Berkeley woman killed in Poet’s Corner fire identified
Police and firefighters work outside the Poe Street duplex where 74-year-old Mary Ellen Bruns died Feb. 4, 2026.…
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…
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,…
Empty State of the Union seat honors Berkeley seamstress ICE deported
Harjit Kaur, 73, of Hercules was deported to India in September after what she described as harrowing conditions…
Council approves Berkeley projects that sidestep labor standards
Workers at a downtown Berkeley construction site. Credit: Kelly Sullivan for Berkeleyside The Berkeley City Council reluctantly signed…
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…