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5 Things You Should Know Today

Notes from around town.

The Alameda County Board of Supervisors will host the first in a series of public hearings on redistricting tonight in Dublin at 6 p.m. More information about tonight’s meeting and upcoming meetings is available here.

The Bay Area News Group crafted a beautiful photo essay of Memorial Day ceremonies around the Bay Area yesterday.

Berkeley city council meets tonight at 7 p.m. On the agenda includes consolidation of some of the city’s commissions. Paul Kamen wrote an Op Ed about the Waterfront Commission.

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The west sidewalk of the Golden Gate Bridge will close for about four months for seismic retrofit work.

Clint Eastwood turns 81 today. Read more here. (OK, so it's not hyperlocal, but I’m a fan.)

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