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New: Richmond Activist Involved in Freedom Flotilla Returning Home

By Bay City News Service
Saturday June 12, 2010 - 07:54:00 PM

Another Bay Area activist who was on board a flotilla of ships that were taken over by Israeli troops last month as they approached Gaza with a shipment of humanitarian aid is returning home tonight. -more-


Flash: Convicted Killer of UC Berkeley Student Gets 16 Year Sentence

By Jeff Shuttleworth, BCN
Friday June 11, 2010 - 12:27:00 AM

Former Berkeley City College student Andrew Hoeft-Edenfield was sentenced at an emotional and lengthy hearing today to 16 years to life in state prison for fatally stabbing University of California at Berkeley senior Christopher Wootton near campus two years ago. -more-


New: Alameda County Administrator Proposes $2.4 Billion Budget

By Jeff Shuttleworth, BCN
Friday June 11, 2010 - 12:29:00 AM

Alameda County Administrator Susan Muranishi today presented a proposed $2.44 billion budget for the 2010-2011 fiscal year, beginning July 1, that closes a $150 million budget gap by cutting 33 jobs and reducing services. -more-


Berkeley School District Proposes Ballot Measures, Discusses Budget Shortfall

By Raymond Barglow, www.berkeleytutors.net
Thursday June 10, 2010 - 01:42:00 PM

The Berkeley School District Board voted on Wednesday evening to place two measures before the voters in November. The first is a bond measure for 210 million dollars “to improve school safety and facilities for learning and teaching.” This measure would fund construction of classrooms and science labs, seismic upgrades and technology upgrades, and would renovate playgrounds, restrooms, cafeterias, heating and fire safety systems, and other facilities. -more-


Both Sides React to Measure C Vote in Berkeley

By Jeff Shuttleworth, BCN and BDP
Wednesday June 09, 2010 - 04:31:00 PM

  A Berkeley parcel tax measure that would have floated $22.5 million in bonds to improve the city's pools received 60.4 percent of the vote in Tuesday's election but fell short of the two-thirds majority it needed to pass, according to complete unofficial results.

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Flash: Berkeley Measure C Fails in Final Vote

Wednesday June 09, 2010 - 07:13:00 AM

Berkeley’s Measure C has been defeated, failing to get the 2/3 majority it needed to pass with a low turnout of 17,258 votes overall. By comparison, 41,314 votes were cast in Berkeley's last mayoral election. -more-


Election Results as of Midnight

Wednesday June 09, 2010 - 12:25:00 AM

Here are the election returns at midnight for Berkeley’s Measure C. At the moment, Measure C is losing. -more-


Out of Work, Sleeping in the Fields

By David Bacon
Tuesday June 08, 2010 - 11:13:00 AM

The People of the Central Valley - 4:
A photodocumentary project on the reality of life today in California's Central Valley -more-


East Bay Activists Returned from Freedom Flotilla Tell Their Story

By Bay City News
Tuesday June 08, 2010 - 09:37:00 AM

Three East Bay activists who were on board a flotilla of ships that were taken over by Israeli troops as they approached Gaza with a shipment of humanitarian aid held a news conference in San Francisco today to tell their story. -more-


Press Release: Police Offer Reward in Berkeley Shooting Death Case

Tuesday June 08, 2010 - 10:04:00 AM

The City of Berkeley is offering a $15,000 reward, and Bay Area Crime Stoppers (BACS) is offering an additional $2,000 reward, for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspect or suspects responsible for the shooting death of a Berkeley man. He has been identified as Kenneth Jerome Tims, Jr., 30 years old.

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Boxer Tours Caldecott Tunnel Construction Site

By Caitilin McAdoo, BCN
Thursday June 03, 2010 - 04:55:00 PM

U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer toured a construction site in Orinda this morning where crews are creating a fourth bore at the Caldecott Tunnel. -more-


UC Chancellor Speaks to Staff Assembly

By Norris C. Lincoln
Saturday June 05, 2010 - 03:58:00 PM

The University had a bad financial year but survived it, is now in a more stable position, but faces continuing challenges, UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau told the annual meeting of the Berkeley Staff Assembly on Wednesday, May 26. He was the principal speaker at the event. -more-


UC Berkeley Professor Randy Hester Receives Retirement Tribute

By Steven Finacom
Tuesday June 08, 2010 - 12:26:00 PM

Music, heartfelt tributes, reminiscences of colleagues, students, and friends and a jovial and appreciative crowd filled the lobby of Wurster Hall on the UC Berkeley campus on May 8, 2010, as Professor Randy Hester was honored. -more-


Berkeley High School Governance Copes With Cuts and other Issues

By Raymond Barglow, www.berkeleytutors.net
Saturday June 05, 2010 - 04:00:00 PM

As the academic year comes to a close, the School Governance Council (SGC) at Berkeley High, which last met on May 25, continues to grapple with major issues, including replacement of the SGC itself by a newly formed “school site council” (SSC). -more-


Harry Dov Weininger
September 28, 1933 – May 31, 2010

Sunday June 06, 2010 - 10:24:00 PM

Harry Dov Weininger, who was a force in community and civic affairs in the East Bay from the 1960s until quite recently, has died at the age of 76. Harry lived a full life, without complaint, despite significant health issues in recent years, including Parkinson’s Disease and congestive heart failure. He enjoyed Berkeley Akademie and San Francisco Symphony performances in his last days, and on his final evening on the town, dined at a Berkeley bayside restaurant – metaphorically, at sunset. He suffered a cardiac arrest that evening, never regained consciousness, and died four days later. Harry ended life just as remarkably as he lived it: he managed to pass away on Memorial Day, surrounded by family and friends. -more-


Now Read This

Friday June 11, 2010 - 10:22:00 AM

A couple of sometime Berkeley residents, Alison Weir and Robert Scheer, express themselves on Helen Thomas’s recent fall from grace. -more-


Now Read This

Friday June 11, 2010 - 10:21:00 AM