Here is a quote I will probably keep coming back to in these uncertain times, “Once you sow ethnic hatred in this country you harvest a willingness among your supporters to be done with democratic ...

While Trump got trounced, Democratic candidate Kamala Harris did not do as well in Berkeley as previous Democratic presidential candidates. Berkeley is not number one in percentage of votes for Harris ...

[Editor’s Note: We believe that “if in doubt about how to vote, ask Margot”. She’s the best candidate for Berkeley’s Assemblymember. As such, she’s been to all the candidate forums, so she’s gotten a ...

The East Bay's Non-commercial VoiceAGENDA: Public Comment on non-agenda and items 1 – 7. 1. Minutes, 2. Review and Approve 2/13/2024 -- draft agenda – (Review/Consider) Request from Bay Area Housing ...

I often think I should approach writing the Activist’s Diary like plein air painting by picking a .point in time and stopping, but the world and the City keep moving on while I write. I finished Naomi ...

If you haven’t been following the Hopkins Corridor Project, the redesign to replace parking with bike lanes along the section of Hopkins with the Monterey Market and locally owned shops has created an ...

In Berkeley (California), there is a struggle against developers for the preservation of People’s Park, a memorial to decades of opposition to police violence and brutality. In Atlanta (Georgia), ...

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 ...

The week started with a rather tame Agenda Committee on January 17, 2023. Both Mayor Arreguin and Councilmember Hahn were absent, leaving Councilmember Wengraf and alternate committee member Vice ...

Barbara Lee seems to be falling for the lure of running for Dianne Feinstein’s Senate seat; we can expect a feeding frenzy for Lee’s House seat. I hope Lee comes to her senses and finishes out her ...

Almost all my life I’ve lived in walking distance of a major urban university. For most of the last 60 years or so I’ve been in Berkeley. As a Cal (that’s what we called it in the olden days) ...