Update: One of the candidates vying to represent City Council District 8 has dropped out of the race.

Steve Meckfessel said his firm hopes to attract tech companies to the West Berkeley building, while still supporting its community of independent filmmakers.

A new Mediterranean spot has opened in Richmond, at the former location of El Sabor Sinaloense, according to the Grandview Independent. The menu includes plates with a choice of protein served ...

Adena Ishii holds Shohei, one of her three dogs named after Japanese baseball stars, as she waits for updated election results Wednesday with her campaign manager, Cydney Chilimidos, and volunteer ...

A plan to lay off staff and cut 188 positions across AHS hospitals and clinics has been put on hold while the county seeks alternatives. Credit: Amir Aziz/The Oaklandside Alameda County’s public ...

Berkeley began sweeping the camp at Eighth and Harrison streets in June 2025 before a federal judge ordered the city to pause. Since then homeless advocates have secured several concessions from the ...

For decades, drivers on Interstate 80 near Aquatic Park could look east and see mounds of dirt clustered on an undeveloped parcel. Yet the buildings are empty. Berkeley Commons has come onto the ...

Heads up: We sometimes link to sites that limit access to non-subscribers. About 40,000 unionized University of California workers averted a strike Thursday after reaching a tentative deal with UC.

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake, which initially registered as 4.1, shook the East Bay on Aug. 13, 2026. Credit: U.S. Geological Survey A magnitude 3.8 earthquake, then two smaller ones, shook Berkeley and ...