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Balloon ban tethered in Berkeley

latex balloons are so toxic and hazardous and they kill wildlife and everything when in actuality latex is a natural material made from the sap of a rubber tree and is biodegradable." Balloons got a break in Berkeley Tuesday night. The City Council ...

From DOUG OAKLEY, Inside Bay Area,  19 Nov 2009

Berkeley bans cat declawing

of the last bone in the cat's toe." The Berkeley City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to ban the veterinary practice of declawing cats within city limits, making it a misdemeanor punishable by a $1,000 fine or six months in jail. Calling it a ...

From DOUG OAKLEY, Inside Bay Area,  11 Nov 2009

Berkeley council considers ban on cat declawing

the flexor tendon in each of a cat's toes, thus preventing the cat from being able to extend the claws." Both procedures can cause infection, abscess, hemorrhage, arthritis and "painful regrowth of deformed claws," according to the report. The Berkeley ...

From DOUG OAKLEY, Inside Bay Area,  9 Nov 2009

Chancellor: UC Berkeley to find plan to cease athletic funding

BERKELEY — UC Berkeley will work to discontinue funding intercollegiate athletic programs following a faculty senate vote urging the administration to make the 27 programs self-sufficient, Chancellor Robert Birgeneau said Thursday evening. The ...

From DOUG OAKLEY, Contra Costa Times,  6 Nov 2009
Related Topics: University of California Berkeley

Berkeley elementary students can get swine flu shots

Berkeley elementary school students can get the swine flu vaccine free at school the week of Nov. 16, but middle and high school students will have to wait until Nov. 30 or maybe even later, said the city's public health officer. "The middle school ...

From DOUG OAKLEY, Inside Bay Area,  5 Nov 2009

Death as a green affair

It's never too late to go green—even in death. That's the message of the Green Funeral Fair set for Saturday at Grace North Church in Berkeley from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The fair will feature such items as biodegradable caskets made out of cardboard, ...

From DOUG OAKLEY, Inside Bay Area,  3 Nov 2009

Court orders will force homeowners in nine East Bay cities to fix or replace sewer lines at sale, upgrade

engineer with the EPA. Homeowners in nine East Bay cities who sell or upgrade their properties starting in March must spend hundreds to thousands of dollars replacing their sewer lines under court orders obtained by the federal Environmental Protection ...

From DOUG OAKLEY, Contra Costa Times,  26 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Environmental Protection Agency

Berkeley medical marijuana dispensary honored by city council

community," Goldsberry said. "But we still are in a legal gray area, and we can't exist there forever. Cities have made it legal for medical uses, states have and now the federal government needs to do it." Berkeley is selecting Oct. 31 as a day to ...

From DOUG OAKLEY, Inside Bay Area,  19 Oct 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Department of Justice,  YMCA,  Malcolm X

Alternative Berkeley school proposed

Sept. 24 meeting, but union President Cathy Campbell did not return phone calls. The Berkeley school board is considering creating an alternative high school or charter school proposed by one of its high school principals for 500 kids who are falling ...

From DOUG OAKLEY, Contra Costa Times,  8 Oct 2009
Related Topics: University of California Berkeley,  Harvard University

Berkeley students can get swine flu vaccine

Berkeley's school district will give the swine flu vaccination to any student who wants it at city schools the week of Nov. 16, said city Health Officer Janet Berreman. Students' parents must fill out a form asking for the vaccine, Berreman said. She ...

From DOUG OAKLEY, Inside Bay Area,  7 Oct 2009

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