The Berkeley City Council has entered the debate over whether to label genetically-modified produce, voting Tuesday night to investigate the possibility of instituting such a policy at the city level. Read More…
After extensive discussion Tuesday night, the Berkeley City Council decided to postpone a historic vote on the ASUC-backed redistricting map that would create a student-majority district for the first time in Berkeley. Read More…
The Berkeley City Council approved Tuesday evening the building of the ice cream shop Dream, but on the condition that there would be no take-out window due to ADA accessibility concerns. Read More…
Berkeley City Council considered an amendment to the municipal code on Tuesday that would require election campaigns to file financial disclosure forms electronically. Read More…
City of Berkeley staff are some of the best paid in California, a new study on public pay has revealed. Read More…
Berkeley has seen an 11 percent increase in violent and property crimes for 2012 after years of overall decreasing crime rates since 2008. Read More…
The Berkeley City Council and members of the public convened to discuss proposals from various organizations aimed at improving the Telegraph Avenue area south of the UC Berkeley campus at a work session Tuesday night. Read More…
With the final poll numbers showing that Measure S, Berkeley’s controversial Sit-Lie ordinance, narrowly failed in this year’s election, dismayed proponents of the ballot measure are in a time of reflection. Read More…
Despite the hopes harbored by some candidates that the implementation of ranked-choice would be a game changer in this year’s mayoral race, the new voting system had little impact in last Tuesday’s election. Read More…
Incumbents have traditionally held certain advantages in local elections, but hope for change within the Berkeley City Council inspires challengers to run despite the odds. Read More…