Amelia Mineiro

With the fall season kicking into full swing, the city of Berkeley hosted a harvest festival Saturday afternoon in San Pablo Park, featuring games, booths, square-dancing with a live band and, of course, pumpkins.

Berkeley Fire Department responded to a fire at 2917 Ellis St. in South Berkeley at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday.

On Tuesday, the Berkeley City Council will deliberate on an “internet-for-all” proposal, a hate crime prevention response plan and a mental wellness center, among other items on the meeting agenda.

The city announced Friday that more than half of Berkeley’s soft-story buildings have been renovated to increase resilience to earthquakes.

The Zoning Adjustments Board voted to approve a contentious 18-story mixed use building at a special meeting Wednesday night, providing the developers the required use permits to begin construction amid ongoing community concerns.

UC Berkeley Psychology Professor Lucia Jacobs, along with a team of professors from across the country, received a $6.4 million grant from the National Science Foundation to study how humans and animals process and identify odors.

Common Core testing results released Wednesday indicated that the Berkeley Unified School District scored slightly above statewide averages, which fell beneath national averages.

Community members provided feedback for a plan to make Telegraph Avenue more pedestrian friendly and representative of the area’s historical culture at a Telegraph Business Improvement District meeting Tuesday morning.