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UC strike: Parent workers tell Cal 'learn to share'

UC strike: Parent workers tell Cal 'learn to share'

UC Berkeley graduate students who are also parents — among the last to still be on the picket line in a month…

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Berkeley remembers William Evans, veteran hit and killed by truck driver

Berkeley remembers William Evans, veteran hit and killed by truck driver

About three dozen people gathered at the corner of Shattuck Avenue and Bancroft Way Tuesday night to protest …

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Berkeley Hills homeowner fined for using too much water during drought

Berkeley Hills homeowner fined for using too much water during drought

A Berkeley Hills homeowner with a job related to environmental sustainability has been fined for using too mu…

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Berkeley Symphony opens season Sunday with music of 2 Black composers, born a century-plus apart

Berkeley Symphony opens season Sunday with music of 2 Black composers, born a century-plus apart

The Berkeley Symphony's season-opening concert on Sunday, Oct. 16, conducted by Music Director Joseph Young, …

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Meet the 2 candidates running for the AC Transit board's at-large seat

Meet the 2 candidates running for the AC Transit board's at-large seat

In his bid for a fourth term on the AC Transit Board of Directors, Joel Young faces a serious challenger in B…

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Perceptions of Freedom Overlap and Collide in FRE!HEIT

Perceptions of Freedom Overlap and Collide in FRE!HEIT

Forty-nine porcelain ramekins — the kind you'd normally use to bake a souffle — will become an instrument for…

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How neighbors in the Berkeley Hills are making their community more wildfire resistant

How neighbors in the Berkeley Hills are making their community more wildfire resistant

The Firewise program helps neighbors form a plan to reduce wildfire risk. Berkeley’s first group formed this …

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‘Walking the walk’: Berkeley native begins 240-mile trek to East Bay’s water source

‘Walking the walk’: Berkeley native begins 240-mile trek to East Bay’s water source

Nina Gordon-Kirsch started her journey to the headwaters of the Mokelumne River on Tuesday.

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City's fee hike takes the air out of beloved Berkeley Kite Festival

City's fee hike takes the air out of beloved Berkeley Kite Festival

The kite shop owner who ran the festival for over 30 years says the city’s over-$40,000 event-fee increase wi…

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All-Asian cast revives 'Dream of the Red Chamber' at S.F. Opera

All-Asian cast revives 'Dream of the Red Chamber' at S.F. Opera

Beginning Tuesday, June 14, Meigui Zhang will take on the role of Dai Yu in the San Francisco Opera’s seven-p…

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Review: Oscar party over, Billie Eilish performs in S.F. with lots of energy but no toothbrush

Review: Oscar party over, Billie Eilish performs in S.F. with lots of energy but no toothbrush

Standing on a minimalist set with no one else except brother Finneas on the guitar and keys and Andrew Marsha…

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Classical Music Has a Diversity Problem. What Does the Solution Look Like? | KQED

Classical Music Has a Diversity Problem. What Does the Solution Look Like? | KQED

A new project by the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and San Francisco Symphony aims to nurture the next …

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San Francisco Symphony in full bloom - The San Francisco Examiner

San Francisco Symphony in full bloom - The San Francisco Examiner

The San Francisco Symphony played its annual Stern Grove Festival Independence Day concert, with conductor Ed…

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Opera Cultura Documents the Pandemic Stories of Bay Area Farmworkers

Opera Cultura Documents the Pandemic Stories of Bay Area Farmworkers

Opera Cultura, a San José-based opera company known for its exploration of the Latinx-Hispanic cultural exper…

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Program to escort Asian American seniors expands - The San Francisco Examiner

Program to escort Asian American seniors expands - The San Francisco Examiner

In an effort to help seniors get around San Francisco safely, a nonprofit group is expanding a program that e…

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Blockeley hosts 2nd annual commencement ceremony on Minecraft

Blockeley hosts 2nd annual commencement ceremony on Minecraft

For the second year in a row, campus student organization Blockeley has taken up the torch of helping UC Berk…

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For Bay Area Asian Americans worried about walking alone, there's a new service

For Bay Area Asian Americans worried about walking alone, there's a new service

Cali Kye Cab seeks to help Asian Americans walking alone.

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'We can read you like a book': Moe's Books workers unionize, rally

'We can read you like a book': Moe's Books workers unionize, rally

On Saturday afternoon, about 100 supporters gathered at the intersection of Telegraph Avenue and Haste Street…

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Virtual reality project provides online space for architecture students

Virtual reality project provides online space for architecture students

Campus UC Berkeley's XR Lab launched a virtual reality project allowing College of Environmental Design, or C…

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Beyond statistics: Remembering lives lost to COVID-19 in Berkeley

Beyond statistics: Remembering lives lost to COVID-19 in Berkeley

Devoted parents and cherished friends were among the 35 people who died from COVID-19 in Berkeley over the co…

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