Berkeley’s Flock contract carries ‘legal risks’
A Flock Safety license plate reader. Credit: David Goldman/AP Photo A confidential memo, laying bare city lawyers’ reservations…
Berkeley, Albany split $500,000 in federal funding for fire training
Congresswoman Lateefah Simon (at lectern) announced $500,000 in federal funding for regional fire training on May 5, 2026.…
Berkeley preschools are closing or shedding staff as transitional kindergarten grows
Transitional kindergarten students at Malcolm X Elementary eat lunch at the school patio in this September 2022 file…
Berkeley Mills furniture store reopens after bankruptcy and closure
The custom furniture shop Berkeley Mills announced its closure in July after 37 years, citing “high costs and…
A pediatrician books the music at this downtown Berkeley bar
Mike Linn at Spats before a show on Friday, April 24, featuring the bands Horrhaus, Cuva Bimo and…
Hundreds attend Berkeley May Day rallies
Berkeley High School students begin a march from Civic Center Park to the UC Berkeley campus during a…
Exclusive first look at Berkeley’s new Sightglass cafe
Sightglass Coffee, which has not opened a new location in a half dozen years, is ready to debut…
Berkeley gave landlords a $1.4M tax break critics called ‘generous’
An empty 51-unit apartment building at 2057 University Ave. was exempted from Berkeley’s new tax on vacant housing…
May Day protests, Berkeley Bay Festival
Local artist Cathy Raingarden’s sketches made at local rallies, marches and overpass demonstrations will be featured in an…
New bar is the hip younger sibling to Berkeley’s most famous restaurant
Berkeley has plenty of bars, but relatively few that focus on carefully crafted cocktails. Many lean toward student…
400 trees to be axed in Berkeley’s Aquatic Park for railroad project
The revival of a dormant railroad track abutting West Berkeley’s Aquatic Park will help Union Pacific maintain train…
These students are leading the fight against phones
Students at UC Berkeley set up handwritten signs and played a variety of games during a phone-free party…