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Archives December 2019
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Police: ‘Known gang member’ charged with gunfire at Durant, Telegraph
Police identified Rashad Albert as the shooter after interviewing witnesses and reviewing surveillance footage, according to court papers.
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Coyotes are cavorting in Tilden Regional Park
Photographer Chris Polydoroff has been following â and documenting â a pack of five or six coyotes in Tilden Park.
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Trash is a big problem at this Berkeley homeless encampment
Video story: Unsheltered people living on Caltrans property near the Seabreeze Market by University Avenue and Interstate 80 are grappling with the trash that has accumulated. The city recently installed a dumpster in the area.
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New laws on using plastic foodware, disposable cups, natural gas and lobbying go into effect in 2020
Three new laws will shape how Berkeley residents eat, build and influence lawmaking.
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Remembering Marilyn Marjorie Moore Reynolds, a transportation planner and master gardener
She spent 25 years with the Metropolitan Planning Commission. After retiring, she became a master gardener and volunteered at Golden Gate Park. A memorial for her and her late husband is Feb. 1
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Need a sous vide machine? Or electric mixer? Berkeley Public Library to begin lending kitchen tools
Library officials want people to fill out a survey so they can figure out which kitchen items to offer.
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Opinion: Assemblywoman Buffy Wicks reflects on her first term and looks to challenges ahead
She helped triple funding for gun violence prevention and pushed to help create housing for the ‘missing middle.’ Electing a new leader and pushing back against the Trump administration are priorities for 2020.
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Remembering Jerry Acuña, linguist, bilingual teacher, property manager
He came to Berkeley to teach bilingual education at Franklin Elementary School and later moved into real estate sales and investing.
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Stimulating new version of Michael Fraynâs âCopenhagenâ by Indra’s Net Theater
The play focuses on a 1941 meeting between two internationally respected physicists, one Danish, one German, who were once colleagues but ended up on opposing sides in World War II.
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The East Bay restaurants that opened and closed in December
Our last roundup of 2019 tallies more than 20 new East Bay restaurants and 11 closures.
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2 Berkeleyside editors choose their best books of 2019
Escape the cumulative exhaustion of national and global politics and indulge in some good reads. What books did you enjoy this year?
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Sarah Ruhlâs âBecky Nurse of Salemâ is a palpable hit at Berkeley Rep
The MacArthur Fellowship genius award winnerâs latest play is a thoroughly captivating, charming and ultimately satisfying quirky comedy that ponders the Salem witch trials and much more.
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A UC Berkeley professor was sent to an internment camp. Now his art is ‘part of the American story’
The Smithsonian American Art Museum is exhibiting seven decades of Chiura Obata’s work. The show, say experts, reflects how American modernism is finally beginning to recognize the expansiveness of “American art.”
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Nosh looks back on the best dishes and most memorable meals of 2019
Nosh and Berkeleyside editors and writers share their favorite bites from 2019.
