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Kamala Harris’ childhood homes in Berkeley
Aug 19, 2024 · 1227 Bancroft Way. People took to the street in front of Harris’ childhood home at 1227 Bancroft Way after she was elected vice president on Nov. 7, 2020. Credit: Wayne Hsieh/Flickr. Harris’ mother then moved the family to a new rental home in West Berkeley, on Bancroft Way, between Browning and Bonar streets.
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by Berkeleyside staff November 7, 2024. Berkeley’s natural gas tax for big buildings is headed for defeat. What’s next for the electrification movement? Measure GG, an effort to slash climate change-causing emissions, would have imposed a tax on big Berkeley buildings that use natural gas. by Iris Kwok November 7, 2024.
How Kamala Harris’ childhood in Berkeley influenced her
Jul 21, 2024 · Shyamala, who came to UC Berkeley from India in 1958 to get her Ph.D., met and married a fellow graduate student, Donald Harris, an immigrant from Jamaica. They separated when Harris was young. As a child, Kamala Harris lived with her mother and sister in the top unit of this West Berkeley Bancroft Way property. Photo: Steven Finacom.
Berkeley and Alameda County voter guide and election news
To count, it must be postmarked on or before Election Day. Drop it off: Here’s a map of all the dropboxes in Alameda County. You can do this on or before Nov. 5. In person: If you prefer to cast your vote in person, you can do so at any of the 100 voting centers in Alameda County. So Berkeley residents who work in Fremont can choose to vote ...
Here’s who is running for Alameda County Supervisor District 5
Feb 5, 2024 · by Supriya Yelimeli and Eli Wolfe Feb. 5, 2024, 4:34 p.m. Ben Bartlett, Nikki Fortunato Bas, John Bauters, Ken Berrick, Lorrel Plimier, Gerald Pechenuk, Chris Moore and Gregory Hodge (clockwise) are vying for the District 5 Alameda County supervisor seat after Keith Carson announced his retirement last December. Credit: Supriya Yelimeli.
Watch Cal’s peregrine falcons - berkeleyside.org
Apr 15, 2020 · Camera isn’t live now. Original story: As we previously reported, the peregrine falcons are back atop the UC Berkeley Campanile. As of April 20, three of Annie and Grinnell’s four eggs have produced chicks. A fourth egg was unviable. Follow the action in and near the nest on the webcam streaming here on Berkeleyside, one of three set up by ...
Watch the UC Berkeley peregrine falcons on live webcam
Mar 15, 2021 · Watch Annie and Alden, UC Berkeley’s peregrine falcons, live. This is Annie and Grinnell’s fifth breeding season at the top of the Campanile. They’ve raised 10 chicks so far. by Berkeleyside staff March 15, 2021, 12:32 p.m. Send a private note to the editors.
How a little-known Berkeley group sparked the 1960s student …
Dec 12, 2018 · How a little-known Berkeley group sparked the 1960s student movement. SLATE pre-dated the Free Speech and anti-Vietnam War movements. Its members protested racial discrimination by holding ‘shop-ins’ at Lucky’s supermarket on Telegraph Avenue. Student members of the Ad Hoc Committee, as well as members of SLATE, carry signs on Bancroft ...
Watch the UC Berkeley peregrine falcons on live webcam
Feb 16, 2024 · Annie has a new he-falcon. Stay tuned to all the action atop the UC Berkeley Campanile via the Cal webcam. by Berkeleyside staff Feb. 16, 2024, 8:50 a.m. Your donation makes this and all our other local reporting possible. Thank you.