Berkeley Public Library poised to get first permanent director in 3 years
The Board of Library Trustees has interviewed three strong candidates and plans to select a director soon.
Frances Dinkelspiel
Frances Dinkelspiel (co-founder) is a journalist and author. Her first book, Towers of Gold: How One Jewish Immigrant Named Isaias Hellman Created California, published in November 2008, was a San Francisco Chronicle bestseller. Her second book, Tangled Vines: Greed, Murder, Obsession and an Arsonist in the Vineyards of California was published in October 2015 and was both a New York Times and San Francisco Chronicle bestseller. Frances is a former staff reporter for the Syracuse Newspapers and the San Jose Mercury News. Her freelance work has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, People Magazine, Daily Beast, the San Francisco Chronicle, and elsewhere.
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COVID-19 is to blame for under-staffed and closed Berkeley post offices
Postal workers said that only two of their colleagues got the virus but they may have exposed others, leading some to self-quarantine. A driver in Oakland has died of COVID-19.
Update: Berkeley residents won’t vote in November on repealing 40-year-old law exempting some duplexes from rent control
Mayor Jesse ArreguĂn made the decision to pull the golden duplex item after so many council members recused themselves that it made it difficult to move the issue forward.
Berkeley ‘golden duplex’ vote highlights conflicts between tenants and landlords
The City Council will look tonight at whether to place a measure on the November ballot eliminating the rent control exemption for golden duplexes.
Berkeley to set up popup COVID-19 testing site in San Pablo Park
For two days, on July 29 and July 30, people will be able do their own oral tests and drop the results in a receptacle. Results are expected in 24 to 48 hours.
Need to mail a package in Berkeley? Be prepared to hunt, as many post offices have reduced hours
Staffing shortages have impacted eight post offices in Berkeley and Albany. Some are opening late. Most only have one clerk so may be closed over their lunch break.
An 1897 brown-shingle house makes its way through Berkeley streets to a new home
The house was moved a few blocks to make way for construction of a new 37-unit building on Bancroft Way between Shattuck Avenue and Milvia Street.
Racist neighbors pushed this South Asian woman out of her home. Now Berkeley is poised to name a street after her.
Kala Bagai arrived in the U.S. with her family in 1915. Like many other Asians in Berkeley, she was discriminated against.
Whole Foods workers sue grocery chain for not being allowed to wear Black Lives Matter attire
One of the plaintiffs worked at the Telegraph Avenue store and left after she was told to take off her Black Lives Matter pin.
Hundreds in Berkeley protest Whole Foods’ ban on wearing clothing branded ‘Black Lives Matter’
Protesters came to support a former employee who quit after she was told to remove a face mask that had “Black Lives Matter” printed on it.
‘Ohlone Territory’ mural painted on downtown Berkeley street
The city of Berkeley painted the red and white mural. In early June, Berkeley High students painted Black Lives Matter in giant yellow letters on Allston Way.
Indoor religious services once again prohibited in Berkeley because of rise in COVID-19 cases
New state rules go into effect today prohibiting indoor worship services.
