The last sunset over Berkeley of 2014. Photo: jngai58 For five years we’ve been making New Year’s resolutions on Berkeleyside, putting down markers for 10 things we’d like to see in the year ahead for our city. Let us know in the comments what your hopes and expectations are for 2015. After our 10 for 2015, we […]
Year in review
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Berkeleyside wishes you a happy, safe new year
The Berkeleyside team, from left: Tracey Taylor, Frances Dinkelspiel, Wendy Cohen, Emilie Raguso and Lance Knobel. With New Year’s Eve nearly upon us, the Berkeleyside team wanted to wish all of our readers a safe and happy new year. And what a year it’s been. We hit the 1 million pageviews milestone following recent protests […]
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By the numbers: Top Berkeley stories of 2014
Flooding closed Ashby Avenue in December — our storm coverage was a huge hit. Photo: Jennifer Lazo Flooding closed Ashby Avenue in December — our storm coverage was a huge hit. Photo: Jennifer Lazo There’s no question that Berkeley’s recent protests and the November 2014 election were among the most significant — and most read — news […]
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The most important Berkeley stories of 2014
Berkeley always punches above its weight when it comes to making news. Photo: Mike Morgan There was no shortage of news in Berkeley in 2014, but a few issues stood out, and they informed Berkeleyside’s list of the most important stories of the year. In a separate post we will detail our most viewed articles of 2014, but below is […]
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Chip in to Berkeleyside for even better coverage in 2015
Protests consumed Berkeley in December 2014 — Berkeleyside was there to keep local residents informed. Photo: Tyurin Alexander Protests consumed Berkeley in December 2014 — Berkeleyside was there to keep local residents informed. Photo: Tyurin Alexander So much has happened in Berkeley in 2014 — from elections that brought us a pioneering soda tax, a new […]
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Big Screen Berkeley: Favorite films of 2014
The Dance of Reality: one of Berkeleyside film writer John Seal’s picks for his favorite movies of 2014. “As close to perfect as a movie got in 2014 – and probably as close to perfect as a movie ever gets,” he writes.: one of Berkeleyside film writer John Seal’s picks for his favorite movies of […]
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Best Books of 2014: Chosen by local authors, Berkeleyside
Berkeleyside asked Berkeley-based writers for their pick of their favorite two books of the year. Photo: Creative Commons Every year Berkeleyside puts together a list of the best books the editors have read. We generally ask local authors and literary-minded folk to contribute their picks. This year we decided to mimic the format used by […]
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Top Berkeley news, crime, books, food and films of 2013
Sunset by Joe Parks Over the past couple weeks, Berkeleyside has been rounding up the top stories of 2013 related to breaking and developing news, crime, food, books and film. We also posted our annual resolutions for the year, and assessed the progress from last year’s list. We’ve collected them here for those who may have […]
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Berkeley resolutions for 2014 – and how 2013 went
New year, new dawn: winter solstice sunrise over Berkeley. Photo: Ira Serkes New years bring new hopes, for cities as well as for each of us individually. Berkeleyside has an established tradition of clearing the decks on New Year’s Day and offering up ten resolutions for what we’d like to see in Berkeley in the […]
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Top 2013 stories in Berkeley: Newsy, quirky and plain fun
A Painted Redstart took up residence in Berkeley’s Elmwood neighborhood in November, the first time the species had been sighted in Alameda County. Our story was one of many stories that readers told us they loved this year. Photo: Cal Walters As 2013 draws to a close, we are reminded of what an event-packed year […]
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Biggest Berkeley crime stories of 2013
Relatives and friends of Anthony Medearis III mourned at the site of his shooting during a Ceasefire walk earlier this year. Photo: Emilie Raguso This year, Berkeleyside stepped up its crime coverage, with a new weekly police blotter designed to offer the most in-depth look at available crime statistics from the Berkeley Police Department. We covered […]
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The most important Berkeley stories of 2013
Many things happened in 2013 that will change the shape of Berkeley for years to come. Photo: Joe Parks 2013 was a significant year for Berkeley residents, and not only because of what happened inside the city’s boundaries. This was the year the Supreme Court ruled that the Defense of Marriage Act was unconstitutional and […]
