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- Berkeley may get rid of single-family zoning https://www.berkeleyside.com/2021/02/17/berkeley-may-get-rid-of-single-family-zoning-as-a-way-to-correct-the-arc-of-its-ugly-housing-history 419 comments
- UC Berkeley Library acquires FBI records of surveillance of Black leaders https://www.berkeleyside.com/2021/02/04/uc-berkeley-library-acquires-fbi-records-of-surveillance-of-black-leaders 56 comments
- Private equity firm wants to buy .org for $1B. Berkeley-based coop:‘not so fast’ https://www.berkeleyside.com/2020/01/16/a-private-equity-firm-wants-to-buy-org-for-1-billion-a-berkeley-based-cooperative-says-not-so-fast 4 comments
- DJ Steve Aoki quietly opens a cloud only pizza restaurant in Oakland https://www.berkeleyside.com/2019/02/11/dj-steve-aoki-quietly-opens-a-pizza-restaurant-in-oakland 14 comments
- PG&E could shut off power across Bay Area on Wednesday and Thursday https://www.berkeleyside.com/2019/10/07/pge-could-shut-off-power-across-bay-area-wednesday-and-thursday 135 comments
- Berkeley eliminates gendered words from municipal code https://www.berkeleyside.com/2019/07/16/city-council-to-consider-abolishing-gender-specific-pronouns-in-berkeley-municipal-code 2 comments
- Berkeley first city in California to ban natural gas in new buildings https://www.berkeleyside.com/2019/07/17/natural-gas-pipes-now-banned-in-new-berkeley-buildings-with-some-exceptions?campaign_id=49&instance_id=10991®i_id=4617603&segment_id=15328&user_id=ad1d38d7aeb88df9a49d1052fc4f5fba 71 comments
- Berkeley HS student tried to rig his own election, exposing cybersecurity flaws https://www.berkeleyside.com/2019/04/09/berkeley-high-student-tried-to-rig-his-own-election-exposing-flaw-in-districts-cybersecurity 128 comments
- Are robots better baristas? Berkeley’s Bbox café thinks so https://www.berkeleyside.com/2019/02/15/are-robots-better-baristas-berkeleys-bbox-cafe-thinks-so 60 comments
- Prefab housing complex for UC Berkeley students goes up in four days https://www.berkeleyside.com/2018/08/02/prefab-housing-complex-for-uc-berkeley-students-built-in-four-days 162 comments
- Why we moved our startup from San Francisco to Berkeley http://www.berkeleyside.com/2013/09/16/why-we-moved-our-startup-from-san-francisco-to-berkeley-and-why-more-will-follow/ 24 comments
- The 160sq ft apartment http://www.berkeleyside.com/2012/03/08/berkeley-developer-sees-future-in-small-smart-apartments/ 48 comments
- The correct reaction to any sort of armed threat is to give up whatever property they're asking for and RUN FOR IT!! Your life is not worth the property that is already insured and can be replaced. https://www.berkeleyside.com/2021/04/01/bike-robberies-grizzly-peak-berkeley-oakland-east-bay-hills 8 comments bicycling
- Berkeley Schools to remove Jefferson and Washington's names in broader 'Black Lives Matter' push https://www.berkeleyside.com/2020/06/12/busd-will-rename-jefferson-and-washington-elementary-schools-in-broader-black-lives-matter-push 5 comments politics
- Robert Reich explains how the ultra-wealthy have rigged the system https://www.berkeleyside.com/2020/04/10/robert-reich-explains-how-the-ultra-wealthy-have-rigged-the-system 111 comments politics
- Meet the man who decided reading ‘The Great Gatsby’ aloud in its entirety would make good theater https://www.berkeleyside.com/2020/02/06/meet-the-man-who-decided-reading-the-great-gatsby-aloud-in-its-entirety-would-make-good-theater?fbclid=iwar0mw0ypibeeeit80iynsc9diqehg2ployimq0fd0w676dzddexytstp8ae 5 comments nottheonion
- Disney tells Berkeley parents they owe $250 for screening ‘The Lion King’ https://www.berkeleyside.com/2020/01/31/disney-tells-berkeley-parents-they-owe-250-for-screening-the-lion-king 7 comments nottheonion
- Public nudity activist from Berkeley charged with attempted abduction, stalking of teenage boy https://www.berkeleyside.com/2019/12/20/public-nudity-activist-from-berkeley-charged-with-attempted-abduction-stalking-of-teenage-boy 4 comments nottheonion
- Update: 'Manhole' will be 'maintenance hole' as city changes municipal code https://www.berkeleyside.com/2019/07/16/city-council-to-consider-abolishing-gender-specific-pronouns-in-berkeley-municipal-code 9 comments nottheonion
- ‘Straight up, no ICE’: Berkeley holds rally to close migrant detention centers https://www.berkeleyside.com/2019/07/13/straight-up-no-ice-berkeley-holds-rally-to-close-migrant-detention-centers-2 16 comments politics
- Update: Jury finds 5 men not guilty of assault during 2017 Berkeley protest (Berkeley Five Anti-Trump Protesters) http://www.berkeleyside.com/2018/06/18/jury-deliberates-over-alleged-berkeley-protest-attack-of-trump-supporter 5 comments politics
- Berkeley Public Library to end late fees for teen and adult books http://www.berkeleyside.com/2018/06/08/berkeley-public-library-to-end-late-fees-for-teen-and-adult-books 117 comments books
- Right-wing activists target Berkeley’s Revolution Books again http://www.berkeleyside.com/2018/03/07/right-wing-activists-target-berkeleys-revolution-books 7 comments politics
- Local Butcher Shop hangs animal-rights sign under duress to stop protests http://www.berkeleyside.com/2017/08/02/berkeleys-local-butcher-shop-hangs-animal-rights-sign-stop-weekly-protests/ 5 comments nottheonion
- KPFA cancels Richard Dawkins' speech because of his tweets about Islam http://www.berkeleyside.com/2017/07/21/kpfa-cancels-richard-dawkins-speech-tweets-islam/ 63 comments worldnews
- After 41 years, Berkeley sci-fi bookstore Dark Carnival is closing http://www.berkeleyside.com/2017/06/12/41-years-berkeley-sci-fi-bookstore-dark-carnival-closing/ 5 comments books
- Eric Clanton charged with four counts of assault with deadly weapon http://www.berkeleyside.com/2017/05/26/eric-clanton-charged-four-counts-assault-deadly-weapon/ 48 comments politics
- Berkeley becomes first city to 'divest' from Trump's border wall http://www.berkeleyside.com/2017/03/17/berkeley-becomes-first-city-divest-trumps-border-wall/ 9 comments politics
- FBI investigating identities of black-clad UC Berkeley rioters http://www.berkeleyside.com/2017/02/07/fbi-investigating-identities-black-clad-uc-berkeley-rioters/ 20 comments politics
- Protesters force cancellation of Milo Yiannopoulos talk at UC Berkeley http://www.berkeleyside.com/2017/02/01/helicopters-berkeley-milo-yiannopoulos-protest/ 418 comments politics
- Thousands of women knit pink pussy hats to wear at Trump protest marches http://www.berkeleyside.com/2016/12/29/thousands-of-women-knit-pink-pussy-hats-to-wear-at-trump-protest-marches/ 34 comments politics
- Hundreds expected to attend ‘Million Student March’ on UC Berkeley campus http://www.berkeleyside.com/2015/11/12/hundreds-expected-to-attend-million-student-march-on-uc-berkeley-campus/ 2 comments nottheonion
- "The city of Berkeley was basking in glory Wednesday over its passage of the nation’s first soda tax." http://www.berkeleyside.com/2014/11/05/why-berkeley-passed-a-soda-tax-where-others-failed/ 25 comments politics
- Real Madrid to play Inter Milan at UC Berkeley's Cal Memorial Stadium on July 26. http://www.berkeleyside.com/2014/05/13/real-madrid-to-play-inter-milan-on-grass-at-cal/ 16 comments soccer
- Email tax proposed by Berkeley, CA city councilman. While nearly impossible to implement, the proposal shows the lack of technological knowledge that some of our elected officials possess. http://www.berkeleyside.com/2013/03/07/wozniaks-email-tax-good-sense-or-nonsense/ 26 comments technology
- For those of you who prefer primary documents, here is a copy of the Strava complaint. http://www.berkeleyside.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Flint-lawsuit.pdf 11 comments bicycling
- Berkeley's "unwritten code" for cyclists http://www.berkeleyside.com/2011/11/29/what-are-berkeleys-rules-of-the-road-for-cyclists/ 9 comments bicycling