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Mobile asthma clinic makes its debut at Berkeley school
Outside the Breathmobile at Malcolm X Elementary School, Oct. 18, 2012. Photo: Emilie Raguso A mobile asthma clinic designed to keep kids in school and out of the hospital debuted Thursday at Malcolm X...
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Years of work culminate in new Berkeley medical clinic
A new three-story, $13 million clinic was added to Lifelong Medical Care’s West Berkeley facility. Photo: Frances Dinkelspiel Hundreds of people gathered Sunday afternoon to celebrate the grand opening...
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Lawsuit filed over Berkeley ‘soda tax’ ballot
No city has yet been successful in passing a sugar-sweetened beverages tax. Will Berkeley be first? Photo: Mike Mozart Two men have filed a lawsuit against the city of Berkeley and the Berkeley City...
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Judge changes Berkeley ‘soda tax’ ballot language
No city has yet been successful in passing a sugar-sweetened beverages tax. Will Berkeley be first? Photo: Mike Mozart An Alameda County Superior Court judge ruled this week on what to change, and what...
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Beverage companies donate $800K to fight soda tax
The PAC against a soda tax in Berkeley has poured $800,000 into the No on Measure D campaign. Will Berkeley be first? Photo: Mike Mozart The political arm of the American Beverage Association donated...
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Campaign donations reach record levels in Berkeley; beverage companies donate...
Dustan Batton (left) and Josh Daniels (right) argue the merits of Measure D, a proposed tax on sugary beverages, at an election event Oct. 6. Batton is a lobbyist for the No on D campaign, and Daniels...
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Beverage companies spend $1.675 million to defeat Berkeley soda tax
The No on Measure D campaign on Oct. 8 covered the Ashby BART station with signs — on the floor, on the walls, and next to the ticket machines. BART workers accidentally took down some of the signs...
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Former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg donates $85,000 to support Berkeley’s...
Berkeley will vote on Measure D, the so-called Soda Tax, in November. Photo: Vox Efx Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who fought unsuccessfully to establish a cap on the size of soda...
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