Four candidates competing to fill the seat left vacant by Kate Harrison’s resignation explain their views on housing, homelessness, property crime and more.
Downtown Berkeley
Bay Area Book Festival returns to Berkeley for its 10th anniversary
The festival will turn downtown into a haven for book lovers on June 1-2. Family Day is Saturday, May 4, at the Berkeley Public Library’s main branch.
Update: Annie and Archie are parents of four new peregrine falcon chicks
The fourth chick hatched Wednesday as people watched on the big outdoor screen at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.
San Francisco International Film Festival returns to BAMPFA with two must-see films
Banel & Adama takes place in Senegal and has a climate change subtext while Soundtrack for a Coup d’Etat connects the imperialist pillaging of the Democratic Republic of the Congo with jazz music.
New Berkeley City College building will rise downtown
Construction on the new 6-story building will break ground later this month and will double the footprint of the campus.
Berkeley library wants voters to approve new parcel tax
To avoid a future budget shortfall, the Berkeley library system will ask the City Council to put a parcel tax on the November ballot.
Berkeley’s Freight & Salvage attempts to bounce back after nearly $1M deficit
The folk and traditional music venue is hoping to draw younger and more diverse audiences as it battles soaring costs.
‘The Far Country’ lyrically explores the complexity of the Chinese American immigration experience
Lloyd Suh’s play universalizes three generations of one family’s immigration story in its West Coast premiere at the Berkeley Rep.
Berkeley High students paint ‘Free Palestine’ mural downtown
Students behind the mural called for a cease-fire, release of hostages and defended their right to learn Palestinian history in school.
Strong performances spark Central Works’ ‘Boss McGreedy’
Michael Ray Wisely plays a corrupt political boss in Berkeley Central Works Theater Company’s premiere of Gary Graves’ play.
Teens pose ‘burning questions’ about wildfire in Berkeley art show
Berkeley High School student Kai Lim-Moreno shared how wildfire at Tuolumne Camp near Yosemite in 2013 helped inspire the art she contributed to a new exhibit on view at downtown Berkeley’s Brower Center.
Special election for vacant downtown City Council seat set for May 28
Election Day in the district where thousands of students live will be more than two weeks into UC Berkeley’s summer break.