La Quinta Inn

Berkeley Police Department officers arrested a man outside La Quinta Inn on University Avenue during a traffic stop Monday night.

California has been in crisis mode, crafting last-minute housing policies to fix enormous, systemic issues that the pandemic pulled back the curtain on.

As many people adjust to life amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Alameda County is leasing hotels in an attempt to assist homeless communities facing an unprecedented pandemic of their own. 

All businesses in food service and hospitality benefit from public investments, and they have a moral duty to participate in public solutions.

Clashes over a contract between the city of Berkeley and La Quinta Inn led to its termination Thursday, ending the hotel’s potential of providing rooms for the city’s homeless community during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mayor Jesse Arreguín announced Thursday that the city of Berkeley has reached a deal with La Quinta Inn to provide rooms for the homeless population during the COVID-19 pandemic.

About 11:37 a.m. Tuesday, the Berkeley Police Department posted on Twitter that previously missing "at risk" person, 67-year-old Elaine Young-Igie, has been found and is safe.

Three robberies were reported in Berkeley in the past week, including one in South Berkeley, one in North Berkeley and one in West Berkeley, according to a Nixle alert released by Berkeley Police Department on Monday afternoon.

Police have yet to make an arrest two days after a shooting late Saturday night in West Berkeley that wounded two teenagers.

Two male teenagers were shot Saturday night at La Quinta Inn in West Berkeley.