“We [at Berkeley Unified School District are] creating a world where anyone can feel that they are important and that they have a space in our society to contribute,” said Shawn Mansager, executive director of special education for BUSD.
Berkeley High School’s Black Student Union hosted a Black History Month event at lunch last Friday, February 25, to celebrate the diverse cultures of the African diaspora.
Berkeley High School held its annual Open House virtually this year, allowing students and parents to interact with teachers and giving current freshmen the opportunity to learn about BHS’s small schools for next school year.
After the return to in-person learning, Berkeley High School administrators are working to address increased violence on campus, believed to be due, in part, to the stress of the pandemic.
Berkeley High School’s Arts and Humanities Academy held a craft fair during lunch on December 9 and 10. The craft fair is serving as a replacement for AHA’s annual art exhibition at Kala Art Institute, put on halt due to the pandemic.
MUSICAL OFFERINGS Classical at Freight & SalvageJoin Robin Sharp on violin, Michael Flexer on cello, and Russell Hancock on piano for an evening of chamber music on November 8th.
Story last updated September 9th. See the chart above for the latest data. In the four weeks of Berkeley High School’s full return to in-person learning, 13.5 COVID-19 cases have been reported and confirmed.
On Thursday, April 22, city auditor Jenny Wong published a groundbreaking analysis of Berkeley policing that has brought to light useful information regarding mental health calls and traffic stops.
If you were engaging in an endeavor that might cause physical or financial damages, you would be required by law to purchase insurance. As a partial solution to issues of police accountability, many have suggested mandating a similar type of insurance called liability insurance.
Over the past five years, a movement has grown at the University of California, Berkeley that centers around the issues of identity and injustice that have swelled in recent times.
Billions of dollars fill Amazon’s coffers each year. Jeff Bezos only recently ceded his seat as the richest person on Earth to Elon Musk, and the company’s stock trades for upwards of three thousand dollars per share.
Starting January 12, the Berkeley Repertory Theatre began the process of releasing ten “Aural Adventures.” These ten minute long stories from famous Berkeley residents are through podcast form, in a program entitled Place/Settings: Berkeley. The narratives are each centered around specific places integral to Berkeley, spinning immersive, intimate tales to create an audial guide to
Located a block away from Berkeley High School on Shattuck Avenue, Angeline’s Louisiana Kitchen has been serving Southern flavors to Berkeley for 15 years, and in those years has never failed to deliver food or family. “Angeline’s was founded by Scott Fearon and Robert Volberg in 2006,” said Tempe Minaga-Teves, co-owner and general manager of
With the nationwide closures that followed the COVID-19 pandemic, many buildings, establishments, and companies were forced to go virtual, a move that many of them made with relatively little loss.
During a time when community is at its hardest to come by, and as such it is most essential, California’s COVID-19 restrictions have allowed places of worship to stay open, an early fall decision that has led to a conundrum for religious leaders.
The ongoing pandemic has strained all aspects of society, but the tightest bonds it has severed have been of a personal note. Familial relationships have been dramatically affected by stay-at-home orders and the risks of meeting with loved ones.
College makes up the most formative years of many lives, providing unique opportunities to grow, learn, and prepare for adulthood. Admission into a selective college is a crowning achievement, and getting a degree at one is even more so.
The privilege of voting in a free and fair election has been squandered by all but 36 percent of young voters in recent years, according to statistics from the US Census.
