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Do police enforce parking rules on skinny hill streets?
Berkeley hills: a reader wonders whether ‘no parking’ signs are enforced in the area’s narrow streets. Photo: Google Maps In response to our first installation of Ask Berkeleyside, in which we...
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Why do some absentee voters get free postage?
Some Alameda County residents received mail-in ballots with the postage already paid. Photo: Peter Sussman Last week, after reading Berkeleyside’s round-up on postage costs for mail-in ballots, we...
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Election email overload: What gives?
One California voter takes a look at a day of campaign mailers, noting, “They’re not going to influence my vote, but they will help heat my house this winter.” Photo: Robert Couse-Baker By November in...
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What’s the rationale behind Berkeley walk signal sounds?
Audible walk signal sounds can help orient disabled pedestrians in a variety of ways. Photo: morethanreal In response to an earlier Ask Berkeleyside post about walk signals in Berkeley aimed to help...
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New waste bin pick-up plans: Impossible in Berkeley?
Berkeley has begun to use automated single-operator garbage trucks that have a side-arm to pick up waste bins. Photo: City of Berkeley A recent city announcement about a new approach to waste pick-up...
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Has it gotten harder to be homeless in Berkeley?
New policies at the Berkeley Library prohibit bringing in items larger than 24 inches. One reader wondered if the change were related to the failure of Measure S to pass. Photo: Emilie Raguso After the...
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What’s happening with the Gilman Street Interchange?
City staff say roundabouts on Gilman Street at I-80 will improve the interchange in several important ways. This draft design depicts, in white, the roundabouts and roadway that pass under the freeway...
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What’s the story behind Berkeley’s inspirational Post-its?
“Did you know how amazing it is simply to be alive right now?” Photo: Emilie Raguso Listen up, readers, right off the bat we need to issue a disclaimer: We don’t know the full answer to the question...
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Op-eds on Berkeley protests: Myths, perspectives, the role of the library,...
Tanya (with megaphone) from the group By Any Means Necessary, leads march on Dec. 9, 2014. Photo: Frances Dinkelspiel Berkeleyside has recently published several op-eds on the subject of the recent...
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Update: Loud plane over Berkeley was Navy F-18
A file photo of an F-18. Photo: Frank Boston Update, Jan. 28, 3:35 p.m. See Berkeleyside’s update on this story. Update, 2:56 p.m. FAA spokesman Ian Gregor identified the loud plane that flew over...
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