Meanwhile, recent legislation in Israel that restricts the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) from operating in Gaza threatens to further choke off humanitarian relief, exacerbating the ...

Singer/activist Barbara Dane died on Sunday at her home in Oakland at the age of 97. According to the New York Times, "She established her bona fides as a folky of the first order while still in her ...

The dialogues between Athena and the others are barbed and witty. The scenes, or sequences of action that mingle with words, go by quickly, but with the same wit & stamp of relevance as Athena does, ...

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AGENDA: 1. Conference with Labor Negotiators Employee Organizations, Fire Fighters Local 1227 I.A.F.F. Fire Chiefs, Berkeley Police Associations, SEIU 1021 Community Services and Part-time Recreation ...

have plagued Palestine for more than a century. The Council recalls its statement in founding the Peace and Justice Commission in 1986 that “it is the responsibility of one and all to labor hard for ...

Jack Bragen writes often for The Street Spirit News, The San Francisco Street Sheet, and, of course the Berkeley Daily Planet. His work has also appeared in San Jose Mercury, Bewildering Stories and ...

Recommendation: Adopt a first reading of an Ordinance to add a subsection to Berkeley Municipal Code Section 9.04.165 to create an exemption on the taxing of business gross receipts relating to ...