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On Dec. 1, the San Francisco Symphony played the symphony to end all symphonies: Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Symphony No. 9.” The German composer’s widely-regarded masterpiece was preceded by two works new to the SF Symphony: Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s one-movement “Ballade,” and Michael Abels’ “Emerge.” 

The city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley and the Berkeley Unified School District, or BUSD, planned several events in honor of Black History Month.

Morning spring practices, grueling summer workouts and a competitive fall camp filled with newcomers and established veterans alike have finally led to this.

The Rev. E. E. Cleveland, minister of the church, told a story about a man trying to get a cool drink of water from a spring muddied by a dead hog. “You never get a cool drink of water until you get the hog out of the spring … You must get the hate out of your hearts,” he urged.

In a new development in a 2010 murder case, defendant Coleon Lee Carroll pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter Feb. 22.

Sylvia McLaughlin, a lifelong Berkeley environmental activist whose work helped preserve the integrity of the San Francisco Bay, passed away in her home Tuesday. She was 99.

Berkeley chef and local food activist Alice Waters was honored by President Barack Obama at the White House as a recipient of a National Humanities Medal on Thursday.