Those in favor spoke about the house’s beauty and charm, but others raised the issue of a Bay Area housing crisis and exclusionary neighborhoods.
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Glitch in state COVID-19 data may be causing underreporting in Berkeley
The glitch affects positive case rates, but not deaths and hospitalizations.
Posted inCrime & Safety
Couple charged after downtown Berkeley apartment shooting
Residents found the bullet on the ground after it pierced their front door and struck their child’s toy.
Posted inSchools
Berkeley Unified releases proposed school schedules, distance learning timeline for fall
BUSD is continually updating its plans, but the five new schedules offer a broad view of the upcoming school year.
Posted inBusiness
More commercial businesses, ‘pop-ups’ can operate outdoors with expanded rule
More businesses will now be able to set on sidewalks and in parking lots after the City Council expanded a law.
Posted inBusiness
‘We’re ready to re-open’: For Berkeley hair stylists, it’s been 4 long, hard months of forced closure
Along with nail technicians and massage therapists, hair stylists are among the last group excluded from re-opening during the pandemic.
Posted inCity
Berkeley might make it harder to impose curfews that target protests or ‘First Amendment’ activity
If adopted, a new proposal would make it harder to order curfews in relation to protests, as was done in May.
Posted inSchools
UC Berkeley cancels in-person classes for the start of the fall semester because of increase in COVID-19 cases
The university is still working on hybrid learning models if health conditions improve, but it will begin fall semester remotely.
Posted inNosh
Outdoor dining is allowed again after Berkeley and Alameda County receive state approval
Both Alameda County and Berkeley were able to secure a state variance today that allows them to make some of their own rules around reopening.
Posted inSchools
In ‘heartbreaking’ decision, Berkeley schools superintendent calls for all fall classes to be online
BUSD is pivoting on plans for a hybrid back-to-school model as local COVID-19 conditions worsen, with all students distance learning when school begins in August.
Posted inNosh
Berkeley limits service fees for third-party food delivery apps
UberEats, Postmates, DoorDash, Caviar and Grubhub can only charge restaurants up to 20% in service fees under a new temporary ordinance.
Posted inSchools
School notebook: ‘Not-so-dire’ budget cuts, re-envisioning school policing, a fire at BUSD, Oxford renovations, grab-and-go meals
Berkeley school news — in brief.
