Berkeley’s newest mural, a three-year collaboration overseen by artist, educator and activist Edythe Boone, was unveiled on Ashby Avenue Saturday.
Martin Mercy
Martin Mercy, a reporting intern at Berkeleyside, is a rising high school senior, and writes for both the Lick-Wilmerding newspaper and its literary magazine. He lives in Berkeley and, during his free time, reads and writes short stories.
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Meet Jennifer Lovvorn, Berkeley’s new chief cultural affairs officer
Martin Mercy, a reporting intern at Berkeleyside, asks Jennifer Lovvorn what her job entails.
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City makes available new storage lockers for those without homes
Three years after promising to provide lockers for homeless people to store their belongings, Berkeley has moved ahead with the program for a fraction of the original cost.
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New plaque commemorates 6 killed in 2015 Berkeley balcony collapse
A plaque honoring the six young lives that were lost when a balcony collapsed in downtown Berkeley in 2015 was unveiled Saturday in downtown Berkeley.