It seems like the national news media is hanging in anxious anticipation for that “October Surprise” event, revelation, or catastrophe that will swing the Presidential election one way or the other.

This proposal is nothing more than a giant giveaway to BioTech, National Defense and Big Pharma — industries that already profit from government grants and venture capital funding, and that aren't an ...

A recent Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing listed Ms. Hahn’s spouse compensation at $4,337,928 for 2023 although this included stock options that may not yet have been awarded.

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Recommendation: Adopt a first reading of an Ordinance to add a subsection to Berkeley Municipal Code Section 9.04.165 to create an exemption on the taxing of business gross receipts relating to ...

Measure EE or "Fix the Streets" is a well-crafted tax measure that focuses like a laser on three things: Street repaving, fixing sidewalks and pathways, and improving bike boulevards. It will pave all ...

Five years ago, October, 2019, trump surrendered to Turkey's strongman, Erdogan, pulling our troops that were guarding our Kurd allies, who successfully defeated ISIS, from Northern Syria. That left a ...

These days there’s no shortage of long, literate comments offered to the Berkeley Daily Planet. They are about a variety of topics, but sooner or later almost all gravitate toward the same area: the ...

The Night We Lost Him Laura Dave (5 stars) A mystery set in New York City and Carpinteria, California. A well written mystery that centers around the death of a famous hotel magnate, Liam Noone. His ...

It is time for the United States to follow France’s lead and work towards a just peace, not by fueling violence, but by advocating for a ceasefire and a path to dialogue. The lives of so many ...

And a "mental illness" is a medically caused illness. No one should be ashamed of that. It should not invoke the disrespect of others. And when someone says something insulting, condescending, or that ...