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Remembering Sojun Mel Weitsman, teacher, abbot, founder of Berkeley Zen Center
His clear and steady leadership made BZC a beacon for Buddhist practitioners and other spiritual seekers in the East Bay and around the U.S.
Remembering Tom Schnetlage, software program manager at UC Berkeley, hiker, bird watcher
He also volunteered at the Human Awareness Institute and at Kaiser Oakland Hospice.
Remembering Mark Haggitt, the ‘Mayor of Thousand Oaks’
His kind and generous spirit in helping neighbors – no matter how great or small the task – touched hundreds in North Berkeley.
Remembering Charles Shere, who approached life with open-minded wonder
Charles had a long, varied career in music and the arts, traveled extensively, embraced family and friends and was a founder of Chez Panisse.
Remembering Ted Edlin, a man with a dry wit who was active in Berkeley politics
Ted Edlin worked in the computer and energy industries and was a former president of Berkeley’s Council of Neighborhood Associations and a member of the Fire Commission.
Remembering Nidra ‘Rosie’ Rosenthal, a good friend to many
Rosie was an archetypal Berkeley woman who came of age in the 1960s. She was intelligent, well-educated, resourceful and creative.
Remembering Lenn Keller, founder of Bay Area Lesbian Archives
A prominent activist, Keller chronicled the communities she was a part of, including Berkeley, telling stories of joy and resistance.
As restaurants close, Grand Lake Farmers Market vendors hurt for business
Some farmers sold more than half their harvest to restaurants before the pandemic. A new program is helping farmers connect with more individual customers.
Remembering Mary D. Jones, M.D., whose life was all about helping others
Mary, a partner at East Bay Pediatrics until she retired in 2014, touched and fundamentally helped so many people in so many ways with her deep compassion and heartfelt empathy.
Special delivery: HelpBerkeley brings affordable restaurant meals to seniors and others at-risk
The volunteer-run group works with local eateries to provide two meals for $10 to those over 60 or self-isolating. This holiday, it will deliver hundreds of free meals.
Opinion: Berkeley teachers should speak up to reopen schools
BUSD teachers should join the ranks of the thousands of other teachers across the country who have bravely returned to the classroom.
Joshua Litwin will be remembered for his knowledge, compassion and humor
All those who knew Joshua Litwin, who ran Berkeley Ophthalmology Medical Group, will miss his unlimited knowledge, his quick humor, his big personality and his capacity for love.
Remembering Annette Tenenbaum Goldberg, 98, a homemaker who helped those less fortunate than herself
Annette lived most of her life in Georgia and moved to Berkeley after her husband passed away.
In dramatic rescue, man overboard in the bay near Berkeley Marina is saved just in time
Four sailboats and the Coast Guard came to the aid of a 32-year-old German sailor who floated in the cold waters of the bay for 45 minutes.
Remembering writer and adventurer Marion Benedict
Marion left Pennsylvania to work in New York during the war; lived for 27 years in London; dwelt on two remote islands in the Indian Ocean and, one year, traveled around the world.
