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WEBSep 27, 2024 · Our goal is to keep the Berkeley community informed of incidents that may impact their safety while focusing on explanatory and accountability reporting. Berkeleyside is the leading local news source for breaking news, public safety, politics, food, real estate and development, education and more in Berkeley, California.
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WEBBerkeley school district expected to settle 9 students’ sexual misconduct claims for $13.5M. A lawsuit claimed the district spent years covering up Berkeley High chemistry teacher Matthew Bissell’s misbehavior. by Karina Ioffee October 2, 2024.
San Francisco is closer than ever before, via new routes
WEBDec 13, 2021 · Following the COVID-19 shutdown, San Francisco Bay Ferry is back, and service is better than ever. With lower fares, more weekday departures, plenty of weekend service, new non-stop service between Oakland and downtown San Francisco, and the same amazing comfort and views that passengers love, San Francisco Bay Ferry is the best way to cross the bay.
Cityside launches The Oaklandside, sister site to Berkeleyside, built ...
WEBJun 16, 2020 · The Oaklandside is the first launch for Cityside, the newly formed nonprofit that is also parent to Berkeleyside. by Tracey Taylor June 16, 2020, 3:45 p.m. The Oaklandside, launched today as a sister site to Berkeleyside, aims to deliver trustworthy reporting and informed, nuanced perspectives to the …
How a little-known Berkeley group sparked the 1960s student …
WEBDec 12, 2018 · How a little-known Berkeley group sparked the 1960s student movement. SLATE pre-dated the Free Speech and anti-Vietnam War movements. Its members protested racial discrimination by holding ‘shop-ins’ at Lucky’s supermarket on Telegraph Avenue. by Liam O’Donoghue Dec. 12, 2018, 1:00 p.m.
EBMUD reservoirs rise to 84% of capacity after ... - Berkeleyside
WEBJan 11, 2023 · The parade of storms that has drenched California over the past several weeks has gone a long way toward replenishing the reservoirs that provide Berkeley and Oakland with drinking water. East Bay Municipal Utility District reservoirs, which serve 1.4 million customers in Alameda and Contra Costa counties, were filled to …
Fire season is underway: Here’s what’s new in Berkeley this year
WEBJun 6, 2022 · Berlant said the 2022 wildfire year is “well underway”: Cal Fire has already responded to 2,300 wildfires, which have burned nearly 11,000 acres. “The effects of climate change, overgrown forests, prolonged drought as well as increased recreation and housing in wildland areas have all contributed to significant and record-breaking seasons ...
6 maps showing how Berkeley has changed in the last 10 years
WEBJul 17, 2022 · We broke down shifts in population, housing and racial demographics to individual blocks. Berkeley now has a population of about 124,000 people, up by 11,700 residents in the last 10 years for a growth rate of 10%. Berkeley grew more slowly than Oakland (13%), but more rapidly than San Francisco (8.5%).
Redlining: The history of Berkeley’s segregated neighborhoods
WEBSep 20, 2018 · Betty Reid Soskin, a 96-year-old Berkeley community member and the nation’s oldest park ranger, remembers those times.In the 1940s and 1950s, racial housing discrimination was just a fact of life, she said. “We knew that we could not buy property above Grove Street [now known as Martin Luther …
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