The proposed policy would require city workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 by Oct. 15. Exceptions to the mandate would be limited.
August 11, 2021
Posted inCity
‘They can do more’: City pushes Bayer to boost $30M community benefits package
Bayer has proposed annual community benefits payments to Berkeley that would start at $720,000 and grow to $1.3 million by 2052.
Posted inArts
Berkeley Rep delays its reopening due to rise of COVID-19 cases
The Berkeley Rep is pushing back its opening one month until November.
Posted inNightlife
Artisanal East Bay food hall faces live music controversy
Cannery Kitchen & Tap expected to offer live music at the Castro Valley Marketplace food hall, but a dispute with their landlord has silenced the bands.
Posted inOpinion
Opinion: Pass the California Home Act (SB 9) for more beautiful neighborhoods
“It’s time for California to legalize neighborhoods that work for all kinds of people throughout the state,” Travis Close and Venessa Boehm write.
Posted inCrime & Safety
Disbarred attorney arrested after hate crime report at Berkeley synagogue
Police said the man “yelled threatening anti-Semitic statements” at the synagogue and also tried to enter a Jewish community center nearby.
Posted inObituaries
Remembering Ellen Havre Weis, Berkeley historian and pop culture museum founder
Ellen Havre Weis, 64, co-authored a book about the “life and spirit of Berkeley” and co-founded the Museum of Modern Mythology, which celebrated American advertising characters such as Mr. Clean, Frito Bandito and Jolly Green Giant.