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Shop Talk: The ins and outs of Berkeley businesses
NEW: ADDISON YOGA LOFT Opening March 23, Addison Yoga Loft is the newest yoga studio to settle in West Berkeley. Sharing the same building with the new Highwire Coffee shop, which recently bought Local...
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Drones, and racing them, a big attraction in Berkeley park
While kites floated silently on the seaside breeze at Berkeley's César Chávez Park last Saturday, a lone black drone buzzed and somersaulted 30 feet in the air, until it came crashing down back to...
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School Board adopts interim sexual harassment policy
Amid a federal investigation on whether Berkeley High School inadequately responded to sexual harassment claims, the Berkeley School Board voted unanimously Wednesday to pass a new, interim sexual...
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BART promotes suicide prevention line as incidents spike
BART hosted a press conference in its downtown Berkeley station Tuesday to announce a new campaign to combat a recent spike in suicides on its train tracks. By mid-March, there had already been six...
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Shop Talk: The ins and outs of Berkeley businesses
MARVEL AND COMPANY Marvel and Company, which reopened this month after a makeover, sells an array of high-end, vintage home decor items, linen, and collectible trinkets from around the world. But the...
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Local man pushes for better restrooms at Berkeley park
For years, Berkeley resident Martin Nicolaus has been coming out to César Chávez Park to admire its natural beauty and take photographs — a collection of which he published in a book last December. But...
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Berkeley launches donation boxes for homeless people
Members of the Berkeley City Council, the Downtown Berkeley Association, and the Berkeley Food and Housing Project gathered by the downtown BART station Thursday to launch a donation program for the...
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Berkeley High students allege BUSD refused access to federal investigators...
After BUSD officials allegedly refused to let federal investigators interview students about sexual harassment claims at Berkeley High, students plastered posters in campus hallways last month stating,...
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Parents, students rally for more inclusive schools
Parents, students and community members held a rally at this week's Berkeley Unified School District Board of Education meeting to urge board members to provide a more inclusive district for students...
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BUSD poised to adopt tougher school enrollment policy
Berkeley school board officials are considering tougher enrollment requirements to curb illegal enrollment in the district, following the initial success of new registration requirements this year....
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Oakland restaurants protest sharp compost fee hike
Thirty-five Oakland restaurateurs have signed a letter to Mayor Libby Schaaf protesting a rise in compost fees which could set some back as much as $11,000 a year.
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Oakland hears restaurants over compost fee hikes
Oakland City Council held an emergency meeting to address skyrocketing compost fees which local restaurateurs say could put them out of business.
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