The Berkeley Relief Fund will pool $3 million in city funds and funds raised from private and corporate donations to provide emergency grants to local businesses, nonprofits and tenants.
Lance Knobel
Lance Knobel (Berkeleyside co-founder) has been a journalist for nearly 40 years. Much of his career was in business journalism. He was editor-in-chief of both Management Today, the leading business magazine in Britain, and World Link, the magazine of the World Economic Forum. In 1999-2000 he was director of the Programme of the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos. He is also the founder and curator of Berkeleyside's Uncharted Festival of Ideas.
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The It List: 5 things to do this weekend (mostly from home), March 13-15
Entertainment for your coronavirus-provoked weekend of social distancing.
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The It List: Five things to do this weekend, March 6-8
Ballet, Afro-Cuban music, local art, a documentary premiere and Cal track & field provide plenty of choice for weekend activities
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The It List: Five things to do this weekend, Feb. 28 to March 1
Korean-jazz fusion, dance, pioneers of women’s politics on stage, jazz and Liszt’s most challenging work, all this weekend.
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The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley this weekend, Jan. 3-5
Kick off 2020 with a surrealist portrait or nature journaling. You could also take in some cute animals, jazz and David Bowie, all this weekend.
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2 Berkeleyside editors choose their best books of 2019
Escape the cumulative exhaustion of national and global politics and indulge in some good reads. What books did you enjoy this year?
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The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley over the holidays
Plenty of holiday cheer to be had — from Klezmer to Christmas music — or you can just watch the Cal women’s basketball team continue its winning streak.
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The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley, weekend of Nov. 8-11
Afropop, fair housing, Joni Mitchell’s birthday, exquisite corpse for the kids and Berkeleyside’s own Evening Ideas Fests.
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The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley, weekend of Oct. 18-20
Music from singer songwriters, blues guitarist and world fusion, plus the first-ever city Open House and an original play perfectly timed for Hispanic Heritage Month.
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The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley, weekend of Oct. 11-13
It’s clearly festival weekend: annual Pow Wow, Grateful Day, Emergency Prep and, ahem, a running music festival. Plus a rare piano/gamelan concerto.
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Confusing information, failed website provoke frustration with PG&E in Berkeley
‘PG&E has completely bungled it,’ said Berkeley Councilwoman Lori Droste. She wasn’t alone in her reaction to the confusing information about the power shutdown.
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The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley, weekend of Oct. 4-6
And now for something complete different… could be a theme for the weekend. Voting rights, bronze pours, 50 years of People’s Park, small presses and contemporary jazz.