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Have you filled out your ballot? Berkeley Citizens' Action (BCA) did NOT do endorsements for this year's primary. Instead, we are sharing the endorsements and recommendations from the following ...
The droghte of March hath perced to the roote. . Thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrimages. . . The good-humored, almost jovial gathering there, which looked to number in the thousands, was pitched as ...
Here is a quote I will probably keep coming back to in these uncertain times, “Once you sow ethnic hatred in this country you harvest a willingness among your supporters to be done with democratic ...
Berkeley Harris 52,902 89.8% Trump 3,032 5.1% Stein 1,593 2.7% Others 1,399 2.4% Among U.S. cities with populations of 100,000 or more, Berkeley has the lowest vote percentage for Trump, with Trump ...
The East Bay's Non-commercial VoiceAGENDA: Public Comment on non-agenda and items 1 – 7. 1. Minutes, 2. Review and Approve 2/13/2024 -- draft agenda – (Review/Consider) Request from Bay Area Housing ...
As you have probably heard, UC Berkeley has begun the process of preparing People’s Park for the addition of student and homeless housing, as well as new park space and features celebrating People’s ...
On a personal note, Bianca Friundi noted that having grown up in Milan, Italy, she had long considered Milan’s Teatro alla Scala the worldwide center of opera. Then, on coming to San Francisco as ...
The Tuesday 4 pm City Council Special Meeting on Legislative Systems Redesign was enough to make even attentive eyes glaze over. The mayor and Councilmember Hahn made the point at the meeting that ...
It was another full week and there is plenty to report on what I did attend even though I missed the Cedar Rose Park Renovation, the Solano Business District meeting, the Zero Waste Commission, the ...
If you haven’t been following the Hopkins Corridor Project, the redesign to replace parking with bike lanes along the section of Hopkins with the Monterey Market and locally owned shops has created an ...
In Berkeley (California), there is a struggle against developers for the preservation of People’s Park, a memorial to decades of opposition to police violence and brutality. In Atlanta (Georgia), ...
It seems like every time I sit down to finish my Activist’s Diary something new drops. Now I find myself two weeks behind with public participation in city meetings on the chopping block, and the most ...