Jazy and Angel Sotelo Garcia were killed at a house party in North Oakland Oct. 1. Police said they have arrested two suspects in the killings.
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Berkeley High was once Cal’s biggest feeder school but not anymore
Until recently, Berkeley High students were admitted to Cal at above average rates — even with lower GPAs. That’s no longer the case.
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A ‘lovely person inside and out’: Berkeley High cheerleader dies unexpectedly
Lillia Bartlow, who was involved in a collision on Claremont Avenue in 2016, died Friday. She was 16.
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Painter Héctor Muñoz-Guzmán, 3rd-generation South Berkeley resident, draws inspiration from his family
He is currently painting a seven-panel tribute to South Berkeley through the city’s Civic Arts Commission.
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Jewish families ask BUSD to move high school graduation to preserve Sabbath
District leaders say graduation will remain on Saturday this year, but they will try to move it in future years.
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BUSD could drop plan for downtown parking garage after year of pushback
City and district officials are exploring other options to secure parking for Berkeley High teachers rather than move forward with a $27 million, voter-approved garage on Milvia Street.
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Tour Berkeley High’s gleaming new building for visual and performing arts
The new A Building is now open for classes such as Jazz Band and video production. The revamped Berkeley Community Theater will open later this year.
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Berkeley students aiming to prevent fentanyl overdoses say ‘don’t do drugs’ won’t cut it
A Berkeley High student group’s harm-reduction campaign prioritizes placing FentCheck strips in school and increasing access to education.
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Can Jasmina Viteskic reform Berkeley schools’ Title IX office?
Student leaders trust her. She’s made the complaint process less painful. But can the charismatic Title IX coordinator fix how the district handles sexual assault?
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Berkeley teacher who sent 15,000 letters to students gets a ‘love letter’ of her own
A new documentary chronicles Berkeley High teacher Nancy Rubin’s decades-long project delivering letters written to students’ future selves.
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See how your Berkeley school did on state tests
An interactive graphic created by CalMatters allows you to see how test scores changed at every Berkeley school through the pandemic — broken down by race, grade and other factors.
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Berkeley students’ reading test scores stable through pandemic, math scores drop 4 points
High schoolers saw the biggest drop in scores. Achievement gaps, still a major crisis, didn’t dramatically worsen as many expected.
