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Planning commissioners finished the easy part of their West Berkeley zoning changes Wednesday night, but the hardest part will be on their agenda after their August break. -more-

The latest round of proposed state budget cuts to public education did not come as a surprise to the Berkeley Unified School District. -more-

Is Berkeley mean to its homeless? A new study by two national homeless advocacy groups says so. -more-

While Berkeley suffers from the same impacts from a beleaguered economy as do other East Bay cities, the effects seem to be milder, says Michael Caplan. -more-

Two of the three food vendors at the Bear’s Lair Food Court have accepted a new lease agreement and will stay on. The third, Healthy Heavenly Foods, rejected the offer and plans to move out by December. -more-

UC Berkeley officials announced Tuesday that Assistant Police Chief Mitch Celaya will be promoted to chief Aug. 1. -more-

The Berkeley City Council holds a rare Thursday meeting today, with a light “mopping up” agenda planned before the summer break. -more-

The East Bay Community Scholarship Fund (EBCSF) will provide $70 worth of school supplies to 3,500 Berkeley Unified School District K-12 students starting next spring. -more-

Peralta Community College District’s board of directors moved quickly to look into charges of district improprieties raised in last week’s series of Bay Area News Group articles, beginning an investigation by their own inspector general and calling on the state chancellor of the California Community Colleges to appoint a special investigator to look into the charges as well. -more-

The $1.5 billion gambling, hotel, entertainment and housing resort planned for Richmond’s Point Molate would only create three significant impacts that couldn’t be readily remedied, concludes the project’s draft environmental impact report (EIR). -more-

The Berkeley Unified School District’s Personnel Commission is looking for a new member. -more-

UC Berkeley wants someone to demolish “approximately 35 structures located at the UC Gill Tract Agricultural Field Station in Albany.” -more-

The Daily Californian, UC Berkeley’s independent student newspaper, can stay put—for now. -more-

Berkeley City College has a $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education. -more-

David Teece is having a bad year. -more-

Chevron Monday filed an appeal challenging Contra Costa County Superior rulings that forced the company to shut down construction in Richmond. -more-

The July 9 meeting of the Berkeley Housing Advisory Commission kicked off with a bit of improv theater. -more-

A 911 call led to an arrest and seizure of explosives by Berkeley police Saturday. -more-

Berkeley police are investigating two sexual assaults which took place early Thursday morning. -more-

A Berkeley man who had been charged with murder in connection with the shooting death of a former friend near the University of California at Berkeley campus three years ago will be released from jail today after serving only 18 months. -more-

When you visit the Berkeley Public Library you’ll see staff at the circulation desk, at the reference desk, and others who are shelving books. What you are less likely to see are all those library employees, mostly in offices on the second floor of the Central Library, who move a book along from the time it’s either requested by a patron or a librarian. These are the employees who select, order, catalog, and process the 50,000 items added to the library’s collection every year. -more-