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Berkeley residents were surprised on Friday to see the furniture some of them normally play chess on at the corner of Telegraph Avenue and Haste Street was gone for the third time in five weeks.  

In "New Society," an exhibition at Fondazione Prada in Milan, the artist and filmmaker shows her provocative collaborations with strangers.

Berkeley’s Zero Waste Commission and city council are working with stakeholders and residents to draft a 10 year roadmap to reach the city’s climate and zero waste goals.

It is only with the collective efforts of everyone that we can succeed in making UC Berkeley a cleaner and more sustainable campus for years to come.

That’s not how Hillsborough County Florida’s solid waste department and neighbor, Goodwill-Suncoast, see it. Together they intercept would-be-trash.

Paul Canin of Berkeley, 100, used a brush made from his own hair to paint scenes from the eight months he spent in a German POW camp.

Paul and Helen Canin, 100 and 92 respectively, live in a houseboat in Berkeley amid decades of their mementos and artwork, including the vividly illustrated diary Paul kept as a POW in WWII.

Workers at the Trader Joe's in Rockridge have voted to unionize following allegations of union-busting, worker harassment and rat infestation.

Workers at the Trader Joe's in Rockridge have voted to unionize following allegations of union-busting, worker harassment and rat infestation.

Neil Seldman co-founded the Institute for Local Self-Reliance nearly 50 years ago to help communities gain decision-making power to shape their fates.