Three Berkeley elementary schools to reopen for small groups late November
Berkeley schools were given the green light to reopen their middle and high schools on Monday, but school officials have no plans to ...
Gunfire strikes several parked vehicles in Berkeley
Berkeley police are investigating gunfire in the area of Sacramento and Russell streets Tuesday evening and advise ...
Officials urge East Bay residents in high fire hazard zones to voluntarily evacuate before wind strengthens
At least two East Bay jurisdictions are suggesting Sunday that residents in the highest risk areas consider ...
Independent bookstores to be honored as part of Heyday Harvest fundraiser
Heyday Books, an independent, nonprofit publisher in Berkeley, hosts its 14th annual “Heyday Harvest” fundraiser on Sunday. ...
Berkeley officials warn hills residents of year’s ‘most dangerous fire weather’
City of Berkeley officials are warning residents to be on alert and advise those in the hills ...
Berkeley measure could establish independent police accountability board
A measure on the Nov. 3 ballot in Berkeley would establish an independent board to hold police accountable because, according to a supporter ...
Suspect faces hate crime charge in Berkeley Marina noose incident
Police arrested a 32-year-old man this week on suspicion of a hate crime in connection with a ...
Berkeley woman suffers ‘significant’ injuries in armed intruder attack
A Berkeley woman suffered significant injuries early Sunday morning when she was attacked by an armed man ...
Chilean government pushes to solve 2010 murder of emigrant man
A $50,000 reward is being offered for information that could help solve the shooting death 10 years ...
Berkeley to kick off BART development community meetings
The city of Berkeley on Monday will hold the first of three community meetings to discuss planning ...
Berkeley set to open limited outdoor activities, services Friday
The city of Berkeley is allowing certain outdoor activities such as swimming in pools, getting haircuts from barbers, having small outdoor sports practices ...
City tells Berkeley hills residents to be ready to evacuate ‘with or without notice’
Berkeley city officials issued a statement telling residents in the hills to be prepared for evacuation ...
Man suffers serious injuries in early morning North Berkeley shooting
Police in Berkeley are investigating a shooting that occurred Saturday morning and sent a man to the ...
Church leaders condemn arson at The Way Church as act of racial terror
A day after a Black church in Berkeley put up a Black Lives Matter sign, someone tried ...
Berkeley offers two days of self-administered saliva Covid-19 testing
A saliva-based Covid-19 test will be available for two days starting Wednesday in Berkeley with the aim ...
UC Berkeley goes online only for fall start, chancellor says fraternity party Covid-19 outbreaks to blame
University of California, Berkeley will hold all classes remotely when the fall semester begins next month, Chancellor Carol Christ announced, saying that it ...
Police seek driver who ran over man in sleeping bag
The Brentwood Police Department is calling on members of the public to assist in the investigation of ...
Police arrest armed suspect in investigation of hit-and-run, shots fired
One person was arrested for having a loaded gun and drug-related offenses in Berkeley on Wednesday evening, ...
CHP reports fatal collision at University Avenue off-ramp
The California Highway Patrol is reporting a fatal collision involving a pedestrian occurred Friday morning on westbound ...
Six Bay Area counties, Berkeley lighten health order restrictions
Six Bay Area jurisdictions slightly relaxed the region’s Covid-19 coronavirus shelter-in-place order Monday, allowing multiple industries to ...
Covid-19 update: Bay Area counties diverge on reopening schedule as national death toll nears 76,000
As people locally learn to deal with the virus in their own communities, when what’s opened and closed becomes news, it’s easy to ...
Six counties, Berkeley keep local orders in place despite revised state guideline
Health officers in six Bay Area counties and the city of Berkeley warned residents Thursday that the ...
Covid-19 update: Counties ease up on limited outdoor activities, SF provides 29 RVs for homeless, state expands Farm to Table program
Public health officers of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties as ...
Six counties plan shelter order extension through May with some restrictions eased
Public health officials in several Bay Area counties and cities said Monday that they plan to announce ...
Covid-19 update: State to allow elective surgeries, widespread face covering orders take effect, activists use tech in Earth Day call to action
Stay-at-home orders did not stop activists and the rest of the world from celebrating the 50th year ...
Kaiser aims to build $14 million Covid-19 testing lab by June
Kaiser Permanente is rushing to build a 7,700-square-foot state-of-the-art lab by June 1 that will be able to conduct 10,000 new coronavirus tests ...
Covid-19 update: landmark bookstores need saving, SF shelter confirms 76 cases, holidays offer some hope
Today is considered holy for many across the nation and world over, and in that light it ...
Covid-19 update: Financial relief progresses, supes consider only mail-in general election voting, cannabis company steps up for homeless
The good news is people may soon see some financial relief in the form of stimulus payments ...
Covid-19 update: Outbreak shakes SF homeless shelter, Oakland slows streets, Newsom hopeful but cautious on state trajectory
As the holidays approach for several religious communities, local and state leaders are urging people to “hold ...
Covid-19 update: SF houses domestic violence victims, judge orders four ICE detainees released, seventh patient dies from Hayward facility
Since Wednesday evening, an additional 1,774 people have died in the U.S. of complications related to Covid-19. ...
Berkeley health officer announces city’s first Covid-19 death
Berkeley Health Officer Dr. Lisa Hernandez announced Thursday that a resident in their 40s has died of the new coronavirus, the first such ...
Covid-19 update: Six senior facility residents die, virus sweeps through jail, Newsom goes big for PPE funding
It has been a grim past two days with a quickly rising death toll across the nation. ...
VIDEO: Watchdog group says police shot man with rubber bullet while on knees, hands empty
A Berkeley police watchdog group says it’s concerned about an incident last month in which it says ...
Covid-19 update: BART cuts back service, county issues isolation order, exposure prompts Moscone West reconfiguration
The number of Bay Area deaths related to Covid-19 is nearing 100, though the nine-county region saw ...
SFBay Covid-19 update: Newsom announces testing task force, Santa Rita inmate tests positive
Press briefings providing updates for the nation and the state California occurred within minutes of each other ...
SFBay Covid-19 update: virus sweeps through Orinda facility, Contra Costa orders mass quarantine
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have issued guidance stating that all Americans should wear cloth face coverings as masks when ...
