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Berkeley police determined that the incident—though alarming and upsetting to those involved—lacked the criminal intent necessary to support probable cause for an arrest.
In late March, a white driver stopped his car to stop roughhousing between a black student and a white student, eventually assailing the boy and chasing him into the street.
The ballot initiative will generate $140 million per year to enroll thousands of children ages 0 - 5 in child care and preschool and get them Kindergarten-ready.
There is a battle on all over the country between corporate Democrats and corporate-free, people-powered, locally-based candidates. It's happening here, too.
UC Berkeley wants to build housing at People's Park for the same reason it tore down housing there almost 50 years ago: to get rid of "undesirables."
Natural gas pollutes more than electricity per dollar, yet PG&E only allows cities to tax them the same. As an incentive to switch to electricity, customers should pay more for gas
Jovanka Beckles, a candidate for the 15th Assembly District, has a plan on how to disrupt the vicious cycle that incarcerates those with mental illness or drug addiction.
A disproportionate number of Berkeley's highest needs kids are dancers. It makes sense to engage them in something they love at a young age to help them succeed academically.
Cal has treated the park with benign neglect, creating the conditions that it hopes will lead to public support of development. It should invest in improving the park instead.
If we're going to tackle tough challenges like housing and homelessness, education and inequity, gun violence, criminal justice reform and climate change, we need Buffy Wicks.
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