Pepper-spraying protesters disrupted a Jewish Voice for Peace meeting at the South Berkeley Senior Center last night. See the whole story in the next issue. -more-
The Berkeley City Council began its first post-election meeting with the same lineup on Tuesday after Jesse Arreguin, Linda Maio, Kriss Worthington, and Gordon Wozniak each won another term. Mayor Bates was absent, so Vice Mayor Maio presided over the meeting. -more-
City Councilwoman Jean Quan has been named the unofficial winner in Oakland's mayoral race, a spokesman for the Alameda County Registrar of Voters said today. -more-
Jean Quan's press contact Sue Piper sent an email tonight at 6:05 p.m. from the Alameda County Courthouse relaying the announcement made by the Alameda County Registrar of voters: "When all the ballots were counted and the RCV algorithm was run, Quan beat front runner Perata 50.98:49.02." -more-
A raccoon attack on a woman and her dog in Alameda Sunday night has made officials worry that aggressive animals might be a growing trend in urban areas. -more-
Young Jews Disrupt Netanyahu at Jewish General Assembly from stefanie fox on Vimeo.
A group of young Jews with the Young Leadership Institute of Jewish Voice for Peace, including many from the Bay Area, traveled to the largest gathering of Jewish leaders in the US, the Jewish Federation General Assembly, to confront leaders on an approach to saving Israel’s reputation and building young Jewish identity they say actually turns young Jews away.
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The Alameda County Registrar of Voters has posted the unofficial results of the Ranked Choice Voting tallies in Berkeley and Oakland. -more-
The victim of a fatal shooting at an apartment complex in the 1500 block of Alcatraz Avenue in Berkeley on Oct. 30 has been identified as 14-year-old Berkeley High School freshman Larry Malik Grayson, authorities confirmed today. Grayson was shot in the head during the incident and pronounced dead last Thursday, authorities said. -more-
After a slow motion buildup for several months, The Pacifica Foundation, the Berkeley-based nonprofit organization that holds the licenses for five educational radio stations across the country and provides content for 150 affiliated stations, has finally moved to stanch financial bleeding at the network's Berkeley unit KPFA by laying off 7-8 employees after posting a million dollar loss over the past two years. -more-
The question of who will be Oakland's next mayor remained unsettled today with Alameda County Registrar of Voters Dave Macdonald saying it's taking longer than expected to count several thousand provisional ballots. -more-
It wasn't the psychokinetic influence of the tree sitter in People's Park that put Kriss Worthington over the top. Or was it? -more-
The Berkeley Ecology Center’s November 6th Green Gathering at Berkeley City College offered a full evening of presentations — both visionary and apocalyptic — as well as serving up great food and good company. Keynote speaker Bill McKibben (Harvard grad, author of The End of Nature and ringleader of the worldwide movement to cap global CO2 emissions at 350 parts-per-million) offered a sobering litany of the latest symptoms of the planet’s collapsing climate. McKibben also delivered a slim message of hope — i.e., that a mobilized citizenry can still avert planetary doom, a message that was reinforced by speakers from a dozen local groups engaged in different forms of world-saving activism. -more-
Solano Avenue should be a thriving, pedestrian friendly commercial center for North Berkeley residents, complete with more sidewalk seating, street trees and a wide variety of shops, restaurants and entertainment venues. Or so says a majority of over 1300 neighbors, business owners and patrons of the Avenue who envisioned Solano Avenue through a survey created by Berkeley District 5 City Councilmember Laurie Capitelli. -more-
Berkeley bike commuters now have the luxury of free, valet parking at the downtown BART station. The underground bike parking was moved three months ago into a spacious storefront just a few doors down the street at 2208 Shattuck. Providing another incentive for people to leave their cars at home, the new bike station offers a secure, convenient place to leave their bikes as well as a host of other amenities. -more-
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