How did 200 racetrack workers at Golden Gate Fields get COVID-19?
The track has said 95% of the people who tested positive had no symptoms and that this is likely what allowed the disease to spread so broadly.
Lead Story
The Sit List: 5 things to do to stay fit and entertained around the holidays
Run off holiday eating with the 2020 Revenge of the Bird Virtual 5K Turkey Trot, shop a Black women-owned business holiday marketplace — plus poetry, art and a variety show.
Top Stories
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Man sustains head injury in hit-and-run crash in Berkeley
“It was a pretty hectic scene,” police said.
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For this Berkeley woman, the University Avenue fire has left her with no place to live
Marsha Tolliver had to leave the room she was renting and was forced to choose between buying a uniform for work or paying for a hotel.
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First Person: On the eve of Thanksgiving, so shines a good deed
Sometimes this year’s overwhelming darkness provides a kind of canvas onto which acts of true goodness can be spotlit.
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COVID-19 by the numbers; plus key resources to help you stay informed
A snapshot of key COVID-19 statistics, updated weekdays by 6 p.m.
City
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Berkeley bids adieu to the controversial Big People statues
The statues stood on the pedestrian bridge over I-80 for 12 years. It will take 3 days to remove them.
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Robin Sloan: Berkeley and its casual geniuses
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Ruth Whippman: ‘I don’t make jokes about Berkeley any more’
After 2016, all the jokes about kooky liberals left a bitter taste. The truth is: Berkeley is Finland with sunshine, unrelenting in its commitment to justice, community and thrift.
Michael Lewis: Why I live in Berkeley
In 1998, Michael Lewis wondered where in the world he and his wife could live where he would find things in driving distance worth writing books about. They landed in Berkeley.
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Nosh
Everything to eat and drink at this new Oakland taproom is 100% gluten-free
Buck Wild Brewing Taproom is a partnership between California's first gluten-free brewery and Kitava, a San Francisco-based 'clean food' restaurant.
Alloko Garden brings a taste of Ivory Coast from a ghost kitchen in Oakland
This new restaurant is one of more than 40 takeout and delivery-only operations at a new ghost kitchen called Jingletown Eats in East Oakland.
Arts
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Small Screen Berkeley: ‘Zappa’ and ‘Flowers of Shanghai’
Watch a documentary about Frank Zappa produced by his son or a Taiwanese period piece that feels like soaking in a warm bubble bath.
The Berkeley Wire: 11.24.20
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