Life before Vaccines: Growing up in the 1930s and 40s
Aug 30, 2019 · The author recounts her childhood experiences of common diseases such as measles, mumps, polio and scarlet fever before vaccines were available. She also describes the history and impact of vaccination and antibiotics on public health and personal well-being.
Elect Margot Smith for State Assembly - Berkeley Daily Planet
Feb 25, 2024 · Margot Smith is a Democrat and activist running for State Assembly District 14, which includes Berkeley and parts of Oakland. She opposes the housing laws of Buffy Wicks, …
Famed Deaf Sculptor Died 75 Years Ago in Berkeley
Aug 3, 2010 · Learn about the life and work of Douglas Tilden, a deaf artist who became California's most pre-eminent sculptor in the late 19th century. He created several public monuments in San Francisco and Oakland, and lived and taught in Berkeley for many years.
Nature Shows Its Right Angles - Berkeley Daily Planet
Sep 7, 2012 · The East Bay's Non-commercial Voice. Gertrude Stein's observation, "There is no straight line in nature," has prompted critics to supply a long list of nature's linear rebuttals—the path of a falling acorn on a windless day, the flat membrane that forms at the merging of two soap-bubbles, the hexagonal walls of a honeycomb, the edge of a crystal, a stand of bamboo.
Contact The Planet - Berkeley Daily Planet
Sep 1, 2024 · Contact The Planet. Phone: (510) 845-8440 NEW. Mail P.O. Box 5534, Berkeley, CA 94705
Pink Man returns to Berkeley in multimedia show
May 30, 2002 · If you’ve lived in the Bay Area for even a short time, you’ve probably encountered Pink Man. He’s hard to miss, wearing a unitard the color of Pepto-Bismol and careening through the streets on a unicycle.
Still Haven't Voted? Our Last Words on the Subject
Feb 13, 2024 · The web page offers letters from local columnists on how to vote in the 2024 California primary, including the state senate race between Buffy Wicks and Margot Smith. It also criticizes the influence of big money and backroom deals in politics.
Local News and Opinion from The Berkeley Daily Planet
Oct 1, 2024 · After two terms, I get the impression that Buffy Wicks doesn't want to represent me, or District 14. Yet she is so confident of keeping her state Assembly seat that yard signs, speechmaking (beyond select audiences) and appearing on the same stage as her opponent, i.e. acting the part, are plumb unnecessary.
Local News and Opinion from The Berkeley Daily Planet
May 9, 2021 · Item 23 on the Berkeley council’s May 11 agenda is a request from Councilmember Kate Harrison that the council endorse Roadmap Home 2030 and send state legislators a letter urging them to adopt the recommendations of the plan. For reasons detailed below, Harrison should pull the item, wait until the community has vetted Roadmap Home 2030 in its entirety, and then decide whether she still ...
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Oct 1, 2024 · Contact The Planet. Phone: (510) 845-8440 NEW. Mail P.O. Box 5534, Berkeley, CA 94705