News Category: Press Releases
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Statement on the Closing of Golden Gate Fields
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 20, 2023 Golden Gate Fields is Closing BERKELEY, CA. – After 80 years of operation, Golden Gate Fields racetrack is closing. Golden Gate Fields, one of the Bay Area’s last remaining horse racing tracks, has been a contentious site amongst Berkeley residents since its inception because of its exploitative business practices. Animal…
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City of Berkeley Files Petition for Rehearing of Circuit Court’s Sweeping and Radical Anti-electrification Ruling
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, May 31, 2023 City of Berkeley files petition for rehearing of circuit court’s sweeping and radical anti-electrification ruling Wrong and consequential opinion by three-judge panel threatens to undo much more than Berkeley’s historic electrification ordinance BERKELEY, CA. – In response to a fundamentally flawed and sweeping opinion from a three-judge panel…