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US sees union boom despite big companies’ aggressive opposition

Wins for Amazon and Starbucks workers shows labor movement surging after years of decline – but pushback has been fierce

The Guardian - US · Jul 27, 2022

Trespass Claim Stemming from Activists' Blocking Horse Race Track Not Covered by California Anti-SLAPP Law

From Golden Gate Land Holdings LLC v. Direct Action Everywhere, decided today (correctly, I think) by the California Court of Appeal (Presiding Justice Jim Humes, joined by Justice Sandra Margulies and S.F. Superior Court Judge Mary Wiss): Golden Gate, which operates a horse racing track in Berkeley, filed this suit…

Reason · Jul 13, 2022

Unsafe as houses: ‘We lost over £40k in the Richmond House fire but the developers still aren’t paying up’

Just like Grenfell Tower, the Worcester Park development lacked adequate cavity barriers to prevent the spread of fire. It burnt down in 2019.

Evening Standard · Jun 28, 2022

Summer camps endangered by wildfires, smoke and heat waves

As California parents sign up their offspring for summer camp amid forecasts of another potentially catastrophic wildfire season, an existential question looms over the annual ritual: will camp still be standing come July?

Tribune News Service · Apr 23, 2022

Biden's approval rating improves slightly in California, but inflation looms large

LOS ANGELES — Roughly 6 in 10 California voters give President Joe Biden poor marks on his handling of inflation, according to a new UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll, even as his overall job approval marginally improved in the last two months.

Los Angeles Times · Apr 13, 2022

Mark Z. Barabak: What if everyone is required to vote? Would that help cure America’s political ills?

BERKELEY, Calif. — What if everyone in America had to vote?

Los Angeles Times · Apr 13, 2022

The avian soap opera unfolding atop this Berkeley bell tower has humans riveted

The tone of the announcement — breathless, sheepish, exuberant — wasn't the sort of thing one associates with research scientists. But then, it isn't often that scientists are called on to mend our broken hearts.

Los Angeles Times · Apr 7, 2022

‘The law that swallowed California’: Why the much-derided CEQA is so hard to change

LOS ANGELES — The landmark 1970 law for preserving California’s beauty has a long history of backfiring.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 20, 2022

Can UC Berkeley plan to house homeless people inspire other campuses to tackle the crisis?

LOS ANGELES — In a partnership unique in American higher education, UC Berkeley and city and nonprofit collaborators unveiled plans Wednesday to provide interim housing at a converted motel, as well as meals and social services, to unsheltered people sleeping in the iconic People's Park.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 10, 2022

Editorial: California needs a different approach to solving UC crowding

The University of California’s plan to add 20,000 students by 2030 has led to conflicts with some of the communities where campuses are located, with residents complaining that the university system is not doing enough to house students, and are merely shifting the housing burden to them.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 7, 2022