‘Our Monologues’ show replaces ‘outdated’ ‘Vagina’ tradition at Berkeley High
A new student performance takes an introspective, updated look at issues within the Berkeley High community.
Natalie Orenstein joined the Berkeleyside staff in early 2017, and has contributed reporting to the site since 2012, when she started as an intern. She previously wrote about public policy and social science research for a number of national nonprofits and foundations. Her journalism has also appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, the J Weekly, the San Francisco Bay Guardian, and elsewhere. Natalie is a proud Berkeley native and has only strayed from the Bay Area once, to attend Pomona College.
A private equity firm wants to buy ‘.org’ for $1 billion. A Berkeley-based cooperative says, ‘not so fast’
Bill Woodcock talks to Berkeleyside about why a cooperative is trying to interfere with the sale of .org, the digital home to the world's nonprofits.
Homes in Berkeley for $162K? Low-income condos for sale for first time in 14 years
First-time home buyers can apply for one of the six units on San Pablo Avenue.
It List: Five things to do in Berkeley this weekend, Jan. 10-12
Mammaries, mass and municipal codes.
Berkeley Unified’s students are coming from wealthier families
A new data set shows how rapidly the BUSD population has changed over a decade. Also: what languages do students speak, and where do they come from?
Fire at West Berkeley homeless camp causes injury
A fire at the camp across from the Seabreeze market sent someone to a medical center Thursday afternoon.
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."
Berkeley cellphone law stands after U.S. Supreme Court declines to take up challenge
The 2015 law requires cellphone retailers to distribute warnings about radiation exposure.
Southbound Shattuck in downtown to become 2-way street next week
The change is part of a $10.3 million effort to reconfigure Shattuck and improve safety and traffic flow.
Berkeley approves agreement with BART around housing at two stations
"This is a beginning of a process," Mayor Jesse Arreguín told a passionate crowd Tuesday.
They’ve been evicted from a North Berkeley building. Now they want to buy it, with help from a land trust
Owners of a 13-unit property have evicted all their tenants in order to sell the property. Community groups are trying to put pressure on the landlords so they sell it to the tenants.
People’s Bazaar, South Berkeley ‘cultural landmark,’ closes shop after 47 years
The store looked like an overflowing attic full of antique finds.
What are the 3 ballot measures BUSD is asking voters to approve in March 2020?
BUSD is asking voters to help fund everything from solar panels to English teachers salaries.
UC Police report multiple arrests related to Ann Coulter appearance on campus
Protesters were demonstrating a talk by right-wing pundit Ann Coulter at UC Berkeley.
New program will let Telegraph Avenue ‘ambassadors’ rent rooms at the YMCA
In the pricey Bay Area an employer is using guaranteed housing as a retention strategy.
Alameda County no longer expected to lose power Wednesday
A change in the weather forecast prompted PG&E to call off an expected power shutoff in the area, according to the county.
