The union representing Emeryville police officers has been making the case for a pay hike for months, and on Tuesday, it was granted. Emeryville City Council voted 4-0, with Kalimah Priforce absent, to approve a new three-year labor agreement that provides 3% annual salary increases for the next three years, even as the city faces projected seven-figure budget shortfalls. The agreement also increases education incentive pay and adds an additional 1% incentive pay for officers with a certificate from the…
Harjinder Gill sees someone shoplifting almost every day. Sitting in front of a security screen covering 25 angles of the Mega Store on 1400 Powell Street, he sees them picking up two candy bars and slipping one up their sleeve — “then they pay only for the other.” As manager of the convenience store for nine years, he is all too familiar with the crimes, but that doesn’t mean he’s likely to pick up the phone and call the police….
Today we launch Emeryville Today, a local news publication by graduate students at UC Berkeley Journalism School. Our reporters are covering meetings and events, taking pictures and videos, and engaging residents in conversations about the city. To get started, we asked Emeryville residents what they would like us to cover. Here are their answers, presented verbatim and edited for brevity. Question: What is an issue or story in Emeryville that you think local news should cover? “I think Emeryville pays…