Annual site visit from patients inspires Bayer staff in all departments, from development to manufacturing to packaging.
August 2023
Posted inFire
Berkeley exploring citywide disaster evacuation plan
Deadly and destructive fires, one on the heels of another, forced a statewide gut-check in disaster preparedness. The city is trying to figure out how evacuations will work with new development and changing infrastructure.
Posted inCommunity
As squishy fern spreads, Lake Anza closes to swimmers once again
The non-toxic Azolla fern crept into the Tilden lake’s swimming area for the second year in a row. The park district’s new aquatic harvester will clear the fern.
Posted inTransportation
AC Transit bus cameras will use artificial intelligence to ticket drivers blocking routes
The cameras and computer system will be capable of identifying traffic violations without the assistance of a human.
Posted inRestaurant Closures
Ben & Jerry’s Berkeley shuttered, Easy Creole closing
A running list of restaurants that have recently closed in Berkeley, Oakland and beyond.
Posted inArts
8 local women artists with ‘staying power’ show their work at Berkeley gallery
Jeanne O’Connor, a photography teacher at the West Berkeley Senior Center, and Hilda Robinson, who learned oil pastels from Joan Brown while attending Cal in her late 40s, are among the artists with work on view at the Shoh Gallery
Posted inEvents
Around Berkeley: N’goni master, pet adopt-a-thon, Cal’s ugliest building, puppet show
Other events include a showing of Disney’s Strange World’ and art exhibit openings at 120710 and UC Berkeley’s Worth Ryder Art Gallery.
Posted inCommunity
These 5 Berkeley teens took trips to visit their homelands this summer
After graduating from Willard Middle School, a group of Berkeley friends connected with their heritage by taking family vacations to their home countries. It was the “summer of ancestral return,” a parent said.
Posted inCrime & Safety
What Berkeley residents should know about when PG&E will turn off power during fire season
PG&E’s new approach to preventing its electrical equipment from sparking fires is by cutting power immediately — within a tenth of a second — when an object is sensed to have struck a line during strong fire conditions in high risk areas.
Posted inArts
Defiant teen gets caught up in all-out fairy battle in this enchanting free outdoor Berkeley play
‘Faeries of the Moonlight,’ a modern musical fairy tale set in the airy amphitheater at John Hinkel Park, is suitable for all ages.
Posted inArts
West Berkeley dance party will kick off new African diaspora performance series
The ‘Sacred Turn Up’ on Saturday will transform West Berkeley’s Ciel Creative Space into “an immersive Black art experience and party.” For organizers Tiffany Austin and Kenya Moses, it’s just the beginning.
