Berkeley firefighters extinguish 2-acre fire near the marina
The fire appears likely to have been caused by someone at a homeless encampment, the East Bay parks fire chief said.
Frances Dinkelspiel
Frances Dinkelspiel, Berkeleyside and CItyside co-founder, is a journalist and author. Her first book, Towers of Gold: How One Jewish Immigrant Named Isaias Hellman Created California, published in November 2008, was a San Francisco Chronicle bestseller. Her second book, Tangled Vines: Greed, Murder, Obsession and an Arsonist in the Vineyards of California was published in October 2015 and was both a New York Times and San Francisco Chronicle bestseller. Frances is a former staff reporter for the Syracuse Newspapers and the San Jose Mercury News. Her freelance work has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, People Magazine, Daily Beast, the San Francisco Chronicle, and elsewhere.
Articles by Frances Dinkelspiel
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Neighborhood groups are still battling UC Berkeley to cap enrollment and build more beds
Even though the city of Berkeley has reached a settlement, others are fighting the university in court.
Neighborhood groups sue to stop Berkeley’s $83M settlement with Cal
Voting in closed session and then not reporting it is a violation of California’s open meeting laws, the groups contend.
UC Berkeley will more than double what it pays the city under new settlement agreement
UC Berkeley will now pay the city more than $4 million a year for its use of city services.
UC Berkeley must review impact of student enrollment increase, judge rules
The ruling comes as the city and Berkeley are nearing an agreement on issues surrounding payments, housing, and enrollment.
UC Berkeley is getting a big gift: A $300M, 772-bed student dorm
The Helen Diller Family Foundation is paying for the complex, but building it may require evicting people from a rent-controlled building.
Scarred but resilient: Telegraph Avenue emerges from the pandemic
Lines around the block for cupcakes and a boom year for a flower shop, but a shoe shop for the stars is calling it quits, one of several COVID-19 casualties.
More time to browse books: Berkeley Public Library opens more branches
The Tarea Hall Pittman/South Branch will open for in-person browsing on June 22 and the Claremont branch will open on June 28.
12 new books by Berkeley authors to read in the summer of 2021
Some of the city’s most prominent authors have new books out, including Alice Waters, Michael Lewis and Michael Pollan.
Berkeley will soon be home to a major research and development center
Developers will construct two modern buildings and add a strolling path with native plants along Bolivar Drive by Aquatic Park.
Berkeley Public Library to reopen some branches after 14-month closure
Patrons will be able to walk into the North Branch on May 28, the West Branch on June 7, and the Central Branch on June 15.
Support Berkeleyside’s work through our new Founders’ Fund
Help continue the legacy of our co-founders and — this year — “super-charge” deep-dive investigative reporting on Berkeleyside.
Remembering Dmitri Belser, disability rights advocate and restorer of historic homes
He was instrumental in helping get the Ed Roberts Campus built.
UC Berkeley can’t build new softball complex without more environmental review, judge rules
Residents of Panoramic Hill sued the university to get it to further study the impacts of the $28 million project.
Berkeley issues scathing response to Cal’s long-range plan; calls for it to be redone
UC Berkeley wants to add 12,000 people to its campus in the next 15 years and build 8 million square feet of housing, research space and parking.
Court rules a 260-unit apartment complex can go up at 1900 Fourth St., a site the Ohlone consider sacred
The court ruling, which Berkeley may appeal, is the latest development in a long-running fight about the property.
