A former Berkeley Tech Academy student is suing the district and BPD, saying BUSD’s school resource officer violently arrested him after a therapy session. The Black Student Union organized a walkout last year protesting his presence on campus.
Remembering Eric Pease-Sartenaer, founder of Phoenix Pastificio and Cheese Board sourdough pioneer
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Watch: A lively debate over the state of free speech at UC Berkeley
Berkeleyside hosted a panel discussion on free speech and academic freedom at the Brower Center on April 14. Berkeleyside higher education reporter Felicia Mello (far left) moderated the conversation between (left to right) Daily Cal…
Around Berkeley: Earth Day music, Asian Night Market, ‘wild and scenic’ film festival
Also: “Carrie: The Musical,” and a book talk with the author of “So Many Stars: An Oral History of Trans, Nonbinary, Genderqueer, and Two-Spirit People of Color.”
Deputy district attorney says she was retaliated against for whistleblowing
The Alameda County District Attorney’s Office, headquartered in the Rene Davidson Courthouse in Oakland, has been roiled for years by internal conflicts and whistleblower claims. The latest accuses DA Ursula Jones Dickson of…
As a scientist, I see why the trees near my Berkeley Hills home had to go for wildfire safety. And yet I grieve.
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