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East Bay Nosh | Berkeleyside — Restaurant news and more
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The 2024 Berkeley gunfire map — updated Aug. 25
WEBAug 25, 2024 · The Berkeley and University of California police departments and California Highway Patrol had investigated at least 20 shooting incidents within Berkeley in 2024 as of Aug. 25. Three of the shootings had left people dead; six other incidents left people wounded. Aug. 25: One person was fatally shot at the …
Where Kamala Harris lived in Berkeley as a child
WEBAug 19, 2024 · Vice president and democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris lived in Berkeley as a baby and again from ages 5 to 12.
Northwest Berkeley shelter killing charged as hate crime
WEBAug 29, 2024 · Northwest Berkeley shelter killing charged as hate crime. Court records identified the man killed at Ursula Sherman Village, also known as Harrison House, as 37-year-old Marcel Dupree Jones. Mark Christopher Dowling, 62, charged with murder in the case, admitted the fatal shooting to police, according to a court filing by BPD.
Election 2024: Here are the candidates in Berkeley
WEBAug 16, 2024 · Five candidates are running for two seats on the Berkeley School Board. Three candidates are challenging incumbents, Ana Vasudeo and former board president Laura Babitt. Challenger Jen Corn is a former Berkeley Unified School District teacher and the former principal of Thousand Oaks and Oxford elementary schools.
How Kamala Harris’ childhood in Berkeley influenced her
WEBJul 21, 2024 · A young Kamala Harris (left) and friends at Madame Bovie’s ballet class in Berkeley. Photo: Courtesy Mina Bissell Editors’ note: Berkeleyside published this story in January 2019 when Kamala Harris announced her run for the presidency. We are resharing a version of it now that President Biden has exited his reelection campaign and endorsed Harris as president. Harris, who grew up in ...
Berkeley Wire
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University of California bans encampments, imposes protest rules
WEBAug 20, 2024 · University of California bans encampments, imposes protest rules. It follows similar restrictions from Cal State in the wake of last spring’s pro-Palestinian demonstrations. by Amy DiPierro and Michael Burke | EdSource Aug. 20, 2024, 10:48 a.m.Sept. 5, 2024, 2:54 p.m. UC Berkeley students …
A slog to the finish for historic Golden Gate Fields - Berkeleyside
WEBMay 13, 2024 · Tragedy struck the jockey community in 2019 when 23-year-old Shawn Spikes, a San Francisco native, drowned while boating with friends on Lake Del Valle near Livermore. Spikes grew up attending races with his family, learned to ride horses at age 15 and won his first race at age 19 at Golden Gate Fields.