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 ...

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 ...

The East Bay's Non-commercial VoiceAt the beginning of the week the death toll in Gaza was 5,791 of whom 2,360 were children. After President Joe Biden doubt about the number of deaths, the Gaza ...

It is not like the Hopkins Corridor Project happened in a vacuum. Margot Smith and former Mayor and Disaster and Fire Safety Commissioner Shirley Dean have been sounding the alarm for months: The ...

The East Bay's Non-commercial VoiceOnly 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 ...

State government seems (in some cases) to have recognized this paradox. In California, a bill (AB481) has been passed that requires the police to go through City Council monitoring and decision-making ...

Some parallels can be drawn between forcing women to carry pregnancies against their will, and forcing people deemed mentally ill to receive medication and other treatment against their will. There ...

The East Bay's Non-commercial VoiceIn modern times, it is established that racism and homophobia are not socially acceptable. Now, in today's culture, people are finding other ways to hate. Calling ...

Yet, this should not include restrictions on upward mobility. It should not include the presumption or the requirement that we are incompetent. And it should not include lumping us into a category of ...

When I first became severely psychotic in 1982, apparently my father realized he was in over his head in trying to deal with me alone, and believed I needed professional help. He first took me to an ...

If this system of paid parking is implemented, the cost of parking to everyone who doesn’t have an A permit will rise. If there are other nearby areas that don’t impose this parking fee, then some of ...

The East Bay's Non-commercial VoiceDo you continually say to yourself or to others something that amounts to "Help, poor me"? It doesn't matter. Because if you look deeper than that, you might be able ...