Many drivers near Cragmont Elementary School in North Berkeley were found to be among the fastest motorists around local schools during a city speed survey. Photo: ELS Drivers will be asked to slow down near 13 Berkeley schools after the adoption by the City Council of a 15 mph speed zone around them, despite a police […]
Matthai Chakko
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Berkeley to kill squirrels, gophers to protect bay
A ground squirrel at Cesar Chavez Park. Photo: Bill Williams/Creative Commons In Berkeley, squirrels are in the cross fire. In an attempt to make sure no toxins leak out of the old landfill under Cesar Chavez Park and leach into San Francisco Bay, Berkeley is hiring a pest control company to trap and kill hundreds […]
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3 years on, city of Berkeley still stuck on social media
Berkeley boy Brandon Coleman, shown here during a TV interview in January, helped find a missing man after the Oakland Police Department used alert service Nixle to tell the community about the case. Berkeley Police do not use Nixle, or any other social media tools. Photo: Mark Coplan Nearly three years after Berkeley city staff […]
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Berkeley dumps possessions of 8 homeless people
Leroy Morgan, whose possessions were taken by the city of Berkeley the day after Christmas. Photo: Bryan Westfall The city of Berkeley collected and threw away the unattended possessions of eight homeless people on Dec. 26. Afterwards many of them said they had to scramble to find new blankets and coverings to stave off the […]
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Berkeley greenhouse gas emissions down 8% since 2000
This infographic by the city of Berkeley illustrates Climate Action Plan successes and outlines what still needs to happen moving forward. The city of Berkeley has reduced community-wide greenhouse gas emissions by 8% since 2000 despite a 10% increase in population, the city announced in an annual report mailed last week to residents and businesses throughout […]
