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Friday November 01, 2024 - 01:35:00 PM. Sophie Hahn’s recent election email message “Expanding Our Parks and Green Spaces!” takes her to new heights of hypocrisy and certainly brings into question her other campaign goals. Just start with the first sentence – “As Berkeley grows, it’s essential to invest in public spaces that serve ...
Elect Margot Smith for State Assembly - Berkeley Daily Planet
Feb 25, 2024 — Margot Smith for Assembly FPPC #146308 P. O. Box 9419, Berkeley, CA 94709 . [email protected] 510-660-5508
Contact The Planet - Berkeley Daily Planet
Sep 1, 2024 — The Berkeley Daily Planet. Contact The Planet. Phone: (510) 845-8440 NEW. Mail P.O. Box 5534, Berkeley, CA 94705. To submit opinions: Email: Commentaries are usually between 400 and 1,000 words. To be published, Commentaries must be signed by the writer’s real first and last name. Please provide an address and a telephone number so that we ...
Local News and Opinion from The Berkeley Daily Planet
Jan 12, 2021 — On December 8, the Berkeley City Council made its most important land use decision of 2020: It approved the Adeline Corridor Plan, authorizing much greater density in a historically Black neighborhood that has undergone significant gentrification and displacement. The plan area encompasses 86 acres along Adeline Street and Shattuck Avenue ...
Life before Vaccines: Growing up in the 1930s and 40s
Aug 30, 2019 — The East Bay's Non-commercial Voice. Medical science has profoundly changed our lives. I am sure that I would not have survived to this old age without antibiotics, advances in epidemiology and surgery.
Local News and Opinion from The Berkeley Daily Planet
May 9, 2021 — Item 23 on the Berkeley council’s May 11 agenda is a request from Councilmember Kate Harrison that the council endorse Roadmap Home 2030 and send state legislators a letter urging them to adopt the recommendations of the plan. For reasons detailed below, Harrison should pull the item, wait until the community has vetted Roadmap Home 2030 in its entirety, and then decide whether she still ...
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Extra - Berkeley Daily Planet
May 29, 2022 — Have you filled out your ballot? Berkeley Citizens' Action (BCA) did NOT do endorsements for this year's primary. Instead, we are sharing the endorsements and recommendations from the following sources.
Inside the Free Speech Movement—New Documentary
Sep 1, 2024 — The Berkeley Historical Society will be having two premiers of Linda Rosen's new documentary, “Inside the Free Speech Movement,” on Sept. 5 and Sept. 12 at 7 pm.
Still Haven't Voted? Our Last Words on the Subject
Feb 13, 2024 — So okay, people have been asking me how I’m voting. Even my sister has called from Santa Cruz to ask. Well, sadly, no dice. It’s Sunday afternoon, and I still haven’t opened my ballot envelope.