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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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‘Rinse and repeat’: 2 inches rain, temps in low 30s forecast this week in Berkeley

Avatar photo by Iris Kwok Nov. 30, 2022, 5:19 p.m.December 2, 2022

An inch of rain is expected Thursday in Berkeley, with another inch forecast for Saturday and Sunday. Chilly temperatures are expected to persist into next week.

Posted inSchools

Support for UC strike in Berkeley swells, bargaining moves slowly

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Ally Markovich and Iris Kwok Nov. 21, 2022, 5:37 p.m.December 14, 2022

As strike hits one week, UC workers have gained support from city leaders and labor unions.

Posted inSchools

Farewell, FTX Field: Cal suspends naming rights deal with the crypto exchange

Avatar photo by Iris Kwok Nov. 18, 2022, 11:30 a.m.November 18, 2022

Photos shared on social media this week appeared to show workers scrubbing off an FTX logo from the turf on California Memorial Stadium.

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Berkeley’s plastic bag ban to get tougher in 2023

Avatar photo by Iris Kwok Nov. 16, 2022, 4:42 p.m.November 19, 2022

A new ordinance will patch a hole in Alameda County’s 2013 plastic bag ban, which stores could circumvent by using thicker plastic bags.

Posted inSchools

Thousands of UC Berkeley employees go on strike for better wages, benefits

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Iris Kwok and Ally Markovich Nov. 14, 2022, 5:59 p.m.December 12, 2022

UC Berkeley instructors, researchers and post-docs are among the 48,000 academic workers across the University of California system on the picket line.

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Gilman Street will close Friday night as crews fix big rig driver’s damage to I-80 overpass

Avatar photo by Iris Kwok Nov. 10, 2022, 3:53 p.m.November 10, 2022

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.

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Alfred Twu is ‘more or less’ conceding to Joel Young in AC Transit at-large race

Avatar photo by Iris Kwok Nov. 10, 2022, 9:30 a.m.November 10, 2022

Incumbent Joel Young has pulled well ahead of his challenger as he seeks a fourth term on the AC Transit board.

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Total lunar eclipse will be visible early Tuesday morning in Berkeley, rain permitting

Avatar photo by Iris Kwok Nov. 07, 2022, 2:29 p.m.November 7, 2022

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.

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Forecast: Up to 1.5 inches of rain could fall in Berkeley by Tuesday

Avatar photo by Iris Kwok Nov. 04, 2022, 2:06 p.m.November 28, 2022

Berkeley should expect periods of rainfall starting Saturday and continuing into next week, the National Weather Service says.

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Man charged in Berkeley catalytic converter theft in which gun was fired

Avatar photo by Iris Kwok Nov. 03, 2022, 11:00 a.m.November 3, 2022

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

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Iris Kwok and Nico Savidge Nov. 02, 2022, 4:31 p.m.November 4, 2022

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

Avatar photo by Iris Kwok Oct. 27, 2022, 4:43 p.m.October 28, 2022

The homeowner suspects a leak and says she’s not “some kind of scofflaw.”

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