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Top Berkeley news: Microsoft opens 1st East Bay office; city votes for city-run homeless camp; more

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Published on January 24, 2020
Top Berkeley news: Microsoft opens 1st East Bay office; city votes for city-run homeless camp; morePhoto: Mario Mesaglio/Unsplash

Missed the most recent top news in Berkeley? Read on for everything you need to know.

Microsoft opens new office in Berkeley, a first for the East Bay

Microsoft, the Washington State behemoth, has moved into the seventh-floor offices in the Berkeley Way West building it rented in 2019.

Read the full story on Berkeleyside.

Nora Stanley steps out in Berkeley and the bay

Nora Stanley, Berkeley High class of 2014, is one of the most exciting young saxophonists on the Bay Area jazz scene.

Read the full story on Berkeleyside.

Robbers hit 2 Berkeley banks Wednesday

It's rare when Berkeley has even one bank robbery, but Wednesday there were two.

Read the full story on Berkeleyside.

Berkeley votes for city-run homeless camp

The city council voted to plan for the opening of a city-managed homeless encampment of its own in the near future, hoping to maintain a safe and sanitary place for homeless relief even while assuring skeptical residents that it’s only temporary.

Read the full story on Curbed SF.


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