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A series of car burglaries and an unrelated sexual battery occurred Tuesday, according to two campus WarnMe alerts.

Berkeley Farmers’ Market attracts community members from all over the Bay Area three times a week to support local vendors and businesses.

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission released the draft for its 2023 Public Participation Plan and is inviting the public to share feedback during a comment period of several weeks.

GlobeSisters, a new social startup launched through Berkeley Skydeck, is the creation of Pauline André, an avid traveler and Berkeley alum with a desire for safe solo traveling for women. 

In a special meeting of Berkeley’s City Council Monday, the council passed a motion to extend the covered period of the COVID-19 Emergency Response Ordinance for 60 days past the expiration of the Local Emergency declaration. 

Three aggravated assaults occurred Wednesday according to a series of campus WarnMe alerts sent throughout the same day. 

During their Tuesday meeting, Berkeley City Council began by adjourning their meeting in honor of Patricia DeVito, Beatrice Barrigher and David Lance Goines. All had been long-standing and influential members of the community who had passed away within the last six months.

An aggravated assault occurred Monday evening at Maximino Martinez Commons, according to a campus WarnMe alert sent Monday at 10:54 p.m.

In the quiet Northbrae neighborhood of Berkeley, several independent businesses have set up shop. A number of unique storefronts clustered around Hopkins Street make up what some locals call the Northbrae shopping area.

Several eyewitnesses reported a man attempting to self-immolate on Sproul Plaza on Wednesday evening.