Andrea Cukor, whose husband Peter Cukor was killed by a mentally ill man in 2012, speaks to reporters after the sentencing. Behind her, her son Alexander Cukor listens to her comments. Photo: Melati Citrawireja Andrea Cukor, whose husband Peter Cukor was killed by a mentally ill man in 2012, speaks to reporters after the sentencing. Behind her, […]
Keith Carson
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Berkeley town hall examines race, police relations
About 200 people attended a special Berkeley City Council meeting on Jan. 17, 2015 to talk about police and community issues. Photo: Frances Dinkelspiel More than five weeks after Berkeley police used tear gas, smoke bombs, and over the shoulder baton strikes to control a crowd protesting the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, […]
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Wanted: Coders and thinkers for countywide ‘Hackathon’
Coders at Alameda County’s first Hackathon. This pair won the first place prize for a library-oriented app. Photo: courtesy Alameda County. There’s a whole lot of information languishing around in Alameda County. Like the number of times people have reported bedbugs. Or the county’s various fictitious business names. Or the reports of disease. Now officials […]
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Students learn about the past, themselves
By Robert A. Mills Photographs from school dances and family reunions, shiny foam letters and fragmented family trees decorated posters throughout a crowded room at Berkeley’s Malcolm X Elementary School on Saturday. They were the work of dozens of African American and Hispanic youth from around the Bay Area and part of a four-month adventure […]
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Supervisor Keith Carson calls for community input on district boundaries
Alameda County Supervisor Keith Carson, who represents Berkeley, is calling for community input into how to re-draw county district lines. County officials adjust the boundaries of the supervisorial districts every 10 years after census results are released. Carson represents the Fifth District, which includes Berkeley, Albany, Emeryville, Piedmont, and parts of Oakland. The population in […]
