An Alameda County Coroner's report released today, Friday, says a drug overdose caused the death of Kayla Moore, a 41-year-old transgender Berkeley resident who died in police custody in February, according to news reports.
Arisa White will be reading from her second volume of poetry, A Penny Saved, at Pegasus Books on June 9.
"We won't go gently," Bates said at a news conference this morning.
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The Berkeley crime narratives for April 21-27 also incude residential burglaries and an auto theft.
Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates, Senator Loni Hancock, Assemblymember Nancy Skinner and Berkeley City Council membes will sign a joint letter appealing the sale of Berkeley's historic Post Office at a press conference Friday.
The Berkeley City Council voted in support of a citywide minimum wage of $10.55 an hour, tied with San Francisco's for the nation's highest. It also supported divestment from fossil fuels, tobacco and guns, and limits on check-cashing stores.
Tonight's meeting will be held from 6 to 10 p.m. at the North Berkeley Senior Center, 1901 Hearst Ave. (at the corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Way) in Berkeley.
On the Berkeley City Council agenda for May 7 is a proposal from Councilman Darryl Moore that the city join the growing ranks of U.S. cities with bicycle-sharing programs.
The chase led from Shattuck Avenue to the lower platform of the Downtown Berkeley BART Station Monday morning.
A jury found four men guilty of the murder of Charles Davis in West Berkeley in 2009 and of the murders of two people killed in a collision as the four fled.
Join Local leaders, the board of library trustees, City Librarian Donna Corbeil, special guests, and neighbors to celebrate the opening on May 11, from 12:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. at 1901 Russell St.
Berkeley resident Minh Dang recently helped launch the U.S. Senate Caucus to End Human Trafficking. She is one of 15 women being recognized as part of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month.
The Berkeley police officer is hospitalized in stable condition.
The Save the Berkeley Post Office committee plans to appeal the sale of the downtown Main Post Office. Mayor Tom Bates is issuing an emergency item of Tuesday's council agenda to include a vote to put an appeal letter in from the City.
The officer is expected to survive, according to a BPD spokesperson.
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The county hopes to create an app that makes government more transparent and accessible at an event this Saturday. The winner will receive $3,000.
State Bar attorneys are seeking to have Berkeley lawyer Lorna Brown disbarred for smuggling witness statements and other documents out of Yusuf Bey IV's Santa Rita jail cell.
Black students, who represent one-fifth of district enrollment, account for the majority of out-of-school suspensions.
