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Among U.S. cities with populations of 100,000 or more, Berkeley has the lowest vote percentage for Trump, with Trump receiving barely more than one in twenty votes. Other cities of 100,000 or more ...

On my kitchen wall there’s a poster with a slogan from World War II Britain: “Keep Calm and Carry On.” In the wake of the recent presidential debate (also known as The Debacle), pundit wannabes could ...

Berkeley City Hall’s efforts to enable the University of California's expansion in Berkeley have taken a new turn. Having already facilitated the school’s colonization of residential areas in ...

They don’t all agree, but in a couple of races there’s more than one pretty good candidate. Note I say “pretty” good. We’ve gotten ourselves here in California into being the equivalent of a single ...

Update: Councilmember Harrison has informed the Planet that she is continuing her campaign for Mayor of Berkeley. The election for that office is in November. I have decided to resign from the ...

Two disturbing responses to last night's City Council meeting. The first, Sophie Hahn's shocking statement at Kate Harrison's resignation. Ms Harrison carefully delineated her principled stand in her ...

A historical mystery set in 1944 Berkeley. One of 2023’s best debuts. This multi-layered mystery features Berkeley Detective Al Sullivan struggling to determine who murdered a presidential candidate, ...

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 ...

The first week of August was a perfect kind of week. The Berkeley City Council was on summer recess and so were most of the boards and commissions. Trump was finally indicted for his attempted coup ...

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 ...