The droghte of March hath perced to the roote. . Thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrimages. . . The good-humored, almost jovial gathering there, which looked to number in the thousands, was pitched as ...

Long-time Berkeley residents can tell you, in a flash, the name of the prolific local street poet known as "The Bubble Lady of Telegraph Avenue." Back in the Sixties (and beyond), Julia Vinograd was a ...

Government is a disaster in the U.S. But let's refrain from saying the Democrats are horrible, the Republicans are horrible--or refer to any particular politician. The net result is the same: The ...

I hope others share my personal reaction to Councilmember Ben Bartlett's latest District Three message, sent twice, which was horror and disappointment. I may be clearly wrong that people have gotten ...

It is clear from his comportment that the Mayor has lost his ethical way. He pockets his rules, yet doesn’t see that he leaves himself with nothing. He doesn’t know how to escape this; he feels those ...

The election to fill the vacant District 7 Council position is April 16. City Council Committees except the Agenda and Rules Committee and undefined “certain exceptions” are suspended until May 1.

Once again there is a lot to cover as I pull the last two weeks on the local scene together. To ease the posting and reading here is Part I. Part 2 will follow on what is coming to us in more proposed ...

Tuesday, September 19, 2023, was the first time I can remember a split vote with the cuncil unable to reach a majority vote and continuing the agenda item to the next meeting (October 3, 2023). The ...

Sunday, September 17 was the 100th anniversary of the 1923 Berkeley Fire that destroyed a 50-block area burning more that 600 homes to the ground. The anniversary was marked with the Fire Ready ...

“Food is to health as air is to breathing” from Empty Tables How It Feels to Be Hungry by Beverly Gologorsky I never read Barbara Ehrenreich’s book Nickeled and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America ...

It seems like every time I sit down to finish my Activist’s Diary something new drops. Now I find myself two weeks behind with public participation in city meetings on the chopping block, and the most ...

Only a few weeks are left to see Berkeley’s beloved burrowing owl before it departs from its winter home at the water’s edge of Cesar Chavez Park. Whether this rare and beautiful creature will return ...