The Safeway grocery store on the corner of Claremont and College avenues will close Monday to begin a controversial 12-month renovation and expansion project that has been 7 years in the works. Read More…
Suzan Steinberg, owner of Stonemountain and Daughter Fabrics, had lived in an apartment in Berkeley for 17 years before she moved to Oakland. Read More…
At a special meeting Tuesday night, the Berkeley City Council heard the City Manager’s first report of the year regarding the city’s unfunded liabilities. Read More…
The Berkeley City Council unanimously voted to establish a timeline to begin the redistricting process at its meeting Tuesday night. Read More…
In the aftermath of the Berkeley City Council election, candidate Denisha Delane did not wake up feeling angry or upset over her loss. Read More…
Two major election viewing parties were held by Berkeley mayoral candidates November 6. These parties consist mainly of people standing around, eating and drinking, and checking screens for the slow release of local election results. Incumbent Tom Bates won the mayoral election.
Mayor Tom Bates was re-elected with about 55 percent of the vote, all local election polling results reported in a little past midnight Tuesday. This will be the fourth term for Bates, who first took office in 2002. Along with Bates’ victory, the council also saw a unanimous re-election of Read More…
While more prominent national and state campaigns will take their battle to the television and airwaves, local elections are often reduced to a hard fought battle of yard signs and fliers. Read More…
Jacquelyn McCormick Berkeley City Mayor When Tom Bates was last re-elected as mayor of Berkeley in 2008, we expected him to be a leader who could bring local officials and residents together. Instead, he has proven to be a mayor who, especially in recent months, is unable to bridge the Read More…
In 2008, Councilmember Jesse Arreguin was elected to serve on the Berkeley City Council, making him both the youngest and the first Latino council member among his predominantly white peers. Read More…