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Berkeleyside is stepping away from Twitter/X, but we remain committed to providing independent nonprofit news to all of Berkeley for free. Here’s where you can find our work.

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Cal students have joined the Berkeley High anti-Trump walkout; they are sitting down in protest at base of Campanile.

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Hundreds of #BerkeleyHigh students are about to form a human chain around the school in support of their DACA classmates

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About 150 Berkeley High students walked out of class Wednesday calling for an end to Israeli occupation of Palestine. They chanted “Stop bombing Gaza” while marching from Civic Center to the Cal campus through downtown Berkeley. 📷: @allymarkovich

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Student speaker: "We have a sexual assaulter as president. He wants to ban abortions. We need to fight this." #bhs #berkeley #berkprotest

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"We're all mad about Trump's election. He doesn't represent us" says 15 yr old Berkeley High student on walkout.

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One speaker @Lauren_Southern says she wants to stop Commies who have "infested" Berkeley. #berkeleyprotests

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Teenagers say they're at #Crescent to protest white supremacists rallying "literally across the street from our school" #Berkeley

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BHS did this once before in 2008, against ICE arrests. Huge turnout this ear for DACA

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“Orange is the new bleak” — Photos of what Berkeley looked like this morning

'Orange is the new bleak' — Photos of Berkeley when day became night

The ominous, apocalyptic skies that greeted Berkeleyans today was captured by many in eerie, almost unbelievable photographs.

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Did you feel it? #earthquake

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"Not our president" marching through Temescal

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The Groucho Marx protesters are mobilizing on University #berkeley

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Free hugs for everyone! Woman says she appreciates police being out in non-threatening way #berkeley #crescent @UCPD_Cal

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The culmination of their #neveragain protest: Berkeley High students form a human peace-sign on the football field.

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Activists vow to keep installing guerrilla benches at East Bay bus stops

Berkeley has replaced one DIY bench with a city-approved one. A pair of activists have added at least four more wood benches in the East Bay.

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About 18 professors from @BerkeleyLaw joined with 600+ others to sign this op-ed saying #Kavanaugh does not have the “right judicial temperament” to be elevated to the Supreme Court @Scotus

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650+ law professors (and counting) believe Brett Kavanaugh lacks the judicial temperament to be approved to the Supreme Court. Read their letter explaining why.

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Berkeley hot dog vendor case now under investigation

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Students walked out of King Middle School in Berkeley today to call for a ceasefire in Gaza. About 75 students marched through North Berkeley chanting "Free Palestine" and "Gaza, Gaza, don't you cry, we are with you right now." There was a similar protest at BHS a month ago.

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A worker-owner from Cheese Board collective with an amazing peace sign pretzel #berkeley #crescent

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A number of ppl here say they are Jewish + had relatives killed by Nazis: "Protesting is our right. Protesting fascism is our duty" #berkmtg

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What do you reckon? #earthquake

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In the early hours of Wednesday morning, UC Berkeley entered People’s Park with construction crews amid opposition from protesters and initiated the controversial process of building student housing and closing the historic park.

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Did you feel it? #earthquake

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BREAKING: . @CAgovernor Newsom signed SB 118 into law tonight. @UCBerkeley just announced: “We will extend admissions offers to more than 15K incoming freshman (by 3/24) & to 4,500 transfers in mid-April. All offers of admission will be for in-person only, as originally planned."

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1500 students walk out of Berkeley High School in protest of election

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Did you feel it? Earthquake at 5:52.

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Big kerfluffle. Man shoved a woman and police rushed in. He was arrested. #Berkeley

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The family of Oakland baker Jen Angel released a statement announcing her death, and said that if police "make an arrest in this case, the family is committed to pursuing all available alternatives to traditional prosecution, such as restorative justice."

Oakland baker Jen Angel dies of injuries sustained during attempted robbery

Angel's family and friends say that she would have opposed "putting public resources into policing, incarceration, or other state violence that perpetuates the cycles of violence that resulted in...

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Hear helicopters? They're at Berkeley High for the human chain in support of DACA

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You’ll be able to bike from Berkeley to San Francisco in 2030

You'll be able to bike from Berkeley to San Francisco in 2030

A dedicated bike and pedestrian trail connecting Oakland and San Francisco has been in the works for over a decade.

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This couple loves Berkeley Bowl so much, they took their engagement photos there

Joey Chiang and Melody Yu love Berkeley Bowl so much, they took their engagement photos there

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Big jolt around 6:12 am #earthquake

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Earthquake!!

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UVA prof Walter Heineke organized some of the counter-protests in Charlottesville, where he says he got maced by white supremacists. "The fascists thought this was going to be their year. We've denied them that in C-ville, Berkeley, SF, Boston." #Berkeleyprotests #AllOutBayArea

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Progressive groups beginning march from #crescent to #MLKPark #Berkeley

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Protesters chanting "Nazis go home" at Owen Shroyer from @infowars , who responds with a sieg heil and an exaggerated march #Berkeleyprotests #AllOutBayArea

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Did you feel it?! #earthquake

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4 years

The push to rename Thousand Oaks Elementary to @KamalaHarris Elementary is gaining strength @busd

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Berkeley could ban right turns on red in push for street safety

Berkeley will consider prohibiting right turns during red lights at certain busy intersections, or perhaps throughout the city.

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The ongoing Berkeley march to bury racism is in the spirit of the best New Orleans funerals. Marching bands and dancer Dada leading everyone on. Video by @Rosos2812 #BlackLivesMattters

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There are up to 3 inches of snow on the peak of Grizzly Peak this morning, @NWSBayArea tells us. Who has new Berkeley snow photos and videos? Drop them in this thread! ❄️👇

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Crowd is marching north on MLK singing, chanting and marching. And @wkamaubell is on board! #berkeley

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Berkeley’s Top Dog fires employee who went to white nationalist rally

Update: Worker resigned after white nationalist rally, Top Dog says

Internet users identified Cole White in images of Charlottesville protesters.

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For those asking where Kamala Harris’ childhood home was, it’s on Bancroft between Browning and Bonar

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#Berkeley can call the vice-president-elect @KamalaHarris its own. A resident of Berkeley until 12, she attended Thousand Oaks Elementary School and learned about the Civil Rights Movement. Here is the duplex on Bancroft where she grew up. Read more here:

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#Berkeleybred @KamalaHarris has made history. #Berkeley

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Kamala Harris has made history.

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UC Berkeley must slash new enrollment by a third unless high court intervenes

UC Berkeley has been denied relief from a court-ordered enrollment freeze. It could mail out 5,100 fewer acceptance letters next month.

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8 years

Helmets, clubs, masks on pro Trump side. #berkeleyprotests

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By the way, for those who think small quakes are good because they release pressure from the fault, reducing the likelihood of the Big One, that's not a thing. You'd need 32,000 mag 3 quakes to equal energy of a mag 6 event.

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Earthquake! What did you feel?

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6 years

Rumble rumble #earthquake

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This is the Berkeley High students’ draft list of demands. They’re about to march to the district office to present it.

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Black students at UC Berkeley spearheaded statewide initiative to restore affirmative action

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Sign opposite Zellerbach Hall in anticipation of @benshapiro event tonight. Cal has begun to set up the security perimeter as well.

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Not in Berkeley but 3.8 in Oakland, says USGS #earthquake

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Nothing unusual here... a man rides a horse down College Avenue in Berkeley this morning. Video by Lisa Sibony.

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Hey @gatewaypundit #Berkeley CA only has ONE high school, so it was ALWAYS integrated. You are showing the high school year book. @KamalaHarris was in elementary school and was in the second group to be bused. Read these:

A radical decision, an unfinished legacy

Berkeley Unified made history by voluntarily integrating its schools 50 years ago this fall. In a special three-part series, Berkeleyside explores that history and its legacy in a very different...

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SHE LIED: Kamala Harris Says She Was in Second Integrated Class in Berkeley -- But Yearbook Pictures Prove She's Lying @KamalaHarris via @gatewaypundit

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Berkeley High students paint ‘Free Palestine’ mural downtown

Berkeley High students paint 'Free Palestine' mural downtown

Students behind the mural called for a cease-fire and the release of hostages and defended their right to learn Palestinian history in school.

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UCPD seized $60 from Juan the hot dog vendor "as suspected proceeds" of vending w/o a license. 3 others got warnings

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All kids will eat free at Berkeley Unified this year

Breakfast and lunch will continue to be free for all Berkeley Unified students, regardless of family income.

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In ‘heartbreaking’ decision, Berkeley schools superintendent calls for all fall classes to be online

In 'heartbreaking' decision, Berkeley schools superintendent calls for all fall classes to be online

Berkeley Unified School District is pivoting to distance learning for all students in Fall 2020 as local COVID-19 conditions worsen.

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7 years

People who are part of the Rally Against Hate are helping with traffic control at University #Berkeley

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5 years

We are very excited to announce that in our 10th year of providing award-winning, independent news is Berkeley, we’re launching a brand new local journalism platform to serve Oakland in spring 2020! Learn more about this new chapter:

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Bette’s Oceanview Diner will reopen with the same menu and a co-op ownership model

Staff of Bette’s Oceanview Diner are reopening iconic Berkeley breakfast spot as a co-op

The new restaurant will be called the Oceanview Diner and will serve all of Bette's' classic dishes.

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City Council approves 8-story University Avenue apartment building neighbors called ‘behemoth’

City Council approves 8-story University Avenue apartment building neighbors called a 'behemoth'

Neighbors wanted the Berkeley City Council to block the 207-unit building planned for the corner of University Avenue and California Street.

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Magnitude 2.7 #earthquake at 9:12pm was 3km ESE of Berkeley, in the hills east of UC Berkeley campus, according to preliminary @USGS report:

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At the Peace Wall, after main #BerkeleyProtests have ended, conversations between the left and the right.

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There are blocks and blocks of people walking & blocks of people waiting to join this Berkeley protest. Northbound traffic on Ashby Avenue is stopped at Ellis. Not a march where it is easy to social distance although everyone has masks on. #GeorgeFloydProtests #BlackLivesMattter

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A fire closed The Smokehouse for nearly 2 years. It’s finally reopening on Nov. 27.

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Who is putting these mysterious medallions around Berkeley?

The silver metal circles starting popping up on Berkeley sidewalks this summer, but no one seems to know who the creator is.

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After 46 years, Berkeley staple Au Coquelet Cafe closes its doors

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Huge crowd of marchers says it will take the park together. Thousand at least there. Includes many antifa in black #berkeley #MLKPark

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The @LickObservatory says the mystery streak of light seen by many in the Bay Area just after sunset was a meteor.

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BHS students on Cal campus chant: "You're the ones who showed us how. @UCBerkeley join us now" #berkeleyprotests http://t.co/gfdj7qPjkU

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Several hundred ⁦ @UCBerkeley ⁩ graduate and undergraduate students are protesting on Sproul Plaza in solidarity with grad students at ⁦ @UCSC ⁩, some of whom have been fired after demanding their pay be adjusted for cost of living. #COLAstrike

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Spotted @Lauren_Southern among small crowd waiting to get into #BenAtBerkeley . Have to pass through metal detector to do so.

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"Anti-fascists are not equatable with Nazis," woman says. #berkmtg

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We have gotten multiple reports from readers telling us there is no counter service at the North Shattuck post office or at the one on Solano Ave. in #Berkeley . The #Albany one is also shuttered. We have asked @USPS what’s going on. #mailservice

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UC Berkeley has 47 new COVID-19 cases, mostly from week of frat parties

UC Berkeley has 47 COVID-19 cases in one week, mostly from frat parties

UC Berkeley has seen 47 new COVID-19 cases, resulting mostly from "a series of recent parties connected to the CalGreek system" over the course of a single week, the university reported Wednesday.

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Crowds shouting anti-fascist slogans on Shattuck Avenue and University around 1:40 p.m. #berkeleyprotests #Berkeley

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Bend it like the Bay Area: Doctors see flatter curve after 2 weeks of social isolation — by @debra_kahn and @cmarinucci in @politico :

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Hundreds of Berkeley High students walked out of class today in outrage against a culture they say permits sexual assault and an administration they accuse of dismissing it. Impassioned speeches and shouts of “Enough!” and “Men! Speak up!”

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Oakland police just said there are 100,000 people on Oakland #WomensMarch

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"If you do not stand firm against paramilitary fascists, they increase their numbers," she tells council. #berkmtg

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Berkeley-raised @KamalaHarris arrives at the inauguration ceremony. #InaugurationDay2021

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This is ⁦ @UCBerkeley ⁩’s 6th economist to win a Nobel and 26th Nobelist overall for the university. Will Cal run out if specialized parking spaces soon? “Cal, Stanford economists share Nobel for research on wages, jobs”.

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Did you feel it?! #earthquake

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Planning Commission on BART housing: 7 stories is not enough

On Wednesday night, many commissioners expressed support for 9-story projects, if not taller, at the North Berkeley and Ashby BART stations.

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Earthquake near Berkeley! Magnitude 4.2

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"CA won't tolerate hate" says plane with banner from @CourageCampaign over #crescent #berkeley

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Wow. 91% of the vote for @RepBarbaraLee

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Wow: Cementing her status as a progressive icon, Oakland Dem @RepBarbaraLee reelected in her 13th Congressional District, CA's East Bay, with jaw-dropping 91 percent of the vote.

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Rumble in Berkeley. Who felt that?

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Redlining: How racist housing practices led to Berkeley’s segregated neighborhoods

Redlining: The history of Berkeley's segregated neighborhoods

The segregation can be traced to government-supported racist housing practices, a pattern seen also in Oakland and across Alameda County.

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Resolution to End Exclusionary Zoning in Berkeley passes UNANIMOUSLY.

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Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguín issued a statement today opposing a ceasefire resolution, his first response the calls for council action: "These resolutions will not end the violence abroad, but they do fan the flames of hatred here at home" #berkmtg

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Protesters have disrupted the last two City Council meetings to demand a ceasefire resolution, and have vowed "no business as usual" until the council passes one. Tonight's crowd is the largest yet #berkmtg

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Glenn Yasuda, who made Berkeley Bowl internationally known for its excellent produce, dies at 85

Yasuda and his wife Diane opened the first Berkeley Bowl in 1977 and the second in 2009, stocking each with an incredible array of fruits and vegetables, meats and prepared foods. His son will now...

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. @UCBerkeley students hop barricades set up for @AnnCoulter -related protests, to get their morning coffee