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This Saturday is National Library Day. And before we celebrate these public institutions, let’s find out - what exactly defines a library?
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The Bay Area’s long history of chocolate spans all the way back to the Gold Rush. Since then, the region has been a source for chocolate innovation again and again, from a Berkeley-based revolution in chocolate desserts to a craft chocolate revolution in the ‘90s that turned the industry on its head.
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CrosscurrentsRhonda Benin is a professional singer and her experience as a woman in music led her to create an annual Women’s History Month concert, “Just Like A Woman,” eleven years ago. The show features a cast of powerful female singers from the Bay Area along with Rhonda, and it happens this Saturday at the Freight and Salvage in Berkeley.
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The short story collection Berkeley Noir shows a dark side to the college town with tales of deceit and murder. In this interview, co-editors Jerry…
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This is a 2-minute summary of what’s on the ballot. Click here to listen to them all.Berkeley was an early adopter of citizen oversight of its police…
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Berkeley High School students lead a march on Tuesday. THEY SAY (((to shed light on the ways that))) the criminal justice and school systems are not set…
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You may not have heard of the chemical PFAS, but you probably touched it at some point today. It’s a man-made chemical in tons of products in our homes,…
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Hey Area is where we find answers to questions you ask. Cameron Williams wanted to know: "What’s the best place in the Bay Area to have a first…
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From Greta Thunberg to Youth vs. Apocalypse, young people around the world are fighting climate change. But in Berkeley, where students have been pushing…
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This story most recently aired in the 3/13/23 episode of Crosscurrents. In this Audiograph, we go to a popular gathering spot on a historic campus.Click…
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The battle over the right to access People’s Park in Berkeley began 50 years ago, but it never really ended. Now, UC Berkeley plans to develop the space…
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This story most recently aired in the 3/13/23 episode of Crosscurrents.In this Audiograph, we climb inside the third tallest bell and clock-tower in the…