According to findings released last Monday from an annual independent survey, many “soft-story” buildings in Berkeley continue to not meet seismic safety standards designated by city ordinance. Read More…
Berkeley City Council will hold a public hearing at its meeting Tuesday to draft an ordinance reflecting one of two city redistricting plans, both of which include a student majority district. Read More…
The public hearing surrounding the fate of Dream will go to a vote under the name of ZBA Appeal: 2401 Telegraph Ave, the intended site of the Dream restaurant. Read More…
After 23 years of service, Gil Dong was appointed chief of the Berkeley Fire Department at Tuesday’s city council meeting, becoming the first Asian-American fire chief in the continental US.
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Contracts for both BART and AC Transit union workers are up for renewal at the end of the month, and if the five BART unions and an AC Transit union, do not come to an agreement with their employers by Sunday night, both services could be suspended. More than 400,000 commuters take BART every day and 200,000 take AC Transit. A strike by workers from one company could place a heavy burden on the other. Read More…
Spencer’s mom Kristin Perry served as a defendant in Hollingsworth v. Perry, in which the Supreme Court decided in a close 5-4 ruling to void a previous lower court trial on California’s Proposition 8 bill which upheld the statewide ban on same-sex marriage.
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Following two U.S. Supreme Court decisions regarding same-sex marriage on Wednesday morning, members of the Berkeley community celebrated a major victory for the LGBTQIA community. Read More…
Around 250 students and Berkeley residents attended the 15th annual Berkeley Pride event Monday afternoon at Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse that featured some of the Bay Area’s most renowned performers and speakers. Read More…
Last week the University of California erected a fence around an undeveloped university owned plot of land in Albany, in an attempt to prevent Occupy the Farm protesters from intruding on the property. Read More…
UPDATE, Wednesday: Berkeley City Council voted to deny the appeal allowing the new apartment project to move forward. Berkeley City Council will consider a zoning appeal at its meeting Tuesday to decide whether a proposed six-story apartment on the 2000 block of Durant Avenue near Shattuck Avenue will be built Read More…
