Berkeley can clear homeless encampment at 8th & Harrison, judge rules
City workers remove peoples’ tents, tarps, belongings and trash during a partial clearing of the homeless encampment at…
Berkeleyside to host panel talk on free speech at UC Berkeley
Student protesters walk through Sather Gate after a pro-Palestinian rally on Sproul Plaza last month. Credit: Ximena Natera…
Cambodian community bursts with color, dance and Khmer tradition
Around 1,500 Cambodian Americans, family, and friends braced the unusually hot April weather to attend the 14th Khmer…
UC Berkeley offers freshmen 2-year housing guarantee with new dorms
People walk by the construction site of Heumann House on Dec. 11, 2025. Housing on the former site…
Berkeley’s top lawyer stops police from loosening use-of-force rules
The Police Accountability Board meeting on Feb. 11. The board said BPD had improperly updated its use-of-force policy…
Cheapest gas in Berkeley: where to find it
SP Food Mart on San Pablo Avenue shared the crown of Berkeley’s most expensive gas station in a…
East Bay restaurants switch to counter service to survive
Darwin’s theory of evolution states that organisms evolve by developing characteristics that increase their ability to compete, survive…
Sail free on Sunday, Easter egg hunts; ‘Freaky Tales’ cast at La Peña
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Berkeley reopens ‘toxic’ debate over bike lane on Hopkins Street
Cyclists gathered on March 12 for a protest ride in support of protected bike lanes on Hopkins Street…
West Berkeley fire torches 2 buildings, displaces 10 families
A predawn fire burned two apartment buildings on the 2300 block of Ninth Street early Tuesday morning. Ten…
The César team is staging a comeback, with help from author Michael Lewis
César, the beloved North Shattuck tapas spot that sparked protests and petitions when its closure was announced in…
New law offers rehab, not discipline, to college students who OD
The UC Berkeley chapter of End Overdose tables at Sproul Plaza on campus in Berkeley on Jan. 23,…