Cal owns property all over Berkeley. It should not be building in People’s Park 
Cal should be modeling development that preserves the environment, not destroying it with concrete.
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Hopkins Corridor pits seniors vs. young people
By Donna DeDiemar,
The disruption to the neighborhood ... is not worth the build-it-and-they-will-come gamble that the bike coalitions want to take.
Saving the California Theatre
By Alice Jurow,
The building has a handsome art deco facade, but if only the facade is kept, an irreplaceable resource of public exhibition space will be lost.
Berkeley Marina plan would destroy Cesar Chavez Park
By Martin Nicolaus,
There are real needs for maintenance and improvement in the park but the city's plan in its current iteration will not solve those financial problems.
The controversy surrounding Alice Walker
By Jonah Raskin,
The Pulitzer Prize winning author was disinvited to the Bay Area Book Festival for her endorsement of a controversial author, who espouses antisemitic conspiracy rhetoric.
Berkeley needs to address Marina’s structural deficit
By Jim McGrath,
The structural deficit has been reported to the city council and the waterfront commission since the early 2000s.
It’s time to end the violence in West and South Berkeley
By Claudia Kawczynska, Arabelle Malinis, Mark Humbert, Tam Crane,
Problem-oriented policing is precisely what District 2 Councilmember Terry Taplin’s plan for a Flex Team is intended to achieve.
Berkeley needs to move toward reimagining policing
By Andrea Prichett and Elana Auerbach,
We demand the City Council hold the police department to simple standards of transparency and fiscal responsibility.
Step up for student safety and climate action
By Ben Gerhardstein, Rebecca Meyer, Sara Zimmerman, Neva Zamil,
We don’t want BUSD to value our kids’ safety when they’re on the bus but ignore it when they travel by foot or bike.
Berkeley expands Fair Elections funding to more candidates
By Daniel G. Newman,
The City Council expanded the program to cover candidates for Auditor, School Board Director, and Rent Stabilization Board Commissioner.
Reparations begin at home
By Lincoln Cushing,
I knew that we lived on unceded Native American land. I also knew about racist housing covenants that excluded people of color.
Off-leash dogs are taking a toll on our Berkeley community
By Jesse Greenspan,
My son was one of 50 people who reported being bitten by a dog in the city in 2021 when a canine took a bite out of his leg at Codornices Park.
