Local Archives - Dave Margulius

Berkeley’s Wall For Peace, Revisited 30 Years Later

What did peace look like in Berkeley in the 1980s? The other day I got a close-up view. The city

Today I launched “Watch Berkeley Gov,” a YouTube channel with over 150 browsable videos from recent Berkeley City Council meetings. If

Thinking about getting more involved in Berkeley? It’s never been easier to run for City Council: there are four seats

Thinking about running for Berkeley City Council? You should! There are four seats open in this year’s election, and there’s

Wurlitzer Organ at Berkeley High School, Jan 13, 2018 Was walking by Berkeley High today and saw the door to

Looking to swim laps in the East Bay? We have some awesome pools here. Here’s my roundup so far, after trying

Want to learn more about homelessness in the United States? I spent a couple of days trying to find the

Here’s a list of local (Bay Area) artists I’ve discovered – and liked – for one reason or another. I’ll

I was in Capitola last weekend and came across this awesome public art project, on the boardwalk downtown, from 2008. What’s

Here’s a few resources I’ve come across (or am developing myself), that may be useful for people getting more into playing

California already has more mid-day solar power than it knows what to do with. The above graph, published yesterday in

The late 1960s and early ’70s were a period of intense innovation in poster design, from psychedelic music posters to

When the sun rose on BART in 1972, it was a joyous, miraculous thing – the future had arrived. At

I visited the Berkeley Public Library the other day looking for planning drawings, to see what kind of ideas or

It’s no King Tut’s tomb, but the History Room at the Berkeley Public Library is worth a look. Due to

Tuesday night I attended an energy geek fest, and was shocked. The email had made the event sound like a snoozer: