Telegraph Academy co-founders Bianca Gandolfo (left) and Albrey Brown. Photo: Melati Citrawireja While grinding through software coding courses at San Francisco programming school Hack Reactor, Albrey Brown, 24, often found himself as one of the few students of color in the room. Meanwhile Bianca Gandolfo, 26 — like Brown a Hack Reactor alum and former instructor […]
Emily Dugdale
Emily Dugdale is a journalist and graduate student at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York City. She previously lived in Oakland and contributed to local news publications including Berkeleyside, the San Francisco Bay Guardian, the San Francisco Public Press, and the Marin Independent Journal. She received her B.A. in political science in 2014 from Williams College in Williamstown, MA. Follow her on Twitter at @eedugdale and see her website.
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Mayor, consul general, lay wreaths to honor 6 killed in Berkeley balcony collapse
Mayor Tom Bates and the consul general of Ireland for the Western United States, Philip Grant, lay wreaths at the site of a deadly balcony collapse. From left: Fire Chief Gil Dong, Police Chief Michael Meehan, City Manager Christine Daniel. Photo: David Yee A difficult day for Berkeley came to a close wrapped in the […]
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Goats swarm across road, stop traffic in Berkeley Hills
A video (see below) showing hundreds of hard-working goats crossing Centennial Drive in the Berkeley hills has gone viral. Video still: David Stein A herd of grass-munching goats swarmed across Cyclotron Road in the Berkeley Hills last week on the way to another plant-clearing mission below Blackberry Gate. The goats are part of Berkeley Lab’s vegetation management plan […]
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Options Recovery expands to new offices in Berkeley
Drug and alcohol treatment program Options Recovery Services is expanding this month. Photo: Melati Citrawireja Drug and alcohol treatment program Options Recovery Services is expanding this month. Photo: Melati Citrawireja Options Recovery Services is set to expand to Berkeley’s Old City Hall annex space this month. The drug and alcohol treatment program is currently located on Center Street, and will retain that […]
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Berkeley High students from AMPS school denounce offensive yearbook comment
Students from the AMPS school at Berkeley High have issued a response to an offensive comment about the program in the school’s 2015 yearbook. This photo, taken by the yearbook staff, shows seniors in the AMPS school. Photo; BHS Students from the AMPS school at Berkeley High have issued a response to an offensive comment about the program in the school’s […]
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Soda tax brings needed cash to gardening program
BUSD’s beleaguered cooking and gardening program will see a welcome injection of funds from the soda tax.
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Berkeley Public Schools Fund reaches $1M mark
The Berkeley Schools Fund provides over $1.5 million per year in grant funding and in-kind volunteer hours for projects that serve over 10,000 students. Photo: Berkeley Public Schools Fund For the first time, the Berkeley Public Schools Fund has reached $1 million in annual fundraising, according to the organization. The 32-year-old organization has collected over $13 million […]
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District, teachers agree on teacher contracts through 2017
Teachers from the Berkeley Federation of Teachers (BFT) at a BUSD School Board meeting. BFT President Cathy Campbell is at the lectern. Photo: courtesy BFT Teachers from the Berkeley Federation of Teachers (BFT) at a BUSD School Board meeting. BFT President Cathy Campbell is at the lectern. Photo: courtesy BFT The Berkeley Unified School District (BUSD) and […]
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New Berkeley Humane shelter plans approved
Project renderings of the proposed Berkeley Humane building on Ninth Street. Image: Noll & Tam Architects Berkeley Humane won approval last week to construct a new facility on Ninth Street, and the organization is hoping to get the community involved to help make the project a reality. The city’s Zoning Adjustments Board approved the permit for the new building May 14 […]
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Berkeley launches public meetings on health inequalities
Diabetes hospitalization rates by zip code show disparities in health outcomes around the city. Source: Berkeley’s 2013 Health Status Report Berkeley is gearing up for a series of town hall meetings about the state of public health in the city to allow community members to share their thoughts and concerns regarding the improvement of city-wide health priorities. The […]
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Berkeley’s new soda tax panel begins its work
A new Berkeley “panel of experts” charged with allocating money collected from the city’s new soda tax met for the first time Tuesday night.
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Shop Talk: The ins and outs of Berkeley businesses
Waterside Workshops is a community bicycle shop and youth education program in business since 2007. The organization is opening a new bike repair shop and renovated rental shop at 90 Bolivar Drive on May 30. Photo: Waterside Workshops Waterside Workshops is a community bicycle shop and youth education program in business since 2007. The organization is opening a new bike repair shop and […]
