A new student-led program has helped roughly 35 of Berkeley seniors garden, declutter, check smoke alarm batteries and program electronics.
Berkeley Student Cooperative
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City and students collaborate to address fire safety at Cal parties
In recent months, the city and campus community have worked together to improve fire safety in large group homes, in particular, before special events or parties.
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Pacific School of Religion won’t tear down buildings, will lease some instead
Instead of building 265 units for seniors, the Pacific School or Religion will lease and sell some of its buildings to meet its mission.
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How Quirky is Berkeley? Kingman Hall’s quirky murals
The toad mural on the garage door at Kingman Hall. Photo: John Storey I went to Kingman Co-Op at 1730 La Loma Ave. on graduation weekend to photograph the front door for a post-in-progress about painted doors. On the way to the door, I found this wonderful toad mural on the garage door. Read more […]
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Op-ed: We don’t need a redistricting referendum
Photo: Frances Dinkelspiel There is a campaign afoot to waste Berkeleyans’ time and tax dollars. On Dec. 17, 2013, the Berkeley City Council adopted a long-awaited redistricting map that rebalances population across Berkeley’s City Council Districts. The vote came after two rounds of redistricting over the last three years, including a total of 17 community […]
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Tight deadline to get redistricting referendum on ballot
Xan Joi stook outside Berkeley Bowl on Dec. 24 to collect signatures to force a redistricting measure to go on the ballot. Photo: Frances Dinkelspiel With only two weeks left to collect 5,275 signatures to force a city council redistricting measure on the ballot, members of the Berkeley Referendum Coalition are holding a rally on […]
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Berkeley redistricting map splits council, community
The Berkeley Student District Campaign map was approved Tuesday night. Image: City of Berkeley What some described as a historic move by the Berkeley City Council to approve a new student-majority district centered around Telegraph Avenue was decried by others Tuesday night as political “gerrymandering” aimed at splitting the city’s progressive voice and excluding some […]
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Redistricting map approved, referendum idea looms
Students crammed in to the Berkeley City Council chambers Tuesday night for a vote on new district lines in Berkeley. Photo: Emilie Raguso Tuesday night, the Berkeley City Council approved a new redistricting map to redraw council boundaries to reflect the city’s population changes over the past decade and increase the number of student-aged voters […]
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Berkeley Bites: Berkeley Student Food Collective
It seems unthinkable that the People’s Republic of Berkeley has existed without a food co-operative for more than two decades. Well, try not to choke on your non-GMO, organic, fair trade, soymilk chai latte, but the co-op is coming back to Berkeley. The Consumer’s Cooperative of Berkeley was the place to shop for the politically correct […]