Berkeley marijuana dispensary threatened by federal government
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The federal government has filed a lawsuit to shut down Berkeley Patients Group, the city’s oldest and largest medical marijuana dispensary. Read More…
Berkeley City Council to consider increasing minimum wage
The Berkeley City Council is planning to discuss drafting an ordinance to raise the minimum wage in Berkeley Tuesday night to be among the highest in the country. Read More…
Mayor proposes relaxing quotas on local businesses
Mayor Tom Bates will propose temporarily relaxing a quota system that limits the number of businesses on Telegraph Avenue at Tuesday night’s city council meeting. Read More…
Postal Service approves relocation of Downtown branch
The United States Postal Service announced Monday that it has officially approved the relocation of the Berkeley Main Post Office downtown, due to the organization’s need to reduce its current multi-billion-dollar deficit. Read More…
Video: Mayor Tom Bates, Faces of Berkeley
Watch a video interview with Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates. Read his full feature here.
City looks at past, future of Telegraph Avenue
For many Berkeley residents, the Downtown area serves as a transportation gateway to the rest of the Bay Area. But while Berkeley residents have been using Downtown as a portal out, others in the Bay Area have been coming in, settling down and calling it their new home — leaving Read More…
Berkeley City Council to consider relocating food trucks
City Councilmember Kriss Worthington has asked the city to assist the owners of the food trucks previously located in front of Sproul Plaza in finding new locations.
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Post office public meeting rallies Berkeley residents
Following the next steps in the process of selling the Downtown Berkeley Post Office, the U.S. Postal Service held a public meeting Tuesday night to discuss the potential sale. As part of a mandatory procedure before continuing with the sale, the Postal Service hosted the meeting to inform residents about Read More…
Berkeley City Council lowers affordable housing fee
After lengthy discussion, the Berkeley City Council voted nearly unanimously vote to set a new, reduced Affordable Housing Impact Fee at Tuesday night’s meeting. Read More…
City report reveals upkeep, pension costs constitute bulk of unfunded liabilities
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…