Julie Sinai, mayor's chief of staff, is moving to a university government relations post. Photo: Alameda County Office of Education Julie Sinai, chief of staff to Mayor Tom Bates for the last nine years, will be the new Director of Local Government and Community Relations at UC Berkeley starting in January. “The areas I’m really […]
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Berkeley sites for Lab’s second campus in the spotlight
Michael Goldin, one of the owners the Aquatic Park West site, stands in front of the view the lab would have if it located there. Photo: Frances Dinkelspiel As the Berkeley Lab rolls into town this week to hold three public meetings about a second campus, there has been a lot of speculation about which […]
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Does new cannabis body provide more accountability?
A marijuana grow room After months of delay, Berkeley’s new Medical Cannabis Commission will meet for the first time on Thursday, ushering in, city officials hope, a new era of oversight and accountability. For the past 15 years the medical marijuana business has operated in a gray zone, legal in the city and the state […]
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Berkeley loses money as cannabis commission idles
Marijuana plants for sale at Berkeley Patients Group Six months after voters approved new laws to expand Berkeley’s medical marijuana trade – in the hopes of bringing more money to city coffers – a new commission to oversee the process has not been seated. While six city council members have appointed members to a new […]
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Anti sit-lie campaigners take protest to City Hall
A protester sits outside the City Council Chambers making plain her views about a mooted sit-lie ordinance. Photo: Tracey Taylor A group of about 70 people marched to the City Council Chambers Tuesday evening, after meeting on Telegraph Avenue, to protest a possible sit-lie ordinance in the city. Although the item was not on last night’s […]
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Will pharmacy war lead to new restrictions in Berkeley?
This Walgreens on Shattuck is moving within two blocks of a CVS store [This story was updated on 4/19/11.] As the retail war between CVS and Walgreens heats up in Berkeley, Mayor Tom Bates is calling for a new law that prohibits any new pharmacy from locating within 1,000 feet of another pharmacy. Bates will […]