By Judith Scherr A movement to fight corporate power that began with Occupy Wall Street reached Berkeley Saturday with some 200 people converging around noon outside the downtown Bank of America to plan an October 15 “occupation” of a site in Berkeley. Students piling up debt, retirees on fixed income, homeless people, the unemployed and […]
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Cal students file redistricting proposal with the city
The campaign to create at least one student-majority district in Berkeley reached a milestone today when a group of student leaders submitted their detailed redistricting proposal to the city clerk. “We need the city to know that the student community is a legitimate community of interest,” said Joey Freeman, external affairs vice president for the […]
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Library architect apologizes to Berkeley
Todd Jersey’s vision for a renovated West Branch of the Berkeley Public Library. The architect who worked with Concerned Library Users, the group suing Berkeley to stop the demolition and rebuilding of the south and west branch libraries, has sent an apology for his actions to the City Council and city manager. In a letter […]
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Over eggs, toast, First Lady seeks campaign support
Over eggs poached with fresh morels, shaved asparagus, and fresh berries, a crowd of 250 Barack Obama supporters cheered on The First Lady as she made a pitch at the Claremont Hotel Tuesday morning to support the President’s reelection. Lamenting the fact that she didn’t get to eat the breakfast prepared by Alice Waters and […]
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First Lady Michelle Obama has breakfast in Berkeley
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Moulitsas… in Berkeley because it makes Bill O’Reilly cry
Markos Moulitsas, founder of Daily Kos, and a Berkeleyan Daily Kos is the largest liberal blog in the United States, with up to 3 million unique visitors a month. And it is beamed out to the world from right here in Berkeley, having been founded by Berkeley resident Markos Moulitsas, co-author of Crashing the Gate: Netroots, […]
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Man wielding machete arrested after 3-hour standoff
After a three and half hour standoff, Berkeley police arrested a 65-year old man on Wednesday who had barricaded himself in a house on Parker Street armed with a machete and saw. Kamal Abdul Khalid was taken into custody about 10:20 am after giving himself up to police. He was taken to a hospital for […]
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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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Rally planned to draw attention to library lawsuit
Benjamin Bartlett has helped BHS students organize against CLU lawsuit Dozens of church leaders, community activists, students, and library supporters plan to stage a rally outside city hall on Tuesday to call attention to a lawsuit they believe could stop construction of new libraries in the southern and western parts of Berkeley. The group, which […]
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Berkeley passes sunshine ordinance
Berkeley Councilman Kriss Worthington (left) and Mayor Tom Bates (right) contrasted two different, and at times contentious, camps on the open government ordinance before the council Tuesday night. Photo By John C. Osborn By John C. Osborn In a step that may undermine a strong sunshine ordinance heading to the November 2012 ballot, the City Council […]
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UC students hold ‘die-in’ to support Egyptian protesters
Dozens of UC Berkeley students held a rally and “die-in” on Sproul Plaza today to offer their support to the millions protesting in Egypt. “This is to commemorate the people who died because of our aid to Egypt,” said Nuha Massri, a senior, told the crowd. She mentioned that the the U.S. gives Egypt $1.5 […]
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What do you want to ask candidates in Berkeley?
Old City Hall Earlier this month we ran a comprehensive chart of who is running for what in Berkeley in the November general election. As part of our election coverage, we are writing to all the candidates common questions, so voters can have some additional information for their decision. The Personal Democracy Forum and their […]
