West Berkeley Shellmound

The 29th annual Indigenous Peoples’ Day Pow Wow took place virtually for the second year in a row on Monday.

A state appellate court ruled April 20 that a proposed housing and retail complex can be built in the parking lot on a sacred Ohlone shellmound and historic village in West Berkeley.

Berkeley City Council will vote Tuesday on whether to hold a special City Council meeting on Ohlone tribal history and culture, as well as to further discuss the placement of signs acknowledging the land of the Ohlone peoples.

A judge denied a streamlined approval process for the construction of a mixed-use housing complex on the West Berkeley Shellmound.

An Alameda County judge denied a petition for a mandate that would have allowed developers to build on about 28,000 square feet at the city of Berkeley's 1900 Fourth Street location.

On Friday, a group of protesters gathered on Sproul Plaza to rally against the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope, or TMT, on Mauna Kea, a mountain that is held sacred by the Native Hawaiian people, who are also known as Kanaka Maoli.

Ruegg & Ellsworth and the Frank Spenger Company are suing the city of Berkeley and the city's department of planning and development for rejecting their project at 1900 Fourth St. on the grounds that the city's decision allegedly goes against SB 35.

After attempting to develop 1900 Fourth St. for more than four years, West Berkeley Investors ultimately decided to not develop the site Aug. 23.

Corrina Gould, an Ohlone activist and co-founder of Indian People Organizing for Change, was asked by faith leaders to give a presentation on the effort to preserve the West Berkeley Shellmound.