Opinion

It was the kind of mail I usually throw away without opening: a form letter with the return address “Yale Class of 1968 Thirty-Fifth Reunion.” No thanks, I thought. “Bright College Years” (“for God, for country and for Yale”) hasn’t been my song for a long time. -more-

In a bid to expand Berkeley’s rental housing inspection program, the City Council on Tuesday narrowly approved a controversial new fee for rental property owners. The council vote came after a heated public hearing during which property owners said they are already overburdened with taxes and fees. They called the program flawed and the new fee unfair. -more-