Terrance Davis, assistant city manager of Vallejo, will oversee a $189 million budget and over 350 employees who work on the city’s streets, sewers, pipes and infrastructure.
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Guerrilla bus benches continue to pop up in Berkeley as city efforts stall
Transit activists have now installed 16 benches in the East Bay. Councilmember Terry Taplin said he hopes Berkeley can roll out a few of its own by summer.
Update: Berkeley public works employee pleads not guilty in text threats case
Pat Lynn Urdahl, 56, has been placed on paid administrative leave as police investigate the allegations against him.
Activists vow to keep installing guerrilla benches at East Bay bus stops
Berkeley replaced one DIY bench with a city-approved one, but a pair of activists have since added at least four more wood benches in Berkeley and Oakland.
Cal grad brings DIY bench to Berkeley bus stop after a rider was forced to sit on sidewalk
“It’s the sort of thing where someone just needs to step up,” said Mingwei Samuel, who built downtown Berkeley’s newest bench.
Berkeley agrees to pay contractor $1.25M for cost overruns on North Berkeley Senior Center project
A settlement agreement with contractor D.L. Falk Construction brings the problem-plagued project’s total cost to nearly $10M.
Map: Berkeley to ramp up street repaving over next 5 years
Berkeley’s new paving plan does not include a commitment to repair Hopkins Street, after council members voted down a proposal to add it to the list.
Berkeley public works director resigns in latest upheaval for key city department
Director Liam Garland had led the Public Works Department, which handles everything from street paving to city facilities, since 2020.
Contractor claims city owes $3.4M for troubled North Berkeley Senior Center renovation
The renovation dragged on for more than two years longer than planned. The city and its contractor are still fighting over it.
Berkeley’s top transportation official is out of his job
Farid Javandel’s departure came amid a lengthy city investigation into how the Transportation Division, which he led, handled the Hopkins Street bike lane project.
Innovative or eyesore? New trash cages installed on downtown Berkeley sidewalk
A “trash cabinet” pilot program funded by the city and local businesses aims to neaten downtown by locking up trash bins.
Berkeley Hills neighborhood undergrounding its utility lines could be the last of its kind
It’s been a 30-year wait to bury a mile of wires near Tilden. With an eye to public safety, the city wants to underground more utility lines, but it’s complex and costly, and rules are changing.