Berkeleyside would like to pause for a minute to express its gratitude to our current advertisers: Actors Ensemble of BerkeleyAmoeba MusicBAM/PFABarbara Hendrickson/Just Sell My HouseBentley SchoolBerkeley LabBerkeley RepBernardo Lopez Garden Design & InstallationCarolyn Jones at The Grubb CompanyEcology Center StoreFocal PointHunters Point Shipyard ArtistsJazz on FourthKeneuoe VivereBerkeley LabMoe’s BooksPBG Real Estate, Photo LaboratorySarah Herman Landscape DesignTelegraph BerkeleyUC Berkeley Facilities Services, and UC Berkeley Optometry. We very much appreciate your support.

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Tracey Taylor is co-founder of Berkeleyside and co-founder and editorial director of Cityside, the nonprofit parent to Berkeleyside and The Oaklandside. Before launching Berkeleyside, Tracey wrote for...