The city’s last testing site, at San Pablo Park, will close Feb. 23. BUSD’s testing site at the Berkeley Adult School will close Feb. 17.
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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Montessori Family School will close its preschool in Berkeley
Closing after 36 years, the last day for students of the Northside preschool will be June 9.
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Tour Berkeley High’s gleaming new building for visual and performing arts
The new A Building is now open for classes such as Jazz Band and video production. The revamped Berkeley Community Theater will open later this year.
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Berkeley students aiming to prevent fentanyl overdoses say ‘don’t do drugs’ won’t cut it
A Berkeley High student group’s harm-reduction campaign prioritizes placing FentCheck strips in school and increasing access to education.
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Alvarado Road neighbors have long lived with threat of mudslides ‘hanging over our heads’
A mudslide last week in the Claremont Hills on the Berkeley-Oakland border is the second collapse in the area since 2006. Who’s responsible for shoring up the hill?
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He completed a quest to walk all Berkeley’s streets — but there’s an asterisk
Three years and 285 miles later, mathematician Bryan Bischof has wandered 99% of the city’s streets, but the last 1% remains elusive.
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We mapped all Berkeley’s storm-related 311 calls since Christmas
See calls for service related to flooding, downed tree branches and sewer issues during the parade of storms.
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Legal battle over People’s Park continues as court hears oral arguments
A final ruling from the court on whether UC Berkeley can resume construction of a student housing project is expected soon, but the decision will likely be appealed.
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Can Jasmina Viteskic reform Berkeley schools’ Title IX office?
Student leaders trust her. She’s made the complaint process less painful. But can the charismatic Title IX coordinator fix how the district handles sexual assault?
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36 hours without power in the Berkeley Hills
One Berkeley neighborhood was without power from Wednesday night through Friday afternoon.
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Berkeley teacher who sent 15,000 letters to students gets a ‘love letter’ of her own
A new documentary chronicles Berkeley High teacher Nancy Rubin’s decades-long project delivering letters written to students’ future selves.
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3 maps show how Berkeley voted in state, county elections this November
Berkeley turned out big for Gov. Gavin Newsom, Pamela Price, Alfred Twu and Proposition 30 on Nov. 8.