Berkeleyans have donated over $5.4 million to the two presidential campaigns, 98.5% of which is to one candidate, and over half of which has come from two of the city’s zip codes.
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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Earthquake shakes Berkeley awake — first report puts it at magnitude 2.7
Described as a “rumble rumble bump,” the quake’s epicenter was in the hills near the Berkeley-Oakland border.
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Berkeley elections are coming up. What’s on your mind in your neighborhood or school district?
We want to ask candidates running for local election about what matters to you. Take our survey to share your views. Deadline: Thursday, Sept. 17 at midnight.
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Berkeley has opened a drive-through COVID-19 test site
The drive-through site is at the North Berkeley BART parking lot and will operate for three weeks.
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‘Orange is the new bleak’ — Photos of Berkeley when day became night
The ominous, apocalyptic skies that greeted Berkeley today, caused by smoke from the August Complex fires, was captured by many in eerie, almost unbelievable photographs.
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It’s not the end of the world, despite appearances to the contrary in Berkeley
Yes, day is night, but, as we reported yesterday, the ominous orange sky is caused by smoke from the August Complex fires and, amazingly, the air quality is pretty good.
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Police: Man arrested after standoff at Berkeley Marina
Police arrested a man they say ran under a pedestrian bridge armed with two knives, then jumped into the bay and refused to be rescued.
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How to stay safe when wildfire risk is high and you live in the Berkeley Hills
Alameda County has issued a red flag warning for the Berkeley Hills from Monday night through Wednesday morning.
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Bay Area wildfires are affecting air quality in Berkeley. Here are tips to protect your health
Wildfire season is upon us and the air quality locally will be very poor for the foreseeable future according to weather experts.
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Kamala Harris, Joe Biden’s pick for vice president, is a daughter of Berkeley
Harris often talks about her Oakland roots, but the senator was a resident of the Berkeley flats until the age of 12, attending Thousand Oaks Elementary School. Those years were “foundational” she told Berkeleyside.
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Stop the presses: There’s a place in Berkeley where time, and the pandemic, stood still
‘Profoundly unsettling’ is how one person describes the display of international newspapers on the UC Berkeley campus, all of which are dated March 15 or 16, just before the city went into lockdown.
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6 days after officer fired gun, Berkeley police have not released new information
BPD Chief Andrew Greenwood told Berkeleyside the department is continuing to investigate and will release a critical incident video to comply with Assembly Bill 748.
