The Sit List: 5 events to celebrate the Earth and more in Berkeley
This week: Celebrate the 51st anniversary of Earth Day with a week of fun activities about green living and more.
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‘Real justice would mean George Floyd is with us today’: Berkeley, East Bay leaders respond to Chauvin verdict
Thousands of Berkeley high school students and community members organized protests in response to George Floyd’s killing last summer.
Oakland Theater Project’s one-person ‘The Waste Landâ is brilliant
Lisa Ramirez shines in this production that takes place in a parking lot in downtown Oakland. Yes, a parking lot! Or you can stream it.
Health
Over one-third of Alameda County adults have been fully vaccinated
With all adults now eligible, community clinics are helping make vaccine distribution more equitable, but supply problems could crop up again.
Watch: Kaiser Permanente Oaklandâs chief physician talks vaccine safety and efficacy
Dr. Rita Ng answers common questions about vaccines in Alameda County.
In brief
South Berkeley residents in need can get a free ride to Oakland Coliseum COVID-19 vaccination appointments
Free rides for South Berkeley residents are available through the South Berkeley Mutual Aid Project and fully vaccinated drivers are encouraged to volunteer.
In brief
About a third of Berkeley residents are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, with 50% having at least one shot
Nearly half of all Berkeley residents have gotten at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, and 30% of the city’s population is fully vaccinated.
Recent stories
Update: UC Berkeleyâs falcon chicks are hatching!
As of Saturday afternoon, two falcon chicks had hatched successfully. Watch the Cal Falcons live Q&A session and watch party, also held Saturday.
Mrs. Dallowayâs, Berkeley’s 17-year-old bookstore of ‘literary and garden arts,’ is for sale
The two owners are hoping to find buyers who love books and the community as much as they do.
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After a 40-year writing odyssey, Berkeley’s Orville Schell publishes his first novel
The journalist and China expert will appear on Sunday, May 2, 6 p.m. at the Bay Area Book Festival in a conversation with fellow author Yiyun Li, moderated by Adam Hochschild.
The Sit List: 5 artistic and activist events for the spring
This week, learn about police reform; buy plants from a garden club; read a novel about the 1906 quake; get to know flowers and their pollinator friends; or watch ‘The Waste Land.’
Reviewed: ‘I’m Fine (Thanks For Asking)’
The often harsh realities of pandemic life balanced with a bracing shot of old-fashioned California âcan-doâ optimism result in a prize-worthy movie. Screen it before Sunday.
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Are the markets in bubble territory? How do we know?
Weâve been getting the bubble question since 2014. We werenât in a bubble then and, while things are not ‘cheap,’ there are investments that are looking frothier these days.
Four creative and exciting local theater productions to check out in April
Aurora Theatre Company, Those Women Productions, Oakland Theatre Project and TheatreFirst are working hard to stimulate and educate us, despite the challenges of the pandemic.
