Summary: Donald Trump’s second term is a disaster. Fortunately, voters understand this. Trump’s approval rating has fallen to 37 percent and he is underwater on all the important metrics: the economy, ...

The East Bay's Non-commercial VoiceDon't miss this excellent article on Berkeleyside: Berkeley City Council will take up Gaza ceasefire resolution Monday night After 18 months of protests, a remade ...

After three active weeks, Donald Trump’s fourth week in the oval office was marked by fewer executive order and several notable failures. New data showed inflation rising. Trump’s immigration ...

Berkeley Harris 52,902 89.8% Trump 3,032 5.1% Stein 1,593 2.7% Others 1,399 2.4% Among U.S. cities with populations of 100,000 or more, Berkeley has the lowest vote percentage for Trump, with Trump ...

Berkeley City Hall’s efforts to enable the University of California's expansion in Berkeley have taken a new turn. Having already facilitated the school’s colonization of residential areas in ...

It is clear from his comportment that the Mayor has lost his ethical way. He pockets his rules, yet doesn’t see that he leaves himself with nothing. He doesn’t know how to escape this; he feels those ...

The East Bay's Non-commercial VoiceAGENDA: Public Comment on non-agenda and items 1 – 7. 1. Minutes, 2. Review and Approve 2/13/2024 -- draft agenda – (Review/Consider) Request from Bay Area Housing ...

I often think I should approach writing the Activist’s Diary like plein air painting by picking a .point in time and stopping, but the world and the City keep moving on while I write. I finished Naomi ...

Once again there is a lot to cover as I pull the last two weeks on the local scene together. To ease the posting and reading here is Part I. Part 2 will follow on what is coming to us in more proposed ...

The first week of August was a perfect kind of week. The Berkeley City Council was on summer recess and so were most of the boards and commissions. Trump was finally indicted for his attempted coup ...

But surely San Francisco is still an exciting destination? Well, not really. The Chron’s erstwhile architecture critic (now on an“urban design” beat) has fallen back on making lists of the old standby ...

It was another full week and there is plenty to report on what I did attend even though I missed the Cedar Rose Park Renovation, the Solano Business District meeting, the Zero Waste Commission, the ...