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Posted inArts
This Berkeley resident became a first-time novelist at age 96
At age 60, Dorothy Witt put her historical novel in a drawer and didn’t pick it up for another 31 years. Last year, she self-published the book, partly based on her grandmother’s life in 1860s Victorian England.
Posted inNew Restaurants
Dumpling Hours opens on Lakeshore, Saffron Kitchen comes to Rockridge
A running list of new restaurants opening in Berkeley, Oakland and beyond.
Posted inSchools
How UC is navigating the complicated response to the war in Gaza
UC has struggled to appease students but hopes a $7 million investment toward addressing antisemitism and Islamophobia on campuses will help.
Posted inArts
Around Berkeley: Sci-fi poetry show, carols on Fourth Street, dance fundraiser
Other events include a book talk about ‘Greek Tragedy in a Global Crisis’ and a documentary about the making of ‘Fitzcarraldo.’
Posted inNosh Features
Is celebrating Thanksgiving disrespectful to Indigenous people?
Indigenous East Bay residents share how they acknowledge and commemorate Thanksgiving.
Posted inNosh Features
Start decolonizing your diet with this Native acorn bread recipe
Karuk cookbook author Sara Calvosa Olson offers a step-by-step guide to gathering acorns, making flour and baking the bread.
Posted inCrime & Safety
A hit-and-run driver nearly killed her son on Halloween. Now this Berkeley mother is demanding safer streets
Many Berkeley residents want traffic calming on their streets, but changes are slow as the city struggles with vacancies in its transportation office.
Posted inNosh Features
Coffee roasting is bad for the environment. This Oakland company is trying a bold new way
Working with Berkeley’s Bellwether and the California Energy Commission, Heirloom Coffee Roasters has unveiled an electric roasting operation and is working with regenerative organic coffee farms.
Posted inArts
Don Cherry’s last band reunites in Berkeley for first time since jazz great died 3 decades ago
The trio of musicians who toured the world and recorded on Cherry’s final album, 1990’s ‘Multikulti,’ are celebrating him with a Sunday show at the Back Room.
Posted inEvents
Around Berkeley: Silkroad Ensemble, Ohlone stories, ‘Gaza Surf Club’
Other events include the opening of ‘1984’ at Aurora Theatre and Friendsgiving at Freight & Salvage.
Posted inCrime & Safety
Alameda County sheriffs will take questions on military hardware
A state law from 2021 requires law enforcement agencies to develop military equipment use policies and report their inventories and deployments every year.
