Cheese Board Chez Panisse celebration closed down early We thought, by Monday, we would have been a Chez Panisse-free zone, but this related story sparked a whole new discussion about how safe it is to eat in the middle of a multi-lane street.
Berkeley man makes a (really rather nice) dumpster home
Kim Aronson’s lovely new video (above) of Gregory Kloehn and his cozy dumpster home went viral after we unveiled it on Tuesday. It’s currently had over 65,000 views on YouTube and been picked up by multiple national media.
Vandals go on tire slashing rampage in south Berkeley On Wednesday morning we broke the story of a Berkeley neighborhood waking to several streets of vandalized cars — 74 at latest count, and, so far, no arrests.
Mystery on the hiking trail: A note of intrigue On Thursday a simple note taped to a barrier on a hiking trail caught our attention. The next day we had a beautiful back-story to go with it.
Students see security changes at Berkeley High In back-to-school week, we visited the city’s main high school to report on the security measures being taken in the wake of several worrying gun incidents.

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Tracey Taylor is co-founder of Berkeleyside and co-founder and editorial director of Cityside, the nonprofit parent to Berkeleyside and The Oaklandside. Before launching Berkeleyside, Tracey wrote for...