Downtown Berkeley Association

From May 6 to 7, the ninth annual Bay Area Book Festival was celebrated in Downtown Berkeley at the Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park and along Shattuck Avenue.

The East Bay community celebrated its second annual Asian Cultural Festival at Civic Center Park in Downtown Berkeley on Sunday. Groups came from all over the Bay Area to participate in the festivities. 

The Sheldon Alexander Quartet performed at the Downtown Berkeley Plaza Wednesday, attracting a small crowd and capturing the attention of passersby.

In hopes of promoting local pizza shops, the Downtown Berkeley Association, or DBA, is calling the month of February "Pizza Lovers Month" in Downtown Berkeley.

Ongoing projects to build tall buildings in Downtown Berkeley are currently seeking to address the ongoing housing crisis in Berkeley.

Shopping locally has gone digital with Berkeley Bucks, Visit Berkeley’s new e-gift-cards redeemable only at Berkeley businesses.

While Alameda County has reinstated an indoor mask policy, the city of Berkeley has instead chosen to hold off on doing so.

Berkeley City Council approved the creation of new bus lanes, bikeways and widened sidewalks in south Berkeley at its regular meeting Tuesday. 

To revitalize Downtown Berkeley, Berkeley Design Advocates and the Downtown Berkeley Association have launched the Harold Way Placemaking Project.

It has been more than a month since Berkeley implemented proof of COVID-19 vaccination requirements for indoor businesses, and local restaurants and gyms are slowly adjusting to the new normal.