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11 years of radical thought and action in Berkeley led to creation …
WEBMay 10, 2019 · 11 years of radical thought and action in Berkeley led to creation of People’s Park. Dozens of protests in support of civil rights, the student movement in France, the Black Panther movement and against the UC Regents set the stage for the creation of the Southside Berkeley park. It was 50 years ago that People’s Park was built and then ...
How much does your Berkeley neighbor pay in property taxes?
WEBOct 27, 2020 · Because of Prop 13, one house on a Berkeley block might pay $28,000 in property taxes while a similar home only pays $6,000. See the map.
New West Berkeley homeless shelter opens as city emerges from …
WEBJul 2, 2021 · The West Berkeley homeless shelter has space for about 50, and is intended to be a warm, transitional space, rather than a permanent home.
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. Student members of the Ad Hoc Committee, as well as members of SLATE, carry signs on Bancroft ...
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Berkwood Hedge School opens a middle school this fall
WEBJul 8, 2021 · Berkwood Hedge School, a progressive independent elementary school in Central Berkeley, is opening a middle school this fall in the historic Northside neighborhood. The middle school will open its doors in early September with grades 5 and 6, and will expand to include grades 7 and 8 over the following two years.
Live theater returns to Berkeley Rep with 'Wintertime'
WEBNov 19, 2021 · Charles L. Mee’s ‘Wintertime’ is the Berkeley Rep’s first live production since the beginning of lockdown. Nora el Samahy (Maria), David Ryan Smith (Edmund), Micah Peoples (Jonathan), James Carpenter (Frank), and Thomas Jay Ryan (Francois) in Berkeley Rep’s production of Charles L. Mee’s Wintertime, directed by Les Waters.
Berkeley’s People’s Park was born 50 years ago today
WEBApril 20 marks the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the building of the park. Fifty years ago today People’s Park was born, an important moment in the radical trajectory of Berkeley, the Bay Area, California and America in the 1960s. The birth of the park on April 20 kick-started a tumultuous 25 days that culminated on Bloody Thursday ...
Watch the UC Berkeley peregrine falcons on live webcam
WEBMar 15, 2021 · Watch Annie and Alden, UC Berkeley’s peregrine falcons, live. This is Annie and Grinnell’s fifth breeding season at the top of the Campanile. They’ve raised 10 chicks so far. Your donation makes this and all our other local reporting possible. Thank you.