ART AND COUNTRY

KOREA DAY AT THE SAN FRANCISCO ASIAN ART MUSEUM

A large and enthusiastic crowd at San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum joined in celebration for the Eighth Annual Korea Day on Sept. 25.
The Asian Art Museum is the first Western museum to have a department dedicated exclusively…

Is this a real gun?

Rise of realistic toy guns prompts Alameda County town hall on safety

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SHOW US THE MONEY

Faculty protests after Peralta District claims poverty despite spending millions on administrative hires

Several members of the Peralta Federation of Teachers donned orange T-shirts Sept. 27 and marched…

A nation of immigrants, a journey to citizenship

Oakland ceremony naturalizes over 1,200 permanent legal residents

Law firms collaborate to offer free services for new immigrants

Gabriela Abrego has lived in California for the last 31 years, more than half her life, renewing her green card every ten years. But on Aug. 20, she took the first decisive step toward becoming a U.S. citizen. 
She was…

Events Calendar

University workshops at Berkeley City College
College representatives from UC Santa Cruz and UC Berkeley will be on campus at BCC on Sept. 29 10:30 AM to 2:15 PM

20th Annual Arab Film Festival (AFF)
Opening night of AFF’s 20th anniversary screens…

When pictures speak a thousand words

Can a picture really be worth a thousand words? 
I was handed a newspaper, and I was told that I should read it. It was the Laney Tower, our campus newspaper. My stomach cringed upon looking at the front page. 
It was a picture of the Oakland Police headquarters…