Daphne White began her reporting career in Atlanta and then worked as a journalist in Washington, DC, for more than a decade. She covered Congress, education and teachers’ unions, and then produced multi-media programs for the World Bank. Daphne’s freelance articles appeared in The Washington Post; Hemispheres (the United Airlines magazine); Foundation News & Commentary; National Wildlife Magazine, and others. Daphne founded and ran a national nonprofit advocacy organization for 10 years, but then escaped the Beltway for Berkeley in 2014. She started writing for Berkeleyside in 2016, and enjoys covering nonprofits and change agents among other things.
A collective of Bay Area video makers called TVTV ushered in the era of handheld cameras and on-the-spot interviews. Their 1970s work will soon be publicly available at BAMPFA.
"You may hate it or you may love it, but you are going to have to go home and be with it."
The controversial preacher said he came to Berkeley because his staff urged him not to, saying progressives wouldn't listen to him. People did show up, but not in great numbers.
The controversial preacher and Trump supporter is coming to Ground Zero of the American progressive movement with messages both religious and political.
While 2017 was the most destructive year ever for wildfires, 2018 is already proving worse. Fire officials are encouraging people to clear brush and plan fire evacuation routes.
While many Berkeley residents are aware of the danger of earthquakes, few consider that they are at risk for a megafire, which could spread from the hills to the flats in minutes.
The owner, Ken Sarachan, has enlisted a developer and a sign announcing construction has gone up on the property at Telegraph Avenue and Haste Street.
It's a dream-like house with somewhat unusual space configurations, just as the author of the seminal book 'A Pattern Language,' wanted it.
A new app brings the storied past of Telegraph Avenue to life with eyewitness accounts and photos of events going back 70 years.
A West Berkeley house and studio have evolved along with the neighborhood over the past 36 years. There have been two remodels, both involving a community of artists and friends.
Jhos Singer believes the sense of male entitlement and power is based on lies and the #MeToo movement is breaking apart that attitude.
Reid Soskin, 96, who co-founded Reid's Records in Berkeley, has just published 'Sign My Name to Freedom,' a memoir that recounts her many amazing experiences.
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