Radio, Second Street, by David Gould. Photo taken June 5, 2016
Radio, Second Street, by David Gould. Photo taken June 5, 2016

Council approves ballot measure to increase tax on landlords (Express)
City Council to return to Old City Hall for meetings (East Bay Times)
Berkeley rabbi to speak at Muhammed Ali’s funeral (East Bay Times)
Cal alum opens Famous Bao, a Chinese restaurant, on Durant (Daily Cal)
Homecoming’ by Berkeley author Yaa Gyasi is a sprawling epic (NPR)
26-year-old Berkeley author mines dark history for novel, ‘Homecoming’ (Time)
Basking in books at Bay Area literary festival (SF Chronicle)

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