The city of Berkeley put up signs last week saying the unauthorized mountain bike course would be removed, but the demolition has since been postponed at the request of Councilmember Susan Wengraf.
The graduation will be split into several ceremonies held at Berkeley High’s stadium June 4-6.
Manuel, who revitalized the school’s volleyball program and turned its players into a family, died April 22.
Berkeley Unified and the teachers’ union reached an agreement Tuesday on a hybrid learning schedule.
Families, the district and teachers have made their views known about getting back on campuses. We asked high-school students what they think.
Teachers are looking forward to seeing students again, but there are safety concerns and the rhetoric of the reopening debate has taken its toll.
Burke, who went to Berkeley High, played for the Oakland A’s and the Dodgers, who offered him $75,000 to marry a woman.
The students hope that the lawsuit, if successful, could pave the way for more safeguards for survivors in the future.
Activists gathered to discuss economic and racial inequality, reparations, police violence – and to celebrate accomplishments.
The union needs to ratify the agreement and teachers need to be vaccinated, but more in-person instruction could ramp up by late-March to mid-April.
Jim Manheimer was reunited with his yearbook, which had been at the Berkeley Public Library, after the Wall Street Journal ran an article on the origins of the word “hella.”
With BUSD’s phased reopening plan, middle and high schools are not likely to reopen before elementary campuses.
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