News Updates

Berkeley Unified School District Gets $2.4M in Stimulus Funds to Offset Budget Cuts

By Riya Bhattacharjee

Friday May 08, 2009

State officials announced Saturday, May 9, that the Berkeley Unified School District will receive $2.4 million through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. -more-

School District Will Review Attendance Zones to Address Overcrowding

By Riya Bhattacharjee

Saturday May 09, 2009

Berkeley's Board of Education voted unanimously April 29 to ask the school district to review classroom capacities and attendance zones to address overcrowded elementary schools. -more-

UC Berkeley Names Neil Henry as J-School Dean

By Riya Bhattacharjee

Friday May 08, 2009

UC Berkeley’s search for a dean for its Graduate School of Journalism came to an end Thursday when it selected interim Dean Neil Henry for the position. -more-

UC Regents Approve Tuition Hike

By Riya Bhattacharjee

Friday May 08, 2009

The UC Board of Regents Friday approved a 9.3 percent student fee increase for the 2009-10 school year, despite criticism from students about the high cost of tuition. -more-

Secured UC Berkeley Databases Hacked, Students Warned About Identity Thefts

By Riya Bhattacharjee

Friday May 08, 2009

UC Berkeley officials announced Friday that Social Security numbers and other identification had been hacked from restricted university health services databases, putting students at risk of identity theft. -more-

Berkeley Police Identify 67th Street Victim

By Riya Bhattacharjee

Friday May 08, 2009

The Berkeley Police Department Friday identified the victim who died of gunshot wounds in southwest Berkeley earlier this week as 18-year-old Maurice Robertson. -more-

Downtown Area Plan Votes Will End Commission’s Role

By Richard Brenneman

Friday May 08, 2009

Planning commissioners are scheduled to hold what may be the final meeting on the downtown plan Wednesday, May 13. -more-

News

Swine Flu Anxiety Wanes as Bay Area Schools Reopen

By Riya Bhattacharjee

Thursday May 07, 2009

With Bay Area schools starting to reopen this week, the anxiety surrounding swine flu has started to ebb, Alameda County public health officials said Wednesday, May 6. -more-

Malcolm X Elementary Reopens After 2-Day Closure

By Riya Bhattacharjee

Thursday May 07, 2009

Malcolm X Elementary School reopened Wednesday after a two-day closure due to swine flu concerns. -more-

B-Tech Students on Their Way to College

By Riya Bhattacharjee

Thursday May 07, 2009

There’s no stopping JaQuia Bolden. This B-Tech senior is going to college. -more-

Amended Climate Action Plan Moves Forward; Final Vote June 2

By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor

Thursday May 07, 2009

With considerably less rancor than two weeks ago, when it squabbled late into the night without taking a vote, the Berkeley City Council Tuesday night unanimously approved moving forward with its ambitious Climate Action Plan (CAP), designed to serve as a roadmap to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the city. -more-

Neighbors Voice Concerns Over Safeway Expansion Plans

By Riya Bhattacharjee

Thursday May 07, 2009

If Safeway representatives thought fresh carrots and celery sticks would appease the disgruntled crowd at the Claremont Hotel Wednesday, April 29, they were wrong. -more-

School Board Promises Additional West Campus Land for Warm Pool

By Riya Bhattacharjee

Thursday May 07, 2009

Planners Tackle Southside, Downtown Zoning Changes

By Richard Brenneman

Thursday May 07, 2009

School District Gets Stimulus Funds For Low-Income, Special Ed Students

By Riya Bhattacharjee

Thursday May 07, 2009

Berkeley High Athletic Hall of Fame Inducts 24

By Riya Bhattacharjee

Thursday May 07, 2009

Props 1A, 1B Would Have Long-Term Effets on California Budget Process

By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor

Thursday May 07, 2009

Berkeley police detectives are asking for the public’s help in locating a man suspected of twice robbing the Telegraph Avenue branch of the Bank of America.

Police Blotter

By Ali Winston

Thursday May 07, 2009

A.O. Sachs: In Memoriam

By Conrad T. Greenstone

Thursday May 07, 2009

Riya Bhattacharjee

Tanoya Law and Cassandra Irvin ponder a math problem on the B-Tech campus. Law has been accepted into three colleges this fall, and Irvin, a junior, is planning to go to college next fall.

Editorials

The Building Boys Cry Wolf Again

By Becky O’Malley

Thursday May 07, 2009

Why do some unions insist on shooting themselves in the foot? The current hysterical media campaign by San Francisco’s Building Construction Trades Council against the proposed implementation of voter-passed Measure J, establishing a Historical Preservation Commission, is a textbook example of how to do it. -more-