Downtown Berkeley participates in National Night Out
Several BART stations throughout the Bay Area hosted events at which officers answered questions about public safety. Read More…
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CITY AFFAIRS: While still essential, post offices must adapt. Consolidating offices, including the Downtown Berkeley one, makes sense.
Mail remains an essential service in this country, so the U.S. Postal Service is making cuts in an effort to save money. It is because of this that we disagree with the Berkeley City Council’s decision to mobilize against the sale of the city’s main post office, currently located in Downtown Berkeley. Read More…
Berkeley City Council votes to oppose post office building sale
The Berkeley City Council approved the sending of a resolution that formally urges the U.S. Postal Service not to sell the main post office. Read More…
Berkeley residents protest sale of main post office
About 90 protesters gathered Tuesday at the steps of the post office to voice support for a Berkeley City Council recommendation that asks the postal service to rethink its plan to sell the historic building. Read More…
Energy Biosciences Building to open in September
The UC Berkeley Energy Biosciences Building, which will complete construction within the next two weeks and begin initial move-in of faculty and equipment on July 30, is scheduled to open in early September. Read More…
Man assaults police officer outside downtown Berkeley bar
A patron thrown out of a downtown Berkeley bar is in jail Friday night after assaulting an officer summoned to escort him from the premises. Read More…
Multimillion-dollar Downtown Berkeley housing development to open this fall
Arpeggio Berkeley — a multimillion-dollar housing development in the center of Downtown Berkeley — is at last ready to open after years of construction and ownership changes. Read More…
Process to rename Downtown Berkeley street delayed
The Berkeley City Council unanimously voted at its meeting Tuesday night to delay changing the name of Downtown Berkeley street Harold Way to Dharma Way. After hearing concerns about the renaming process from a community member, the council referred the item to the city’s Public Works Commission for further review Read More…
Berkeley community members protest against corporations’ rights
City officials and Berkeley residents turned out for a Tuesday night rally supporting a constitutional amendment to overturn a 2010 Citizens United decision involving corporate personhood. The rally, which took place at Old City Hall in Downtown Berkeley, was attended by about 100 people including Berkeley City Councilmembers Kriss Worthington Read More…
Contentious plan to revitalize Berkeley’s Downtown returns to the City Council
After seven years of extensive planning, Berkeley City Council reviewed Tuesday the latest version of its contentious Downtown Area Plan, which aims to provide guidance for revitalizing that part of the city. The Downtown Area Plan has been in the works since at least 2005 and looks to bring new Read More…