Christopher Smith, co-founder of 40 Acres Medical Marijuana Growers’ Collective, filed a lawsuit on Sept. 24 against the city of Berkeley, alleging the city of discriminating against the collective. Read More…
Following last week’s riotous meeting, the Berkeley City Council quietly voted to place a streets and watershed bond measure on the November ballot at their meeting Tuesday night. Read More…
Development at the vacant lot at 2501 Haste Street along Telegraph Avenue remains stalled, despite Friday’s court hearing between the city of Berkeley and the lot’s owner. Last September, the city decided to foreclose on the lot’s $641,000 lien, claiming owner Kenneth Sarachan did not submit a complete permit application Read More…
The city of Berkeley has filed a lawsuit against the owner of the vacant lot at 2501 Haste St. nearly four months after the City Council voted unanimously to foreclose on the lot’s nearly $641,000 lien. The Sept. 6 decision by the council gave property owner Kenneth Sarachan two choices: Read More…
Following a semester in which UC Berkeley fraternities reported a notable police crackdown on parties, the Berkeley City Council will consider Tuesday extending the probationary period for noise complaints. Although the legislation is primarily related to residences known as mini-dorms — meaning any building in a specific zoning district that Read More…
Despite public support for an ordinance that would warn of possible radiation from cellphones, Berkeley City Council members continue to wait for the resolution of similar legislation in San Francisco. “My impression is that sometime in the next two or three months, there’s going to be an item on the Read More…