Time for Berkeley residents to reflect on seafood choices
While purchasing wild-caught salmon from other sources, Berkeley salmon eaters should also advocate for healthy rivers, healthy oceans.
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Make Telegraph Avenue car-free
By James Butler,
The historic and pedestrian swarmed street should be the first of many streets in the city to undergo this transition.
Making a case for the 9,000 new home allocation
By Darrell Owens,
To keep up with population growth in Berkeley, it makes sense to build more housing according to the Regional Housing Needs Allocation.
The judge, not the mayor, was right about the encampment
By Osha Neumann,
In the case, U.S. District Court Judge Edward Chen ruled for the plaintiffs, citing "irreparable injury" if it were closed.
The mandate that Berkeley build 8,934 housing units is both a disaster and a scam
By Michael Barnes,
Meeting the artificially high goal will force the city to make drastic revisions to its zoning and might mean it loses control of what is built.
Could cameras make Berkeley safer? Can we increase security and maintain privacy?
By Terry Taplin,
Adding cameras and license plate readers can offer more security but privacy issues must also be considered.
BUSD still doesn’t understand its obligations to address sexual harassment and assault
By Heidi Goldstein,
The superintendent or the school board must build the Title IX infrastructure to make campuses safe for all students, a parent writes.
Berkeley residents must ‘question authority’ in the decision to build on People’s Park
By Joe Liesner,
Destroying the park by building student housing is an attempt to kill the voices that have criticized UC Berkeley since the 1960s.
Aquatic Park lagoon is restored thanks to Berkeley’s T1 ballot measure
By Jim McGrath,
Cleaning out the tide tubes that provide tidal circulation to the lagoon was among 42 projects that were part of the first phase of the funds.
Berkeley vs. UC: Settlement or surrender?
By Dean Metzger and David Wilson,
The mayor and City Council have secretly agreed to a deal that will bring irreversible and long-term harm to us all, two Berkeley residents write.
Make AC Transit free on Sundays in Berkeley
By Darrell Owens,
The new ridesharing tax approved by voters is estimated to bring in around $910,000 annually and could pay for the free bus service.
Ask Gov. Newsom to say no to SB 9 – it will put people in harm’s way
By Shirley Dean,
The zoning bill is a one-size-fits-all state-mandated policy that will put Berkeley at risk.
