Berkeley teachers union, school district reach tentative agreement
A couple hundred Berkeley educators and community members marched from Civic Center Park down Martin Luther King Boulevard…
Developers’ move to dodge Berkeley labor rules heads to City Council
Workers at a downtown Berkeley construction site. Credit: Ximena Natera, Berkeleyside/Catchlight Local Update, Feb. 23: The City Council…
What isn’t Berkeley flash fiction master Grant Faulkner doing next?
A debut novel set in 1973 that follows a protagonist’s flight from Queens to Berkeley, with a stop…
Possible mumps exposure at Berkeley High, principal says
A vial of a measles, mumps and rubella vaccine. File photo: AP/Paul Vernon The Berkeley High community was…
Berkeley’s no-bid city contracts could be a bad deal
Berkeley signed a five-year, no-bid contract with Community Conservation Centers to process the city’s recycled materials in 2021.…
Lunar New Year, youth orchestra concert, free wood chips
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How an Indigenous land trust became a fundraising powerhouse
For more than 80 years, the block on Fourth Street between University and Hearst avenues has been covered…
Berkeley Zen Center picks its first female abbot
Linda Galijan will be Berkeley Zen Center’s first female abbot. Credit: Nathan Dalton for Berkeleyside The Berkeley Zen…
3 ideas Cal students dreamed up to make life better in Berkeley
UC Berkeley students Sejin Kim (left) Ayoung Cho (center) and Harvir Kaur (right) present their project at the…
Is police accountability in Berkeley under threat?
Police Accountability Board staff and members in attendance during a Feb. 11, 2026 meeting include (L-R) Jose Murillo,…
Friends gathered in Berkeley to remember Anthony Anderson who was killed by county sheriff deputies on Feb. 9.
People outside the Starry Plough on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2025, before a jam to memorialize Anthony Anderson, a…
City Council approves 8-story North Shattuck housing proposal
An eight-story, 110-unit building has been approved for the corner of Shattuck Avenue and Virginia Street in North…