In light of a large gap in funding for parks and recreations in future years, the Berkeley City Council is looking for various ways to make up this tax, including taxes or bond measures. Read More…
Students were evacuated from the Channing-Bowditch Apartment complex Friday afternoon when a fire broke out in one of the units. Read More…
WIth the street cordoned off, the smell of grilled meat in the air and house music bumping in the background, Berkeley’s Persian New Year Festival seems reminiscent of an old block party than it does a commemoration of an ancient holiday. Read More…
Around 70 protesters gathered at People’s Park Tuesday evening to protest the death of Kayla Moore while in Berkeley Police Department custody. Read More…
Two Berkeley women will be inducted later this month into the Alameda County Women’s Hall of Fame. Read More…
A mistake made during sewer excavation resulted in a natural gas line rupturing and catching on fire Tuesday afternoon at a home in the 1700 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Way. Read More…
Britt Alamo has spent the last six years teaching eighth grade at Berkeley’s Longfellow Middle School, but without an increase in pay in the last four years, she finds herself in a difficult situation. Read More…
In response to the recent death of a transgender Berkeley resident who was in police custody, Anonymous Queers in Action has planned a protest for Tuesday evening to raise awareness of the incident and to call for increased transparency regarding the investigation. The protest aims to be an “uncompromisingly militant Read More…
Berkeley City Councilmember Gordon Wozniak is garnering national media attention for his recent suggestion of an email tax. Read More…
Berkeley’s unemployment numbers yet again beat out Alameda County and the state, a distinction made possible by high numbers of college graduates in the city, according to a recent city report. Read More…
