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On Sunday morning at Joseph Emery Skate Park, the sound of skateboards rolling over concrete mixed with the rustling of garbage bags and the click of trash grabbers. Equipped with work gloves, buckets and community spirit, city leaders and volunteers gathered for Emeryville’s “Love Your Parks” cleanup. Pat Ordonez-Kim, who enjoys the park with her dog, Coco, said keeping the parks in good shape is important because the city doesn’t have a lot of open land. Alongside her husband, Ordonez-Kim…
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…