Lots of white and yellow flowers
Marguerites, in yellow and white, at the UC Botanical Garden. Credit: Melinda Young Stuart

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  • How UC Berkeley tried to buoy enrollment of Black students without affirmative action (Reuters)
  • ‘Failing’ Berkeley fire station alert system needs $1.6M fix (Berkeley Scanner)
  • Cyclists beware: ‘Bike jackers are back’ in East Bay hills (Berkeley Scanner)
  • Police arrest kidnapping, sex crime suspect near UC Berkeley (Berkeley Scanner)
  • Berkeley Law asylum practicum assists Afghan refugees (Daily Cal)
  • $1.50 bridge toll hike? Bay Area drivers could be on the hook to help bail out BART and other transit (East Bay Times)
  • More Than 5,000 Toxic Sites Along SF Bay Threatened by Rising Groundwater, New Study Finds (KQED)
  • $52 million in new funding to restore San Francisco Bay (Mercury News)
  • An escape room for families teaches fundamentals of evolution (Berkeley News)
  • Berkeley resident’s website asks people to give up flying for the environment (SF Chronicle)
  • Pups showed their pride at Berkeley’s Doggy Parade (NBC Bay Area)
  • Berkeley Journalism establishes whistleblower program in honor of Daniel Ellsberg (Berkeley Journalism)
  • An 1888 Craftsman house with five bedrooms is for sale for $1.7 million (New York Times)
  • 2 high school seniors among first girls in Berkeley scout troop to earn rank of Eagle (Patch)

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