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Amy Brooks
Amy was the city news editor for Fall 2009. She has also covered city government and environmental issues. She is a senior political science major and Spanish minor and spent the last six months studying abroad in Chile, where she befriended many llamas. You can contact her at [email protected] |
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ASUC to Weigh Bill Asking Bear's Lair to Go G... Monday, Feb 25, 2008 | 9:02 am | By Amy Brooks The ASUC Senate is set to consider a bill this week urging restaurants at the Bear's Lair to become green-certified. The bill, which is sponsored by CalSERVE S... |
Area Emissions Tax Unlikely to Have Strong Im... Friday, Feb 15, 2008 | 4:00 am | By Amy Brooks Berkeley will not be heavily impacted by a new proposal to charge Bay Area businesses based on the amount of carbon they emit, but city officials hope the propo... |
UC Forests Provide Venue for Research Friday, Feb 8, 2008 | 7:50 am | By Amy Brooks When UC Berkeley professor John Battles sought to learn more about the impact of exotic pests on local forests, he knew just where to go-Blodgett Forest in Geor... | ![]() |
Speech Offers Ideas on Economic Growth Tuesday, Feb 5, 2008 | 9:35 am | By Amy Brooks Nathan Brostrom, UC Berkeley's Vice Chancellor of Administration, spoke about the city and campus' economic relationship yesterday at the Berkeley Chamber of Co... |
Business Owners React to Marine Corps Vote Tuesday, Feb 5, 2008 | 9:37 am | By Amy Brooks Some Berkeley business owners say they have received such a negative response from the recent City Council resolutions against the Marine Corps recruiting cente... |
Obama Supporters Rally on Sproul Monday, Feb 4, 2008 | 8:40 am | By Amy Brooks Barack Obama supporters marched into Upper Sproul Plaza on Friday with a chant of "Yes we can" in a rally to support the Democratic presidential candidate in h... | ![]() |
Officials Say Sewage Spill No Threat to City ... Monday, Feb 4, 2008 | 8:57 am | By Amy Brooks City officials say there is no risk to the Berkeley shoreline following the accidental release of 2.7 million gallons of sewage near Marin County Thursday night... |
City Officials Say Sewage Spill Poses No Thre... Saturday, Feb 2, 2008 | 12:30 am | By Amy Brooks City officials say there is no risk to Berkeley's shoreline following the accidental release of 2.7 million gallons of sewage near Marin County last night. The... |
City Unveils Plan to Decrease Gas Emissions Tuesday, Jan 29, 2008 | 8:44 am | By Amy Brooks It was standing room only on the Berkeley Climate Action Express, a hydrogen-powered bus full of city officials and citizens interested in Berkeley's new Clima... | ![]() |
Two Months Later, Oil Spill Still Felt on Wat... Tuesday, Jan 22, 2008 | 9:39 am | By Amy Brooks Almost two months after the container ship Cosco Busan spilled 58,000 gallons of oil into the San Francisco Bay, officials say the city's waterfront is slowly b... |
Human Trafficking Task Force Releases Report Friday, Dec 7, 2007 | 8:00 am | By Amy Brooks Based on earlier research conducted by the UC Berkeley Human Rights Center, a report released by a state task force Tuesday aims to address the problem of human... |
Oil Spill Takes Heavy Toll On Fishermen Wednesday, Dec 5, 2007 | 8:00 am | By Amy Brooks Fishermen say slow government response to the oil spill last month in the San Francisco Bay cost them hundreds of thousands of dollars in profits and may lead t... |
EAP Closes South Africa Programs Thursday, Nov 29, 2007 | 8:00 am | By Amy Brooks Two sites in Durban, South Africa, have been suspended indefinitely from the UC Education Abroad Program after a UC student was allegedly sexually assaulted ear... |
Alumna Off to Oxford as New Rhodes Scholar Tuesday, Nov 20, 2007 | 8:00 am | By Amy Brooks Correction AppendedIn less than a year, UC Berkeley alumna Asya Passinsky will join the 31 other new Rhodes Scholars at the oldest university in the English-spe... |
Injured Tree-Sitter Served With Stay-Away Ord... Thursday, Nov 15, 2007 | 8:00 am | By Amy Brooks UC police served injured tree-sitter Nathaniel Hill with a seven-day stay-away order Tuesday aimed at keeping him from the oaks near Memorial Stadium. A former... |