BUSD saw a 14% turnover rate last year despite a $3,000 to $6,500 pay increase from Measure E. Next year, half of the district’s physics teachers will be new.
May 4, 2022
Posted inNature
Dead whale towed to waters northwest of Berkeley to decompose
A male gray whale found early last month has been anchored near Brooks Island and spotted by boaters coming into the Berkeley Marina.
Posted inCrime & Safety
Berkeley police investigate homicide on Channing Way
It is Berkeley’s second fatal shooting of the year. Last year, there were no homicides in Berkeley.
Posted inObituaries
Remembering Lois Greene, ‘Woman Warrior’ who fought racial injustice and raised a multi-racial family
An educator who inspired through food, books and unwavering love, Greene embraced local sports teams, loved huskies and Asian philosophies, refused to sit at concerts and left the Midwest and never looked back.
Posted inNosh Features
What it’s like to live inside a legendary Oakland lesbian bar
Rebecca Longworth and Joan Howard live in what was once The Jubilee, a rough-and-tumble Oakland lesbian bar through the 1970s and ’80s.
Posted inSponsored
The safest skincare, the right wine, the perfect plant — all on path to recovery
Finding a special gift for moms, dads and grads also supports the tenacious small business owners who kept the doors open when so much closed.
Posted inOpinion
Opinion: Saving the California Theatre
The building has a handsome art deco facade, but if only the facade is kept, an irreplaceable resource of public exhibition space will be lost.