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Top Berkeley news: Nonprofit teaches computer skills; newspaper seller says goodbye; more

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Published on September 26, 2019
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South Berkeley neighbors say new YEAH! youth shelter location won't work

A proposal to move a longstanding emergency shelter for youth from University Avenue to South Berkeley met with steep resistance from neighbors Tuesday night.

Read the full story on Berkeleyside.

Beloved Berkeley newspaper seller says goodbye

Ural Dixon has been selling copies of the San Francisco Chronicle on the North Berkeley BART plaza since 2007. Dwindling sales mean he will soon be out of a job. The commuters who have appreciated his cheerful greetings and great taste in music every day for years talk about why they will miss him.

Read the full story on Berkeleyside.

Berkeley nonprofit teaches computer skills to help unemployed land jobs

It can be hard to find a job nowadays if you don't have a basic knowledge of technology, but a Berkeley nonprofit has been training people for decades.

Read the full story on CBS San Francisco.

Judge ups sentence for Bay Area far-right protester Kyle ‘Stickman’ Chapman in weapons case

Kyle “Stickman” Chapman was sentenced Wednesday to a stricter sentence that he had thought in a plea deal for his 2017 Berkeley possession charge.

Read the full story on The Mercury News.


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