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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 ...

The recent escalation of tensions between Israel and Iran, culminating in the bombing of the Iranian Consulate in Damascus, demands urgent attention on the precarious state of affairs in the Middle ...

Now that I have been so slow to finish off this Activist’s Diary and fallen into covering two weeks of meetings, it feels like the world has shifted again. Trump’s visit with Viktor Orban at ...

After multiple stops and starts, I hope to finally get this off my desk. It has taken nearly three weeks from my first day of COVID episode two (the first was Delta in 2021) to feel normal again. I am ...

AGENDA: Use the link and choose the html option or see the agenda listed at the end of the calendar. AGENDA: 6. Presentation from the Berkeley Housing Authority on the Section 8 Program in Berkeley, 7 ...

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 ...

• In March 2021, Deputy Speaker Vaturi, made a controversial statement on social media that Israel’s war on Gaza was “too humane” and called for the burning of Gaza. • Responding to the Hamas attack ...

According to reports in the Daily Cal, on the Berkeleyside website and in private communications with several civic sources, as many as 1400 police officers are expected to come to Berkeley in the ...

A crowd showed up at City Council on October 2, 2023. It was a new crowd, a young crowd, full of people who hadn’t been there before. And many of them appeared to be new to council’s procedures. There ...