persuaded courts to recognize lesbian parents
Philipson and her spouse, Petra Liljestrand, were among the first lesbian couples to have a child via donor insemination.
‘Like one body’: Young musicians from 22 countries inspire at UC Berkeley’s Greek Theatre
Renowned conductor Gustavo Dudamel’s Encuentros Orchestra stopped by Berkeley for its final show of the year last Thursday.
Remembering Jerry Budrick, Chez Panisse maitre d’ and partner, author, ‘Scrabble fanatic’
Budrick wrote a book about his experiences as one of Chez Panisse’s earliest employees. In his youth, he sang in the Army and sold fur coats from the back of a VW Bug.
Remembering Neil Mayer, first director of Berkeley’s Office of Economic Development
In the 1980s, Mayer co-founded the nonprofit Resources for Community Development, which has provided homes for more than 5,000 people.
CITY
Court order halts UC Berkeley construction at People’s Park likely until October
UC Berkeley had long planned to begin construction at the park this summer, but has been blocked repeatedly by lawsuits and activists.
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ARTS
Famed welder creates menagerie of metal instruments in his West Berkeley workshop
Pete Engelhart has been crafting bells, bangers and clangers with distinct personalities since the mid-’70s. You’ve heard them in the music of the Grateful Dead and Led Zeppelin and in the soundtracks of ‘Wall-E’ and ‘Tenet.’
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Opinion
Opinion: Substitute teaching is a great gig that’s greatly needed in Berkeley
There were a lot of hoops to go through to become a substitute — and it was worth it.
Opinion: People’s Park conflict is a failure to communicate
The park has ongoing support from a diverse group of well-respected community members who are not extremists or young idealists.
Opinion: Berkeley Unified should have universal after-school care
This would allow children to build social and other academic skills while caregivers could focus on their work.
Opinion: Policy changes have made Berkeley more dangerous
Berkeley is now the only city in the region that has adopted certain restrictions on police conducting searches of individuals who have been convicted of violent offenses.