Summary: Donald Trump’s second term is a disaster. Fortunately, voters understand this. Trump’s approval rating has fallen to 37 percent and he is underwater on all the important metrics: the economy, ...

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 ...

Berkeley will celebrate the federal holiday Columbus Day, the 2 nd Monday in October, October 14 in 2024 as Indigenous Peoples Day. Berkeley was the first city in the U.S. to recognize the holiday as ...

Affluent people are well connected to some realities but disconnected from others. This dichotomy allows working people to function in their jobs and lives. Bleeding heart compassion would get in the ...

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 ...

Can demilitarization put an end to global hunger? That question is about to go viral with the imminent appearance of six massive billboards coming soon to Oakland and Berkeley. The eye-catching ...

I often think I should approach writing the Activist’s Diary like plein air painting by picking a .point in time and stopping, but the world and the City keep moving on while I write. I finished Naomi ...

It was another full week and there is plenty to report on what I did attend even though I missed the Cedar Rose Park Renovation, the Solano Business District meeting, the Zero Waste Commission, the ...

If you haven’t been following the Hopkins Corridor Project, the redesign to replace parking with bike lanes along the section of Hopkins with the Monterey Market and locally owned shops has created an ...

In Berkeley (California), there is a struggle against developers for the preservation of People’s Park, a memorial to decades of opposition to police violence and brutality. In Atlanta (Georgia), ...

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 ...