The Alameda County Grand Jury published a report finding that the Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board is a “self sustaining bureaucracy that operates without effective oversight and accountability.” Ooh so many buzzwords being thrown around, our eyes hurt. We looked into the store front window and saw a cafe front with a large washer and dryer room in the back. This is brilliance, but like one Yelp reviewer of Joey asks, did this place come to exist? source: Robert Frawley, Daily Cal.

The week of February 20 has items of possible interest to residents of district 2 at the , the , the , the Urban Design Commission, the Vending Oversight Committee, the Pedestrian/Bicycle/Motor Vehicle Commission and the Housing Strategy Committee. The city meeting agenda items are open for testimony from the public should you be interested in weighing in. I also appreciate hearing from you on any items on which you have a particular interest or concern so please send me an email or give me a call..

“I’ve been running a bar a few years now, and people would always go outside around the corner, into the shadows, to smoke up,” said Jeff Call, the owner of the Stonegate, in Tacoma, Washington. “People shouldn’t have to hide. There’s no rules yet, but I’m trying to do this thoughtfully and responsibly.”Story continues below.

During a tribute to Black athletics stars at Halloween in 2018, singer Beyonc wore a single legged maroon leotard.Her husband Jay Z wore a tracksuit and gave black power salute, in a nod to Tommie Smith and John Carlos, who made the gesture at the 1968 Mexico Olympic to protest racial injustice after finishing first and third in the 200 metres. President Joe Biden told a radio show. The Games are set to start in under six months, and the Japanese government and International Olympic Committee (IOC) are vowing to hold them as planned, although under strict conditions that could include staging them without spectators.

You would have this sneaking suspicion.” The changes made tips more important than ever before, but customers are notoriously unreliable when it comes to tipping couriers, said Thompson. Some will be generous, while others avoid the extra handout altogether. Uber, whose Eats service was first piloted in Toronto in 2015, said in an email to The Canadian Press that it made changes to its wage structure, including reducing base fares, to better reflect each trip’s total time, effort and distance and include travel to the restaurant.