Sarah Han steps down as Nosh editor after 4 years
Han brought immense value to the East Bay community through her stellar food editing and reporting.
Tracey Taylor
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 The New York Times, the Financial Times and the San Francisco Chronicle, among others. Tracey has worked as an editor for business magazines and at the Financial Times in London, as well as a writer and editor for a number of nonprofits.
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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.
Wisteria hysteria! Berkeley breaks out in beautiful show of seasonal color
While its lovely blooms and heavenly scent are always a splendid mood booster, wisteria is particularly welcome this year as we spy light at the end of the pandemic tunnel.
Berkeleyside names Pamela Turntine, a Pulitzer Prize winning veteran journalist, as its new editor-in-chief
Turntine brings decades of editing experience and a knack for breaking news. A new managing editor also joins the team as we launch a founders’ fund for local journalism.
Live Oak Community Center reopens after $6M revamp
Work at the site included a seismic retrofit and maintenance upgrades, as well as other improvements, and was funded by the Measure T1 bond.
Berkeley now in COVID-19 red tier, many businesses cleared to operate indoors
Restaurants, museums, movie theaters and gyms can reopen indoor operations at reduced capacity, starting Wednesday.
Berkeley nature, and our appreciation of it, kept us going in 2020
Nature played it both ways in 2020. Devastating wildfires were distressing, but the great outdoors also provided a balm for the anxieties wrought by a challenging year.
It wasn’t all grim — Here are 10 good news stories from 2020
The community rallied in a crisis and neighbors supported neighbors. Businesses pivoted and helped health care workers. And a Berkeleyan turned 113.
Coronavirus casualties: 10 Berkeley restaurants that will be missed
Sales plummeted, the money ran out, or a rent hike was the last straw. Some owners took early retirement. They may be gone, but the memories linger.
After 37 years, Berkeley mail carrier Chuck Fraijo is retiring, but he’s leaving a mark
Fraijo, who drove 1 million miles on the job without ever having an accident, leaves a legacy that — while unknown to many — is both civic and creative.
Berkeleyside is hiring a new editor-in-chief
The new editor-in-chief will lead our pioneering nonprofit newsroom to new heights in its second decade.
Cityside named Publisher of the Year for ‘excellent coverage’ and its vision for serving communities
Cityside, parent to Berkeleyside and The Oaklandside, was recognized for its journalism and the vision and principles it has built for its role in the communities it serves.
Fire in RV spreads to 2 homes, displaces 5 people
Two homes in Northwest Berkeley were rendered uninhabitable after an RV parked nearby caught fire in the early hours of Nov. 22, according to authorities.
Day 3: Downtown building still smoldering after biggest fire in 9 years
The fire at 2067 University Ave. was still active Monday and fire crews continue to douse the apartment building with jets of water.
6-alarm fire in downtown Berkeley is biggest city has seen since 2011
Firefighters and police responded to a six-alarm fire in downtown Berkeley on Saturday evening at a building under construction.
Update: Man dies in fire at West Berkeley home
The man is believed to be a “known resident” of the home, according to the Berkeley Fire Department.
