Brandon Yung

First-time candidate Jenny Wong won Berkeley’s next city auditor, beating opponent Vladislav Davidzon.

Chin, a longtime Alameda County resident, filled the seat that was vacant after the retirement of former judge Vernon Nakahara. Since 2004, Chin worked as the deputy district attorney at the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office.

More than 100 people gathered Sunday night outside Sproul Hall to hold a vigil honoring the victims of the recent shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The prayer service and candlelight vigil were organized by Jewish community organizations on campus.

A group of 50 organizers started protesting about 10 a.m. on the corner of Bancroft Way and Telegraph Avenue, swelling to a crowd of 150 people about 1 p.m. AFCSME Local 3299 was joined by University Professional and Technical Employees, CWA 9119, UC's union of technical and professional employees in the UC system, and University Council-American Federation of Teachers, or UC-AFT, the union for UC librarians.

Five of the candidates — James Chang, Judy Hunt, Paola Laverde, María Poblet and John Selawsky – have prior experience as rent board commissioners. Only three — Soli Alpert, David Buchanan and William “Three Hundred” Caldeira — have not previously served on the board.

The city of Berkeley will crack down and regulate the types of objects allowed on city sidewalks — restricting the kind of property homeless residents can keep on the streets — through an ordinance passed at Tuesday’s regular council meeting.

One of the people charged with carrying out these projects is Alireza Lahijanian, a UC Berkeley engineering alumnus and co-founder of Rbhu, Burning Man’s partnering engineering firm and design consultant.

Although the Community Health Commission, or CHC, called to suspend the approval and rollout of cannabis regulation until the proposed health standards are implemented, the City Council decided to move forward with cannabis legislation while also considering the health concerns of the CHC.

Five candidates campaigning for the BUSD election in November — Ka’Dijah Brown, Julie Sinai, Ty Alper, Abdur Sikder and Norma Harrison — took turns giving one-minute responses to audience questions.

Despite recent setbacks in a plan for their initial "tiny house village" — miniature residences in a community with on-site access to vocational programs — YSA hopes to expand the impact of its projects through the collaboration to help achieve its goals.