Streets have turned to pools of water throughout the city, especially in West Berkeley. People are advised not to travel.
December 2022
Posted inCity
Alameda County Registrar miscounted Berkeley ballots for 2022 election
The problem did not affect the results of any races in Berkeley, though it may have changed the outcome of an Oakland school board race.
Posted inBest of Nosh
The East Bay’s best new bar of 2022
These new bars in Berkeley, Oakland and beyond made us want to order round after round this year.
Posted inBerkeleyside
The top 10 Berkeley stories of 2022
Construction halted in People’s Park. Leaked police texts. An enrollment freeze. A failed infrastructure bond. And other big stories that shaped Berkeley this year.
Posted inBest of Nosh
The East Bay’s best new restaurants of 2022
These new restaurants in Berkeley, Oakland and beyond were the best ones we visited this year.
Posted inObituaries
Remembering Jeremy Caughlan, Street Spirit vendor, self-taught Berkeley radical
Calm, curious, intelligent and kind, Caughlan became a mainstay of the Elmwood, selling newspapers outside Baker & Commons for the last decade.
Posted inNature
Flood watch issued for Berkeley through Saturday night
Up to 3 inches of rain is forecast to fall on Berkeley between Friday evening and Saturday afternoon. A flood watch is in effect starting 10 p.m. Friday.
Posted inArts
14 books with Berkeley ties to read in the new year
Hua Hsu’s memoir of his college friendship in the ’90s and histories on Asian Americans and the most Trumpian period in America before Trump are among the recent titles with Berkeley connections.
Posted inBest of Nosh
Our hopes for East Bay dining in 2023
Our predictions and aspirations for the next year of eating out in Berkeley, Oakland and beyond.
Posted inBest of Nosh
The East Bay restaurants we’re most excited to visit in 2023
The new restaurants in Berkeley, Oakland and beyond that we’re looking forward to the most.
Posted inCommunity
A year of photos in Berkeley: 2022
We illustrated stories about housing and much more — including people, places and events — in photographs that show the life and times of Berkeley.