Remembering Brian John Larson, advocate for accessible housing
Larson graduated from UC Berkeley and enjoyed music, power soccer and spending time in nature with friends and family.
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Remembering Carol Walton, Ph.D., a social researcher, administrator and founder of Multi-Ethnic Associates
Walton’s Berkeley consulting firm, Multi-Ethnic Associates, developed a host of innovative multicultural educational programs.
Remembering Elizabeth Valoma, social worker, artist, co-founder of the Cheese Board Collective
Valoma was a world traveler, visual artist and cultural well-spring. She died at 91.
Remembering Betty Segal, healer, activist, filmmaker, ‘Mayor of Solano Avenue’
Segal, who spent years caring for women with cancer, died April 14 at 75.
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James Manuel, Berkeley High girls volleyball coach, dies at 37
Manuel, who revitalized the school’s volleyball program and turned its players into a family, died April 22.
Remembering Dmitri Belser, disability rights advocate and restorer of historic homes
He was instrumental in helping get the Ed Roberts Campus built.
Remembering Dick Whitlock, artist, banterer, ‘Mr. Persimmon’
He drew weekly with a group of friends and most days found time to work on his paintings and sculptures.
Remembering Ralph Walbridge, a social worker, firefighter, poet
Walbridge died at his home in Berkeley. He was 92.
Remembering Al Young, a California poet laureate, musician, teacher
Young died at 81, two years after suffering a stroke.
Remembering Daisy Newman, renowned soprano soloist and founder of Young Musicians Choral Orchestra
Newman sang on five continents, was nominated for a Tony and worked closely with Leonard Bernstein and Seiji Ozawa. She also led Cal’s Young Musicians Program.
Remembering George Kreshka, world folk singer, musician, teacher
Also a Navy pilot and man of many languages, George Kreshka left us for another performance on March 9, 2021, at the age of 97.
Remembering Barbara Brust, founder of Consider The Homeless! and a fierce lover of justice
Barbara personally knew many of the 1,000 unhoused persons in Berkeley because she served them soup, brought them groceries and conveyed they were ‘unhoused but not unloved.’
