What’s more punk than the Berkeley Public Library? | Local Guides
What’s more punk than the Berkeley Public Library? Are you looking to escape the packed libraries or get…
Berkeley’s new library leader pledges to listen to staff
Rebecca Alcalá-Veraflor got her first library card on a kindergarten class field trip. As she grew up around…
Old tunes and modern voices harmonize at Berkeley Old-Time Music Convention | Communities
Lively and energetic, the sounds of a fiddle and guitar harmonizing together wove through the bookshelves of the…
Cheaply curious in Berkeley | Local Guides
We’ve all been there — typing desperate last-minute queries into Google, TikTok or anything else that might promise…
Berkeley’s new library director comes from San Francisco
The Berkeley Central Library is seen in a 2020 file photo. Photo: Pete Rosos The Board of Library…
Remembering Bob Baty, Berkeley library facilities manager
Bob Baty. Courtesy of his family Robert Lawrence Baty II, a longtime Berkeley library worker who managed its…
Berkeley-born Gyo Fujikawa was among first picture book authors to draw kids of multiple races
Gyo Fujikawa, age 3, rides a tricycle in October 1912. The artist and author was born in Berkeley…
Union calls for firing of Berkeley library head
Interim Berkeley Public Library Director Henry Bankhead speaks at a March meeting of the Board of Library Trustees.…
Where to print 60-plus pages a day for free | Local Guides
You wake up on a bright March morning, and you check the forecast for the day. Just like…
City honors new poet laureate, 2 youth poet laureates | Communities
Her predecessor, Aya de León, ceremonially passed her laurel on to Masri during the meeting, alongside a crown…
Cityside, a ‘champion of local journalism,’ honored with 2026 Cody Award
The founders of Cityside, left to right: Lance Knobel, Tasneem Raja, Frances Dinkelspiel and Tracey Taylor. Credit: Celeste…
One of Berkeley’s hottest music acts is a band of city librarians
We work for you — and we’re matching your donation 1:1! Our journalists attend city council and school…