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Tony Hicks

Tony Hicks is an East Bay native who spent 22 years working for Bay Area News Group, covering crime, education and the city of Berkeley. He also worked in the features department of the Contra Costa Times, Oakland Tribune and San Jose Mercury News as a columnist, music and film critic, and pop culture writer. He has four daughters and writes a parenting column for Parents Press magazine.

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Berkeley’s first police chief supported eugenics, prompting calls to rename Vollmer Peak

Avatar photo by Tony Hicks Sept. 15, 2020, 8:39 a.m.August 4, 2022

August Vollmer has long been lauded for the innovations he brought to policing. But revelations about some of his beliefs are making people reexamine his legacy.

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City hits pause on removal of Berkeley Big People sculptures

Avatar photo by Tony Hicks Nov. 20, 2019, 7:00 a.m.October 4, 2022

The artist, Scott Donahue, has asked for a halt so he can search for a third-party buyer. He still believes Berkeley mishandled the process.

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Berkeley wants input on its public restrooms

Avatar photo by Tony Hicks Nov. 05, 2019, 2:00 p.m.August 4, 2022

The city is conducting a study and holding public meetings to evaluate current conditions and future needs.

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Mobile showers come to Berkeley, providing the homeless with a new place to get clean

Avatar photo by Tony Hicks Sept. 30, 2019, 7:00 a.m.August 4, 2022

Lava Mae has been offering showers in West and South Berkeley since May, but the service has been slow to catch on. That may be changing.

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Tiny houses for low-income youth popping up in Oakland, thanks to Berkeley’s Youth Spirit Artworks

Avatar photo by Tony Hicks Sept. 11, 2019, 9:00 a.m.October 4, 2022

More than 120 people volunteered time on Saturday to help build the tiny homes.

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Berkeley arts commission votes to remove controversial sculptures on I-80 bridge

Avatar photo by Tony Hicks Aug. 14, 2019, 4:41 p.m.October 4, 2022

While the artistic merit of Scott Donahue’s Berkeley Big People artworks remains a point of debate, the commission says its decision to “deaccession” was based on the cost of maintaining the work.

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East Bay Regional Park District bans use of controversial herbicide glyphosate

Avatar photo by Tony Hicks Aug. 12, 2019, 9:00 a.m.October 4, 2022

The use of the active ingredient in Roundup is immediately banned around picnic and play areas and will be totally banned from district parks by the end of 2020.

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18-month-old boy who drowned gets a gravestone 96 years later

Avatar photo by Tony Hicks July 02, 2019, 2:39 p.m.August 4, 2022

Nearly a century after his death, a little Berkeley boy who likely drowned in Strawberry Creek got a proper farewell from his family.

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Planning moves forward on I-80-Ashby Avenue interchange

Avatar photo by Tony Hicks June 04, 2019, 4:15 p.m.September 26, 2022

The Alameda County Transportation Commission and Caltrans are working with officials from Berkeley and Emeryville to improve safety and traffic flow where Interstate 80 meets Ashby Avenue.

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Berkeley Tuolumne Camp resurrection aims at construction start next spring

Avatar photo by Tony Hicks May 23, 2019, 12:16 p.m.October 4, 2022

Destroyed in the 2013 Rim Fire, plans for the reconstruction of the camp near Yosemite are reaching fruition

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Berkeley considers installing city-wide wildfire and earthquake siren system

Avatar photo by Tony Hicks May 17, 2019, 7:00 a.m.August 4, 2022

Unlike San Francisco, Oakland, Richmond and UC Berkeley, the city of Berkeley does not have a warning siren. Its Disaster and Fire Safety Commission believes it’s time that it did.

Barbara Lee race forum April 27, 2019 at Black Repertory Theater in Berkeley
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East Bay congressional reps Barbara Lee and Mark DeSaulnier talk race in Berkeley

Avatar photo by Tony Hicks April 30, 2019, 12:00 p.m.October 4, 2022

In a discussion that spanned the impact of zoning laws and climate change on communities of color, the panel agreed it was important for the East Bay to lead the nation in having frank conversations about race.

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