UC Berkeley instructors, researchers and post-docs are among the 48,000 academic workers across the University of California system on the picket line.
Iris Kwok
Iris Kwok covers the environment for Berkeleyside through a partnership with Report for America. A former music journalist, her work has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, KQED, San Francisco Examiner and San Francisco Classical Voice, among other publications. In her spare time, you can find her petting street cats or playing cello. She joined Berkeleyside in June 2022.
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Gilman Street will close Friday night as crews fix big rig driver’s damage to I-80 overpass
A lane of I-80 East will also be closed. Caltrans aims to finish the bulk of repairs needed after a July hit-and-run.
Posted inPolitics
Alfred Twu is ‘more or less’ conceding to Joel Young in AC Transit at-large race
Incumbent Joel Young has pulled well ahead of his challenger as he seeks a fourth term on the AC Transit board.
Posted inCommunity
Total lunar eclipse will be visible early Tuesday morning in Berkeley, rain permitting
Set your alarm clocks for 1 a.m. Tuesday and head to an open field if you can. The next total lunar eclipse won’t be until 2025.
Posted inWeather
Forecast: Up to 1.5 inches of rain could fall in Berkeley by Tuesday
Berkeley should expect periods of rainfall starting Saturday and continuing into next week, the National Weather Service says.
Posted inCrime & Safety
Man charged in Berkeley catalytic converter theft in which gun was fired
Police say the 28-year-old suspect was caught on surveillance video stealing a different catalytic converter in Berkeley earlier in the day.
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Berkeley remembers William Evans, veteran hit and killed by truck driver
Friends, neighbors and safe street advocates gathered to commemorate the Marine veteran who lost both legs in Vietnam and his life in downtown Berkeley.
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Berkeley Hills homeowner fined for using too much water during drought
The homeowner suspects a leak and says she’s not “some kind of scofflaw.”
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6 years after major fire, Berkeley church rebuilds community center
First Congregational Church of Berkeley’s new $7 million building will rise from the ashes of burned-down Pilgrim Hall.
Posted inCrime & Safety
Truck driver hits and kills man in wheelchair in downtown Berkeley
William Evans, 72, was hit at the intersection of Shattuck Avenue and Bancroft Way late Thursday morning.
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All the candidates on the 2022 Berkeley ballot
There are 13 Berkeley seats at play, including four City Council positions, the auditor’s office, three School Board positions and five spots on the Rent Board.
Posted inArts
Berkeley Symphony opens season Sunday with music of 2 Black composers, born a century-plus apart
Florence Price’s violin concerto, composed in 1952, will be played after Brian Nabors’ new piece, commissioned via a program supporting composers of color, on Oct. 16 at Zellerbach Hall.