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Growing pains, as Berkeley launches online parking permit system
WEBOct 7, 2019 · According to the city, there were 9,500 accounts with residential parking permits in 2019. Of those, 66% had one vehicle, 25% had two, 8% had three and just over 1% had four or more. Parking permits for community-serving facilities and merchants are set to increase by 30%, to $108 and $241, respectively, in July 2020.
11 years of radical thought and action in Berkeley led to creation …
WEBMay 10, 2019 · In October 1963, Madame Nhu spoke at Cal. As the wife of Ngô Đình Nhu, who was the brother and chief-advisor to President Ngô Đình Diệm, she was the de facto First Lady of South Vietnam from 1955 to 1963.SLATE members conducted a small demonstration outside Harmon Gym where she was speaking.. In early 1964, the Ad Hoc Committee to End Discrimination picketed San Francisco auto dealers ...
How a little-known Berkeley group sparked the 1960s student …
WEBDec 12, 2018 · How a little-known Berkeley group sparked the 1960s student movement. SLATE pre-dated the Free Speech and anti-Vietnam War movements. Its members protested racial discrimination by holding ‘shop-ins’ at Lucky’s supermarket on Telegraph Avenue. Student members of the Ad Hoc Committee, as well as members of SLATE, carry signs on Bancroft ...
How much does your Berkeley neighbor pay in property taxes?
WEBOct 27, 2020 · Walk the leafy streets near UC Berkeley’s Clark Kerr campus and you’ll come across a three-bedroom, three-bathroom home whose value Redfin puts at $2.34 million. Its owners are paying $28,000 a year in property taxes. Go farther on the same block and you’ll see another three-bathroom, three-bedroom home with a …
One year in, Oakland's Horn Barbecue is an undeniable success
WEBSep 24, 2021 · Horn Barbecue. 2534 Mandela Parkway (at 26th Street), Oakland. It’s not news that Oakland’s Horn Barbecue is thriving. Since it opened in the fall of 2020, multitudes of customers have lined up daily for Matt Horn’s succulent, smoked meats. Its success was confirmed by folks far outside Oakland, too, …
Reported gunfire at UC Berkeley: Police search Clark Kerr, Hillside ...
WEBAug 8, 2024 · University police were searching the Clark Kerr Campus area Aug. 8, 2024, after a report of gunfire. Credit: Emilie Raguso. University police have lifted a lockdown at UC Berkeley’s Clark Kerr and Hillside campuses after a report of two gunshots around 7:40 a.m. Thursday at the Clark Kerr track led to an hours-long search.
Confused about recycling in Berkeley? We answer your top 10 …
WEBNov 13, 2019 · Berkeley Recycling/Community Recycling Center, 699 Gilman St., (510) 524-0113, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Saturday. The buyback at the same address is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Saturday. Website: berkeleyrecycling.org. City of Berkeley’s Transfer Station, 1201 Second St.
Cal Memorial Stadium unveiled after 21-month renovation
WEBAug 27, 2012 · All but the outer wall and eastern seating bowl were rebuilt during the $321m renovation of Cal Memorial Stadium. Photo: Tracey Taylor. On Friday, the great and the good of UC Berkeley unveiled the newly renovated Memorial Stadium, the result of more than 30 years of planning, $321 million in pledged funding, many feats of seismic engineering, and 21 months of construction.
Berkwood Hedge School opens a middle school this fall
WEBJul 8, 2021 · Berkwood Hedge School, a progressive independent elementary school in Central Berkeley, is opening a middle school this fall in the historic Northside neighborhood. The middle school will open its doors in early September with grades 5 and 6, and will expand to include grades 7 and 8 over the following two years.