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Community examines state of Berkeley’s Latino residents

Dolores Huerta, co-founder with Cesar Chavez of UFW (right), watches Berkeley’s High’s Aztec Dancers on Thursday night. Photo: Judith Scherr Dolores Huerta, co-founder with Cesar Chavez of UFW (right), watches Berkeley’s High’s Aztec Dancers on Thursday night. Photo: Judith Scherr By Judith Scherr Berkeley’s Latino community and allies came together Thursday evening to celebrate the 50-year […]

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Few comments on Chief Meehan before Council session

Public comments preceding a closed session of the Berkeley City Council Monday night were limited. Photo courtesy City of Berkeley Expectations that many members of the Berkeley community would turn up at the public comment part of a closed session of the City Council Monday night to express their views on the recent incident concerning Berkeley Police Chief […]

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Berkeley to reassess Wells Fargo, open account to bids

The City of Berkeley will look at switching its account out of Wells Fargo. Photo: Lance Knobel Last night Berkeley’s City Council voted unanimously to review its banking arrangements with Wells Fargo when the current contract expires at the end of 2012. This followed a recommendation by councilmembers Jesse Arreguín and Darryl Moore to consider alternatives to the 160-year-old […]

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City looks to tackle noise issue from news helicopters

It's been a news-heavy few months in Berkeley recently with an unusually high number of media helicopters taking to the skies The city government will consider taking action on the issue of the noise pollution caused by news helicopters with councilmember Jesse Arreguín (district 4) bringing an item to the consent calendar at Tuesday’s City Council meeting […]

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Average Berkeley street in at-risk condition, many worse

Cracks that lead to constant potholes on Dwight Way at Telegraph. Photo: Tracey Taylor According to a report from the City Auditor presented to the City Council last night, the average Berkeley street is in “at risk” condition. As the report, “Failing Streets,” details, as street condition deteriorates, the cost of paving increases rapidly. “Berkeley […]

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Are Blackberries best bet for Berkeley in emergencies?

The city of Berkeley’s executive team, which includes all councilmembers, department heads and senior managers, relies on Blackberries to communicate with each other and externally The city of Berkeley’s executive team, which includes all councilmembers, department heads and senior managers, relies on Blackberries to communicate with each other and externally On Tuesday, October 11th, at […]