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Berkeley mayor says, do your part to address public health risks
By Jesse Arreguín,
The city of Berkeley will help businesses and artists impacted by the coronavirus and is taking steps to help the homeless, seniors, and single parents, among others.
It could be your grandmother: How you can help older adults navigate the pandemic
By Andy Gaines and Andra Lichtenstein,
Check in with them and offer to pick up groceries and medicines. Call to say hello. Teach them how to use the internet to communicate with their doctor.
Let’s come together to support our business community in Berkeley
By Elizabeth Redman Cleveland,
Buy local. Get coffee from your favorite coffee shop. Commemorate special occasions with flowers from the neighborhood florist. Encourage your children to buy goods that are manufactured locally.
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Change your behavior now to prevent spread of COVID-19, implores Berkeley native quarantined in Italy
By Sahar Priano,
The outbreak of COVID-19 is now a global pandemic. People should take it seriously, yet also be wary of alarmist panic.
When Berkeley residents are there for each other, we are at our best
By Sophie Hahn,
COVID-19 is also threatening a local economic crisis, which may affect the viability of Berkeley's small businesses. Here are some steps we can take to help out.
Berkeley might name a street after Kala Bagai. This is her story
By Rani Bagai,
I am the granddaughter of the late Kala Bagai who tried to make Berkeley her home only to be driven out of the city because of her race. But if all goes well the city might welcome her back by naming a street after her.
Air-5 and elbow bump — what the coronavirus outbreak has taught us
By Helen Wang,
The COVID-19 pandemic is not only a challenge to our current medical technology and healthcare system but a test of our humanity.
Berkeley reaches out to Puerto Rico, part of its tradition of helping others
By Tom Miller,
For more than 50 years, Berkeley residents have shown they care about developments overseas by lending assistance and money to grassroots movements.
After seeing what South Korea is doing to stop the spread of COVID-19, the U.S. seems unprepared. Can it step up?
By Marissa Moss ,
Marissa Moss spent two weeks touring schools and is now back in Berkeley. During her self-imposed quarantine, she is wondering why more precautions aren't being taken.
Hs. Lordships should reopen under the Spenger’s brand
By Paul Kamen,
Let's not try to recreate Hs. Lorships; the food was never all that great. But its location is the perfect place for a revival of Spenger's, the institution that helped put the Berkeley waterfront on the map.
BAMPFA must ensure that more African Americans see the Rosie Lee Tompkins quilt exhibit
By Joanna Foley ,
Very few African Americans were at the opening of an exhibit celebrating the works of a prodigiously talented local black woman. It felt wrong, and a missed opportunity.
