Berkeley limits service fees for third-party food delivery apps
UberEats, Postmates, DoorDash, Caviar and Grubhub can only charge restaurants up to 15% in service fees under a new temporary ordinance.
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Supriya Yelimeli joined the Berkeleyside staff as a general assignment reporter in May 2020 after contributing reporting since 2018 as a freelance writer. Yelimeli grew up in Fremont and has written for outlets across the Bay Area and Southern California, including as a breaking news reporter for Bay City News, and a contributor at Mission Local, NBC Los Angeles and the Pacific Coast Business Times. Yelimeli earned her undergraduate degree at UC Santa Barbara where she was Editor-in-Chief of the Daily Nexus. She's always reachable by Twitter and email for tips, criticism and all other feedback.
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School notebook: ‘Not-so-dire’ budget cuts, re-envisioning school policing, a fire at BUSD, Oxford renovations, grab-and-go meals
Berkeley school news — in brief.
What will ‘back to school’ look like in Berkeley? BUSD plans for hybrid learning — if COVID-19 restrictions ease
BUSD will pair in-person classes with distance learning for K-12 students beginning in August — if, and only if, county and local shelter-in-place guidelines move to the next phase of reopening.
This Berkeley bottle shop has stopped selling booze to transition to a neighborhood grocery store
The owner is troubled by the rise of alcohol sales during the pandemic, and hopes to offer healthy, local foods instead.
Roads closed for Fourth of July due to fire danger in Berkeley Hills
Several roads and parking lots commonly used as viewpoints will be closed this year, UC Police reported.
The ‘Berkeley boom’ is back this year. Are fireworks to blame?
Loud pops, cracks and fireworks in recent weeks have prompted hundreds of posts on social media, passionate threads on neighborhood forums and, perhaps inevitably, conspiracy theories.
Teenage Black Lives Matter protesters demand that Berkeley Hills residents ‘wake up’ and take action
A march organized by Berkeley High students began at Ashby BART and ended at Codornices Park.
BUSD Board President Judy Appel will not run for re-election
Appel is stepping down, partly, she says, to focus on healing after a car crash in January 2019 that left her and her wife in critical condition.
‘I don’t want to be the next name’: Young women lead the Black Lives Matter charge in Berkeley
Shayla Avery, 16, Ultraviolet Schneider-Dwyer, 17, and Hadassah Zenor-Davis, 16 — all new to organizing —orchestrated one of the largest protests in the city so far.
Report: Black girls at climbing camp in North Berkeley called N-word by white woman
Neighbors have rallied in support and posted signs of affirmation that say “Black Climbers Matter.”
UC Berkeley will only partially reopen to students in the fall. Most learning will be remote
The university will offer optional in-person classes for smaller discussion sections for large lectures and other activities.
Man leaps to safety after being pushed onto BART tracks
Police said the man was able to narrowly avoid being hit by the train due to his “quick actions.”
BUSD will rename Jefferson and Washington elementary schools in broader ‘Black Lives Matter’ push
Board member Ka’Dijah Brown emphasized that renaming of the schools is only a small step in the district’s work to address systemic racism.
Berkeley wanted ‘slow streets.’ Now we’ll have them.
About 2 miles of Berkeley streets will be barricaded off on one side to slow traffic and encourage walking and bicycling.
Berkeley Market Hall closed as precaution after employee contracts COVID-19
The market temporarily closed to test the diagnosed employee’s team members, and reopened Wednesday.
Rep. Barbara Lee wants to form a racial healing commission to reckon with 400 years of systemic racism
The U.S. has never created a federal body to address the impact of slavery, and systemic racism in black communities.
