‘No Kings’ protests in Berkeley, Oakland set to draw big crowds
Protesters in Berkeley waved American flags and handmade signs on the I-80 overpass near Aquatic Park during the…
BUSD test scores still outpace Alameda County and California, but gaps persist
Longfellow Middle School students walk the hallways between class periods on their first day of school in 2024.…
Berkeley police want to encrypt all radio calls
Berkeley police headquarters. Credit: Ximena Natera, Berkeleyside/Catchlight Berkeley police would like to keep their radio calls to themselves.…
West Berkeley sheet metal shop closing after 116 years
Owner Fred Mork, grandson of the founder, inside his office at the Walter Mork Company. Credit: Nathan Dalton…
Magnitude 3.1 earthquake shakes UC Berkeley campus an hour before planned quake drill
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake shook Berkeley and the East Bay Thursday morning, according to preliminary information from the…
Where and when ‘No Kings’ rallies will be held in Berkeley, Oakland
Anti-Trump protesters in Berkeley fill the I-80 overpass near Aquatic Park during the first “No Kings” protest on…
Best free or cheap Berkeley activities that happen every week
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Why this Berkeley poet is training to fight wildfires
Berkeley poet and wildfire fighter trainee Rachel Richardson at a controlled burn at the regional airport in Hayfork,…
Revenue from Berkeley ‘smart kiosks’ falls far short of claims
An IKE Smart City kiosk on Telegraph Avenue displays an advertisement for City National Bank. Credit: Nico Savidge…
Newsom signs SB 79, allowing denser housing near BART stations
A BART train runs above single-family homes in Albany in a 2019 file photo. Credit: Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters…