Trick-or-treating, Murder Ballads Bash, horror rave
Community altar outside of La Peña Cultural Center’s Día de los Muertos event in 2022, where neighbors and…
Berkeley City Council OK’s plan to close police radio traffic to public
Berkeley police will soon encrypt all its radio communications, in part, they say, to protect officers responding to…
Bayer evicts homeless encampment from street Berkeley gave it
A Berkeley police officer speaks last week with Robert Piraino Sr., who lived in an encampment on a…
Berkeley school district puts new restrictions on cellphones
Berkeley High School teacher Hasmig Minassian has already instituted a cellphone ban, requiring her students to place their…
Berkeley High cancels Día de los Muertos amid fears of ICE raids
A community altar at a Día de los Muertos festival in Fruitvale in 2021. Credit: Citizen reporter The…
Oakland mayor, sheriff say ICE, CBP operations canceled for now in East Bay
Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee said in a press release Friday that she has been told by Alameda County…
Why Berkeley nonprofit dressed people as sharks for ‘No Kings’
A Shark Stewards protester at the “No Kings” rally on the I-80 overpass Saturday, Oct. 18. Credit: Sara…
East Bay leaders urge calm amid possible immigration crackdown
Congresswoman Lateefah Simon, at podium, Mayor Barbara Lee, at right, and other East Bay leaders at a press…
Flash bangs, injured protester as feds arrive in Bay Area
Trucks and SUVs from Customs and Border Protection have arrived at Coast Guard Island. Credit: Alex N. Gecan On…
Trump sends feds to Bay Area for immigration crackdown
A Customs and Border Patrol officer at a recent event in San Diego. Credit: AP Photo/Alex Brandon Social…
Developer buys old Berkeley school with plan to build housing
Oxford Elementary was vacated in 2020 after a report found it could sustain significant structural damage during an…
Berkeley church to be razed and replaced with 3 homes
The Church for Today building at 1449 Cornell Ave. Credit: Zac Farber At its height, Church for Today…