David DePape entered the Pelosi home Friday morning and attacked the House Speaker’s husband with a hammer, San Francisco police said.
Ally Markovich
Ally Markovich, who covers the school beat for Berkeleyside, is a former high school English teacher. Her work has appeared in The Oaklandside, The New York Times, Huffington Post and Washington Post, among other publications. You can spot her running on the trails in Tilden Park.
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Teen brothers killed in shooting laid to rest in deeply moving Berkeley funeral
Family, Berkeley High friends and soccer teammates said a final goodbye to Jazy and Angel Sotelo Garcia on Thursday, marking a “new chapter” of their grief.
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Berkeley City Council to begin all meetings with a land acknowledgment
Intended as a “starting point” for reparative work with local Indigenous people, a land acknowledgment will be displayed at every meeting and read aloud monthly.
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Berkeley teens hold summit on climate action
Organized by 17-year-old Ella Suring, the conference brought together diverse students to envision a new plan for climate action.
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Berkeley Unified to raise teacher pay in new union contract
Pay will rise 12% over 2 years. Teachers’ health care costs will fall, and elementary classes are now capped at 27 students.
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‘Kisses to the sky’: Isamaeli Mata’afa remembered as visionary who put his faith in action
Friends and teachers from Berkeley’s Pacific School of Religion — where Mata’afa was studying to be a minister — joined his tight-knit Samoan family and community to honor his life Thursday evening in San Lorenzo.
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Reichi Lee, Jennifer Shanoski raise most cash in Berkeley school board race
Shanoski and Mike Chang have benefitted from public matching funds, available for the first time to school board candidates this year. Money tied to the California teachers union is also influencing the race.
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A new parents group is stirring up the race for Berkeley school board
The Berkeley Parents Union says it just wants to give a voice to parents, but critics say it’s driving a wedge in school board politics.
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‘This is a wakeup call’: Berkeley remembers brothers Jazy and Angel Sotelo Garcia
The teens’ mother and younger siblings, dozens of extended family and hundreds of neighbors, classmates and friends came together Monday evening for a vigil at Longfellow Middle School.
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Berkeley youth could win permanent place on city climate commission
A push to reserve space on the commission for kids as young as 12 has passed a key vote and will head to the City Council.
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Meet the 6 candidates running for Berkeley school board
Ka’Dijah Brown, Mike Chang, Tatiana Guerreiro Ramos, Norma Harrison, Reichi Lee and Jennifer Shanoski are running for three seats on the BUSD school board.
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More Berkeley 4-year-olds are becoming eligible for transitional kindergarten
We visited a Berkeley Unified transitional kindergarten classroom to learn more about a growing program for the city’s 4-year-olds.