Caltrans

The California Department of Transportation, or Caltrans, has chosen 90 transportation projects throughout the state to award a collective $41.6 million in its annual planning grants for fiscal year 2023-24.

Frequent collisions on Ashby Avenue have led to concerns surrounding safety.

The westbound State Route 24, or SR-24, No. 4 bore through Caldecott Tunnel will be closed overnight for maintenance on Monday and Tuesday, according to a California Department of Transportation advisory.

The state of California, Alameda County, and the city of Oakland have declared states of emergency in response to the recent and upcoming storms. Michael Wehner, a senior scientist in the applied math and computational sciences division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, says the intensity of these storms can be attributed to climate change.

Mark Humbert, a federal employee benefits attorney and 20-year Berkeley resident, is running for the Berkeley District 8 City Council seat.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom lauded efforts to clear houseless encampments throughout the state in a press release Aug. 26.

“We have to be honest and recognize that we have people in our city that are unsheltered,” Henson said. “My goal is that they can remain there and feel safe and not feel targeted.” 

The California Department of Transportation, or Caltrans, is permitted to clear houseless encampments beside Interstate 80 near Berkeley without having to provide alternate housing, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decided Wednesday.

CA Gov. Gavin Newsom held a cleanup at a Berkeley homeless encampment Monday. The cleanup comes just over a month before his recall election Sept. 14. 

The city of Emeryville was served a temporary restraining order April 19, halting its efforts to evict residents of the Ashby/Shellmound encampment.