Berkeley and Alameda County food providers are worried about donations and volunteering shriveling as more people view the pandemic as having ended.
Nonprofits
Posted inCity
Food pantries rally to help those made food insecure by COVID-19
In order to maintain social distancing, many food banks are handing out prepackaged containers of food.
Posted inBusiness
A private equity firm wants to buy ‘.org’ for $1 billion. A Berkeley-based cooperative says, ‘not so fast’
Bill Woodcock talks to Berkeleyside about why a cooperative is trying to interfere with the sale of .org, the digital home to the world’s nonprofits.
Posted inNosh
Waste not, want more: Food Shift aims to create more jobs and save more food from the trash, but it needs more space
After eight years of fighting food waste while training, hiring and nourishing underserved communities in Alameda, the nonprofit catering company is ready to expand.
Posted inNosh
New warehouse for Berkeley Food Network will help it deliver food to the hungry
There are 24,000 people in Berkeley who are “food insecure.” With the increased space, BFN hopes to reach many of them.
Posted inCommunity
Hip Hop For Change aims to empower and inspire
Founder Khafre Jay incorporates political and social consciousness into his own music and his nonprofit encourages positive, change-oriented hip-hop.
Posted inCommunity
Berkeley organization helps those with Parkinson’s use exercise to slow symptoms
While Parkinson’s remains a scary, relentless disease for which a cure has yet to be found, exercise can relieve symptoms that medicine cannot reach.
Posted inCommunity
Berkeley nonprofit aims to reduce inequality through sustainable jobs
Rising Sun helps youth, underserved and re-entry adults pursue careers in construction and clean energy.
Posted inCommunity
Pacific Center, oldest LGBTQ center in the Bay, offers support when it’s needed
The third oldest LGBTQ center in the country opened in response to gay bashing. These days it provides respite for a community that feels it needs it more than ever.
Posted inCrime & Safety
Video: Firefighter escaped peril in First Church blaze
A Berkeley firefighter almost died last fall after he was left more than two floors up in a smoke-filled building as flames closed in and his oxygen ran down, a new video reveals.
Posted inCity
Lack of public input on new Berkeley youth center rankles neighbors
Downtown business owners and neighbors expressed frustration that a new center for young adults with mental illness and substance abuse problems was approved without public input.
Posted inArts
Berkeley Art Center celebrates 50 years, but faces an uncertain future
The Berkeley Art Center has put on many provocative shows in its 50-year history but now faces challenges about how to pay for its building.