City workers hand out sandbags before a winter storm at Berkeley’s Corporation Yard in a 2023 file photo. Credit: Zac Farber Berkeley could cut funding to help tenants avoid evictions, scale back a ...

A five-story affordable and supportive housing building will line one side of the former People’s Park site, sharing the space with a T-shaped dorm housing 1,100 students, according to this rendering ...

Students in third through fifth grade exit the bus at Emerson Elementary School. Photo: Pete Rosos/Berkeleyside With Berkeley Unified families still adjusting to school bus consolidations a month into ...

The Berkeley City Council listened to dozens of residents and advocates speaking for and against (mostly against) a $2 million expansion of BPD’s surveillance network on March 24, 2026. The council is ...

Cyclists gathered on March 12 for a protest ride in support of protected bike lanes on Hopkins Street in North Berkeley. Credit: Estefany Gonzalez for Berkeleyside Now the two City Council members who ...

The National Science Foundation suspended at least 18 research grants to UC Berkeley in April despite a court injunction restricting such suspensions, according to an attorney representing university ...

After 14 years of serving Berkeley as a restaurant, wedding venue and community gathering space, Babette is taking its final bow. With a focus on organic and sustainably-sourced food, Babette owners ...

In the “about” section of Bolita Masa’s website, there is a hand-drawn image of a little boy and corn. Emmanuel Galvan, the chef and founder of Bolita Masa, says this little boy is an image of his ...

Local custom furniture shop Berkeley Mills is closing its doors this Friday, July 18, after nearly four decades. The company’s hand-crafted furniture and cabinetry grace homes across the Bay Area. The ...

Mayor Adena Ishii took office last December at an uncertain moment for Berkeley. A relative political newcomer, fresh off an election victory few saw coming, Ishii was set to lead a City Council where ...

Laura X — who stood on stage with Martin Luther King, Jr. during the March on Washington and built a feminist history archive purchased by 300 libraries in 14 countries — lives in a small room at the ...

A sign is seen at the entrance to a hall for a college test preparation class at Holton-Arms School in Maryland. Credit: AP/Alex Brandon University of California officials have sped up the timeline ...