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Washington DC
fromTravel + Leisure
1 week ago

I've Lived in the Carolinas for 30+ Years and This Is My Favorite Small Town-With a Charming Downtown and Mountain Views

Sylva, North Carolina is a walkable mountain town in the Blue Ridge Mountains offering outdoor adventure, distinctive dining, historic accommodations, and vibrant local arts and culture.
fromwww.berkeleyside.org
1 month ago

A heat pump croons about climatic healing' in Berkeley musicians' song

The UC Berkeley Chancellor's Fund, the college's attempt at venture capital, has raised more than $250,000 from a single investor. Chancellor Rich Lyons has said he wants to blur the edge between the university and the region's startup ecosystem. (SF Business Times) A man in his 60s was taken to Highland Hospital on Saturday night after a driver struck him in a crosswalk at San Pablo and Ashby avenues. (Berkeley Scanner)
Education
fromPortland Mercury
5 months ago

Good Morning, News: Pentagon Spokesperson Hates Netflix, John Bolton Under Investigation Since Biden, and Are There Plainclothes Police at Portland's ICE Protests?

Portland Police have made 50 arrests at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) building since June. The Oregonian reports that at least eight of the cases resulting from these arrests cite assistance from "what authorities call 'Confidential Reliable Sources' or, more plainly, 'informants.' Have we heard of this happening before at other protests? Yes. Are these likely plainclothes police? Yes.
Portland
California
fromwww.berkeleyside.org
6 months ago

The Wire: UC Berkeley police hide radio broadcasts from public; $325M to improve water quality with ultraviolet light

Berkeley-area institutions face controversies and infrastructure changes, including police scanner restrictions, federal antisemitism probes, water-treatment projects, housing adjustments, and public-figure controversies.
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