Lifestyle Berkeley’s BORP promotes inclusivity through cycling By Gina Gotsill, Bay City News Foundation | Local News Matters | October 29, 2020 Bay Area Outreach & Recreation Program (BORP) provides people with physical disabilities a venue for adaptive exercise, even amid COVID.
education Challenging the model minority myth: Asian-American students divided over affirmative action By Janelle Marie Salanga | October 28, 2020 Some Asian American students and academics say they have been unfairly lumped together in discussions around Prop 16.
Books “She Votes” documents U.S. women’s fight for voting rights and the ongoing struggle for equality By Gina Gotsill, Bay City News Foundation | Local News Matters | October 27, 2020 Written by a history buff and art history professor with a penchant for sports, the author loose with a witty writing style that’s entertaining and edgy.
Arts & Entertainment Pass the Remote: Feel-good films to help you through an intense election week By Randy Myers, Bay City News Foundation | Local News Matters | October 27, 2020 We all are in dire need of a mood adjuster. Here are five to lift the spirits.
Around Town Local walkers raise $8000 for Alzheimer’s Association By Exedra Staff | October 27, 2020 East Bay Walk for Alzheimer's was held last weekend as the Morrison family and friends took to the Piedmont streets.
activism Come for the art, stay for the vote with CCA’s new civic engagement campaign By Amelia Williams | Bay City News Foundation | October 27, 2020 Artists promote civic engagement for all to see with new exhibition in California College of the Arts, San Francisco gallery windows
Featured in Category UPDATE: East Bay parks’ closure extended thru Wed. morning By Eli Walsh | Bay City News | October 27, 2020 Closures include Anthony Chabot, Lake Chabot, Roberts, Sibley, Tilden, and Wildcat among others.
College Colleges and Thanksgiving COVID risk: Fauci’s right – holiday plans may have to change By Walter Thomas Casey II, Marcia G. Ory and Rebecca S.B. Fischer, for The Conversation | Local News Matters | October 25, 2020 Students returning to their families around the country for the holidays may bring a souvenir no one wants — COVID-19.
Bay Area ISSI, home to generations of Berkeley scholars of color, is set to close in June next year By Dallin Mello, Bay City News Foundation | Local News Matters | October 25, 2020 ISSI was the first institute in the UC system devoted to the study of race, stratification and societal change.
Family & Kids Popular wildlife rehabilitation center educates, provides community through virtual workshops By Casey Cantrell | Bay City News Foundation | October 23, 2020 Lindsay Wildlife Experience, temporarily closed due to the pandemic, pivots to interactive online workshops for children and families.