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Twittering Bates: He Wants to Be Berkeley's Mayor—Again.
04-27-2012
Cartoons
Odd Bodkins: Not a Marvel (Cartoon)
By Dan O'Neill
05-01-2012
Odd Bodkins: Nate (Cartoon)
By Dan O'Neill
04-28-2012
Public Comment
New: The Berkeley City Council Should Remand the Lions Hall Project to the Zoning Adjustment Board for Proper Review
By Chadidjah McFall
04-30-2012
Turning the “Occupy the UC Gill Tract” Conflict into an Opportunity for Resolving Key Food, Environmental and Social Problems Affecting our Bay Area Urban Communities
By Miguel A. Altieri, Professor of Agroecology, College of Natural Resources, UC Berkeley, And Claudia J. Carr, Associate Professor, Environmental Science, Policy and Management, UC Berkeley
04-30-2012
New: WEBAIC Response To Misleading East Bay Express Article: “The Battle Over Live-Work Communities in West Berkeley”
From Rick Auerbach, WEBAIC
04-28-2012
Press Release: The "Occupy the Farm" Letters
From UC Berkeley Public Affairs and Occupy the Farm
04-30-2012
Why I Support President Obama
By Dr Deborah Hecht
04-26-2012
Sierra Club Takes Visionary Stand to Preserve Land in West Berkeley for Recycling/Reuse, Green Collar, & Manufacturing Activities & Jobs
From WEBAIC
04-26-2012
May Pepper Spray Times
By Grace Underpressure
04-28-2012
See, Hear, Feel
By Romila Khanna
04-28-2012
News
Ticking Car Brings Bomb Squad to North Berkeley Neighborhood
By Sasha Lekach (BCN)
05-03-2012
New: Oakland: 25 Arrested in Yesterday's Protests
By Bay City News
05-02-2012
Updated: Oakland Police Attempt to Clear 14th and Broadway Area
By Jeff Shuttleworth (BCN)
05-01-2012
Flash: Thousands Converge at Oakland City Center Tonight
By Jeff Shuttleworth (BCN)
05-01-2012
Flash: Oakland Demonstrators Advance on City Hall at 6--Mutual Aid Called In(Press Release)
From Karen Boyd, City of Oakland Public Information Officer
05-01-2012
Nurses Strike in Berkeley and Throughout Bay Area
By Patricia Decker (BCN)
05-01-2012
Press Release: Sophie Hahn Announces Candidacy for Berkeley's City Council District 5
From Sophie Hahn
05-01-2012
Updated: Oakland: 4 Protesters Arrested in Midday Clashes with Police
By Jeff Shuttleworth (BCN)
05-01-2012
May Day Public Hearing on West Berkeley Developments (News Analysis)
By Toni Mester
04-26-2012
Berkeley’s “New” Downtown: Behind the Brand (News Analysis)
By Zelda Bronstein
04-27-2012
Last Day to Opt Out of Smart Meters? (Sort Of)
By Chris Cooney (BCN)
05-01-2012
Updated: Arrest in Berkeley Bicycle Hit-and-Run
From Capt. Andrew Greenwood Investigations Division Commander Berkeley Police Department
04-27-2012
Press Release: Berkeley Riders Hit by Car on Tunnel Road Post Video; Police Investigating
From Lt. Andrew Greenwood, Berkeley Police Department
04-27-2012
EBMUD Won't Need to Restrict Water Since It's Been Raining
By Bay City News
04-26-2012
Oakland: Tension Increases as Protesters Gather for Rally
By Jeff Shuttleworth (BCN)
05-01-2012
Protesters Continue Farm Occupation, Plan Weekend Activities
By Jeff Shuttleworth (BCN)
04-28-2012
New: As People's Park Braces for U.C. Takeover, "Wing-Nut" Supporters Bask in Sun, Dance--Marking Park's 43rd Birthday
By Ted Friedman
05-01-2012
Latest Failed People's Park Tree-Sit Portends Losing Streak
By Ted Friedman
04-28-2012
Columns
New: DISPATCHES FROM THE EDGE:Latin America Delivers A Swift Kick
By Conn Hallinan
05-01-2012
ECLECTIC RANT: Islamophobia in the Workplace
By Ralph E. Stone
04-27-2012
THE PUBLIC EYE: Fukushima is a Metaphor for What Happened to the US
By Bob Burnett
04-27-2012
WILD NEIGHBORS: Not Just the Same Old Song
By Joe Eaton
04-26-2012
SENIOR POWER: Ozu and Noda
By Helen Rippier Wheeler
04-26-2012
ON MENTAL ILLNESS: The Psychotic Mind
By Jack Bragen
04-26-2012
New: My Commonplace Book (a diary of excerpts copied from printed books, with comments added by the reader.)
By Dorothy Bryant
05-01-2012
Arts & Events
New: Theater Review: 'A Hot Day in Ephesus' at Actos Ensemble of Berkeley
By Ken Bullock
05-01-2012
New: AROUND & ABOUT THEATER: A Sampler of the Theater of Ismael Reed at CCA—Free!
By Ken Bullock
04-27-2012
Historic and Garden Events In and Around Berkeley Are Here
By Steven Finacom
04-26-2012
EYE FROM THE AISLE: Bay Area Children’s Theater: TRUE STORY OF THE 3 LITTLE PIGS in Berkeley
By John A. McMullen II
04-28-2012
10th Berkeley Poetry Festival & 2nd Art In The Atrium Festival
By Marcia Poole
04-26-2012
THEATER REVIEW: 'Anatol' at the Aurora
By Ken Bullock
04-26-2012
Press Release: New Monsters & Looney/Mezzacappa/Robinson Trio plus special guest Marco Eneidi at Berkeley Arts Festival on May 5
By Bonnie Hughes
04-28-2012