The Walgreens in the downtown Berkeley area has relocated directly across the street in an effort to utilize new amenities, better serve residents and be more expansive. Read More…
Authorities are investigating the death of a 41-year-old man who died after being taken into custody by the Berkeley Police Department on Tuesday for an involuntary psychiatric hold. Read More…
Even though many students leave UC Berkeley for the summer, news continues to happen. Here is a brief look at the major news that occurred over the summer, from news that happened in and around Berkeley, to national news with implications for Berkeley students: May 16: The campus announced the Read More…
Another Berkeley property owned by the U.S. Postal Service is being sold just a few weeks after the news of the plan to move the service’s main post office on Allston Way surfaced. The plot of land owned by the Postal Service is approximately 2.2 acres on 8th and Harrison Read More…
The United States Postal Service agency has decided to close its Allston Way branch in Downtown Berkeley due to revenue declines after 97 years in its location. Read More…
The driver who was involved in a vehicle collision with a tree last week that left one woman dead and a child in the hospital with serious injuries has been charged with vehicular manslaughter while driving drunk. Jose Lumbreras, 24, was driving a Cadillac in which Milanca Lopez, 22, and Read More…
Three men were shot as they stood in front of a Berkeley home in the 2200 block of Bonar Street at around 6 p.m. Friday, leaving neighbors shaken and worried about their own safety. Multiple rounds were fired at a group of at least five people who were standing in Read More…
Authorities closed the Downtown Berkeley Bay Area Rapid Transit station Tuesday after a power outage hit the Downtown area, preventing commuters from stopping at or leaving the station for almost two hours. About 1,150 customers were affected when an underground cable failed just before 4 p.m. near the intersection of Read More…
The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life is being moved from its current home on Russell Street to a new location on 2121 Allston Way. The museum, which was formerly located in a residential neighborhood on Russell, was bought by UC Berkeley in June 2010, and will be unveiled Read More…
