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Israel’s ongoing military aggression in Syria and its expansion of illegal settlements in the Golan Heights represent an alarming shift in Middle Eastern geopolitics. According to the Syrian ...

It’s the week after Thanksgiving, time for the holiday frenzy to begin. For me, now long retired from two or three hectic careers and now with a less frenzied private life, the primary emotion with ...

At 10 am BNC meets on zoom. See details below for annual pancake and Santa breakfast. At 11 am sports Jamboree If you are unable to attend a meeting in person and/or it is not offered in the hybrid or ...

Under General Director Mathew Shilvock, San Francisco Opera now offers yet another arbitrarily quirky staging, this time of Richard Wagner’s Tristan und IsoIde, which I attended on Sunday, Oc-tober 27 ...

The escalation of violence continues in several regions, with devastating consequences for civilians. The intensity of Israel’s military operations in Gaza, Syria, and Lebanon, as well as the broader ...

If you are unable to attend a meeting in person due to a disability and/or it is not offered in the hybrid or an accessible format, TO REQUEST A DISABILITY RELATED ACCOMMODATION(S) TO PARTICIPATE IN A ...

People with mental illness experience lives of enormous suffering. We experience internally generated suffering caused by a mental disease, and we experience intolerance and rejection from people who ...

A local non-profit, Berkeley Public Eye, films each monthly Berkeley Planning Commission meeting to better inform the community of Berkeley's land use projects and Commission policy recommendations.

The members of the zoning board have a very large responsibility as you consider the proposal to demolish Berkeley’s last downtown movie theater in favor of more housing, predominantly priced at ...

The first two weeks in December will be the mad dash of meetings to finish up before the winter council recess from December 11 through January 20, 2025. The December 10, 2024 City Council meeting ...