Berkeley Councilmember Ben Bartlett, after being pulled over last July for running a red light, suggested to a Berkeley police officer that she give him preferential treatment because he had voted to give the city’s police officers a raise recently… Read More ›
Kriss Worthington, Berkeley’s first gay member of the city council, announced Thursday that he will not seek re-election to his District 7 seat. He made the declaration on the steps of Berkeley City Hall. A day earlier on Facebook, Worthington… Read More ›
Berkeley Councilmember Ben Bartlett and Mayor Jesse Arreguin. PHOTO/Bartlett for Assembly 15TH ASSEMBLY DISTRICTJust a month into Berkeley Councilmember Ben Bartlett‘s campaign for the 15th Assembly District, he has gained one of its plum endorsements, Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguín. “California… Read More ›
BERKELEY CITY COUNCILBerkeley is facing an unprecedented and highly-coordinated effort by extremists groups to repeatedly turn the city into a battle ground, Interim Berkeley Police Chief Andy Greenwood told the City Council Tuesday afternoon. With large plywood shields and rudimentary… Read More ›
Berkeley Councilmember Kriss Worthington BERKELEY CITY COUNCILAn inequity exists within Berkeley municipal nudity laws, says Councilmember Kriss Worthington, that criminalizes the display of women’s breasts and, specifically, nipples while overlooking topless men in public. Worthington’s proposal Tuesday evening would delete… Read More ›
Berkeley Councilmember Ben Bartlett 15TH ASSEMBLY DISTRICTThey’re going to need a really big table for debates next year in the 15th Assembly District. First-term Berkeley Councilmember Ben Bartlett filed an intent to run Tuesday for the seat being vacated by… Read More ›
BERKELEY CITY COUNCIL Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin delivers his first state of the city address Monday night at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre. PHOTOS/Zac Goldstein By Keegan Tatum and Zac Goldstein The sense in the room was, finally, someone said it…. Read More ›
Kate Harrison leads Ben Gould by more than 500 votes in Tuesday’s special election. BERKELEY CITY COUNCILKate Harrison is cruising to victory in Tuesday night’s special election for the open Berkeley City Council District 4 seat. Early results from the… Read More ›
Hayward school trustees Annette Walker and Lisa Brunner during a press conference last year. Both voted to put a $88 parcel tax measure on the special election ballot this May. HAYWARD USDA Hayward school parcel tax that has generated more than… Read More ›
16TH ASSEMBLY DISTRICT –— PARTY TIME —As opposed to two years ago when special interests on both sides of the ledger spent ungodly sums of Independent Expenditure Committee money, this year’s 16th Assembly District race has shifted to the party… Read More ›
Bernie Sanders puts his stamp on the Berkeleymayor’s race this fall. BERKELEY | Former Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, the darling of progressives nationwide, is endorsing Jesse Arreguin for mayor of Berkeley. “Berkeley is known across the country and… Read More ›
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Berkeley Councilmember Jesse Arreguin BERKELEY | MAYOR | His Facebook page may have spilled the beans earlier this week, but Berkeley Councilmember Jesse Arreguin made it official Thursday–he’s running for mayor. Arreguin, who represents District Four on the Berkeley City… Read More ›
Nelson and Winnie Mandela at the Oakland Coliseum in 1990. OAKLAND | ANALYSIS | The death of former South African President Nelson Mandela Thursday had a inextricable East Bay link. The U.S. support for his anti-apartheid reforms first ruminated in the Berkeley… Read More ›
BERKELEY CITY COUNCIL | Two great unknowns existed during the debate last month among Berkeley city council members over the use of mercury amalgam in tooth fillings. Are they really toxic to humans in such minute doses and how did… Read More ›
BERKELEY CITY COUNCIL | Nearly two years ago, East Bay resident John Henneberry sat lonely and patiently at the San Lorenzo Library waiting for a soul willing to just listen to his proposal to right the wrongs of President George… Read More ›
