Held at BAMPFA in downtown Berkeley, the event marked Berkeleyside’s return to live events after a COVID-enforced hiatus.
Tracey Taylor
Tracey Taylor is co-founder of Berkeleyside and co-founder and editorial director of Cityside, the nonprofit parent to Berkeleyside and The Oaklandside. Before launching Berkeleyside, Tracey wrote for The New York Times, the Financial Times and the San Francisco Chronicle, among others. Tracey has worked as an editor for business magazines and at the Financial Times in London, as well as a writer and editor for a number of nonprofits.
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Meet new Nosh Editor Eve Batey
In the week that Nosh celebrates its ninth birthday, we are thrilled to welcome on board a highly talented editor who will oversee all food coverage across Cityside’s Bay Area newsrooms.
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Cityside is hiring: Head of audience development and Nosh editor
Both full-time positions are based in the Bay Area and the roles involve working across Berkeleyside and The Oaklandside.
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Sarah Han steps down as Nosh editor after 4 years
Han brought immense value to the East Bay community through her stellar food editing and reporting.
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Wisteria hysteria! Berkeley breaks out in beautiful show of seasonal color
While its lovely blooms and heavenly scent are always a splendid mood booster, wisteria is particularly welcome this year as we spy light at the end of the pandemic tunnel.
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Berkeleyside names Pamela Turntine, a Pulitzer Prize winning veteran journalist, as its new editor-in-chief
Turntine brings decades of editing experience and a knack for breaking news. A new managing editor also joins the team as we launch a founders’ fund for local journalism.
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Live Oak Community Center reopens after $6M revamp
Work at the site included a seismic retrofit and maintenance upgrades, as well as other improvements, and was funded by the Measure T1 bond.
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Berkeley now in COVID-19 red tier, many businesses cleared to operate indoors
Restaurants, museums, movie theaters and gyms can reopen indoor operations at reduced capacity, starting Wednesday.
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Berkeley nature, and our appreciation of it, kept us going in 2020
Nature played it both ways in 2020. Devastating wildfires were distressing, but the great outdoors also provided a balm for the anxieties wrought by a challenging year.
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It wasn’t all grim — Here are 10 good news stories from 2020
The community rallied in a crisis and neighbors supported neighbors. Businesses pivoted and helped health care workers. And a Berkeleyan turned 113.
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Coronavirus casualties: 10 Berkeley restaurants that will be missed
Sales plummeted, the money ran out, or a rent hike was the last straw. Some owners took early retirement. They may be gone, but the memories linger.
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After 37 years, Berkeley mail carrier Chuck Fraijo is retiring, but he’s leaving a mark
Fraijo, who drove 1 million miles on the job without ever having an accident, leaves a legacy that — while unknown to many — is both civic and creative.