Among U.S. cities with populations of 100,000 or more, Berkeley has the lowest vote percentage for Trump, with Trump receiving barely more than one in twenty votes. Other cities of 100,000 or more ...

On July 21, Joe Biden announced that he was passing the presidential torch after four tremendous years (and several tempestuous weeks). In reply, the activist org MoveOn, published a note of ...

Kelly Hammargren Sunday April 07, 2024 - 11:09:00 AM When I started writing the Activist’s Diary in October 2020, I was already watching the slow erosion of Berkeley as a city turning away from its ...

Now that I have been so slow to finish off this Activist’s Diary and fallen into covering two weeks of meetings, it feels like the world has shifted again. Trump’s visit with Viktor Orban at ...

According to official records, the Berkeley Marina is home for 186 vessels including 172 recreational boats (including "live a-boards") and five commercial fishing boats. My long-time fave boat-name ...

It is clear from his comportment that the Mayor has lost his ethical way. He pockets his rules, yet doesn’t see that he leaves himself with nothing. He doesn’t know how to escape this; he feels those ...

Check the City website for late announcements and meetings posted on short notice at: https://berkeleyca.gov/ Go to meetings and events are bolded: The Bird Festival looks terrific. Wednesday is a ...

The first week of August was a perfect kind of week. The Berkeley City Council was on summer recess and so were most of the boards and commissions. Trump was finally indicted for his attempted coup ...

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), ...

City Council Spring Recess is from March 22 – April 10, 2023. All City Council and City Council Committee, the Zoning Adjustment Board and the Rent Board meetings are in the hybrid format: in-person ...

Look how far we’ve come in thirty years. In 1993 the movie that won the Academy Award for Best Makeup, the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, the Golden Globe Award for ...