Full moon with bay bridge by ira serkes
Swing time. Full moon rising with Bay Bridge in foreground. Photo, taken on Aug. 10, 2014, by Ira Serkes

Developers halt plans for downtown hotel pending initiative (Daily Cal)
New Berkeley lights spark mixed reaction (KTVU)
Deputy by day, writer by night, now at The Marsh (CoCo Times)
Berkeley progressives dodge bullet (Berkeley Reporter)
HUD official to join city planning faculty at Cal (UC Berkeley)
Berkeley Council votes to give free marijuana to the poor (Washington Times)

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