Thousands lived in the affordable development, for a time one of the most racially integrated in the Bay Area.
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In toxic bowels of Berkeley dump, a family spent decades scavenging for a living
The Ellis family salvaged and sold metal, beds and Mickey Mouse memorabilia at the waterfront landfill — now the site of Cesar Chavez Park. Hear their stories, and other tales from the dump.
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Wiretaps and martinis: A tour of J. Robert Oppenheimer’s Berkeley
From the Cal Physics building to raucous parties in the Berkeley Hills, Oppenheimer’s legacy can be glimpsed at these nine locations in Berkeley and Kensington.
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Ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day, meet the 101-year-old survivor who speaks up against hate
Ben Stern has survived nine concentration camps and two death marches and led protests against American Nazis. He told his story in a 2022 memoir.
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The final curtain for the Regal UA, Berkeley’s 90-year-old art deco movie palace
Generations of movie-goers are mourning the loss of a cinematic and architectural treasure, which closed around Feb. 3, weeks before anticipated.
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Remembering Ying Lee, WWII refugee who became Berkeley’s first Asian American councilmember
Lee, a refugee from Shanghai, hung out with Maya Angelou and was crowned Miss Chinatown before winning a 1973 City Council election.
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Student exhibit at Berkeley Hearst Museum aims to decolonize Philippine history
A new student-led course is examining UC Berkeley’s colonial past in the Philippines using archival photos and artifacts.
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Halloween was once a chaotic night of pranks and violence in the East Bay
Hordes of mischief-making children, punishing adults, rashes of theft, vandalism, and police crackdowns — Halloween in Berkeley, Oakland, and Alameda was once mayhem.
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Fate of historic Berkeley building (and family home) hangs in the balance as tax debt looms
A new roof on Finnish Hall, owned by a defunct nonprofit and mired in property tax debt, should shore up the structure. But the future of the landmarked building, also the home for 30 years to a family of caretakers, is anything but certain.
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At 114 years, 7 months old, Berkeley supercentenarian Mila Mangold has died
Mangold was the second oldest person in the United States at the time of her death on July 2, 2022.
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Berkeley Troll House, where the ‘psychedelic elite’ partied, has sold for $1.4 million
Owsley Stanley, famed Grateful Dead soundman and the first person to privately manufacture LSD, lived in the Poet’s Corner cottage during the Summer of Love.
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Why hasn’t UC Berkeley built more student housing?
For much of Cal’s history, providing housing for students was not a priority. Troubled finances in the last few decades have hobbled Cal’s efforts to catch up.
