The stress of working all hours was bad for Jeff Chin’s health. He’s persevering because making pizzas for his community makes him happy.
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Update: Elmwood theater reopens after car crash
No theater workers or bystanders were injured in the crash and the driver, passenger and dog in the car appeared to exit safely, according to theater staff.
A jazz prince will play a free concert on Fourth Street this Saturday
Smith Dobson V, part of a musical clan that goes back at least four generations, will play outside Peet’s Saturday afternoon.
Berkeley closes roads for July 4th fire safety, reminds of fireworks ban
Officials asked residents to help prevent injuries and forest fires by foregoing fireworks entirely, particularly in the Berkeley Hills, where fires can spread especially quickly.
Free musical in Berkeley park takes on homelessness and hot-take media
San Francisco Mime Troupe’s play ‘Breakdown — A New Musical’ is coming to Cedar Rose Park this weekend. It will be in Live Oak Park in late July.
A guide to affordable housing in Berkeley
In this guide, we compiled tips and resources that explain low-income housing requirements and how to apply for affordable housing.
Memorial honors the hundreds of unhoused people who died in Alameda County this year
A new effort to track every local homeless death has found that unhoused people are six times likelier than others to die.
Vitamin Em’s free downtown concert on Saturday will support Berkeley’s unhoused residents
The Civic Center Park concert benefitting the Dorothy Day House will include songs inspired by Lizzo, and by a gifted musician who became addicted to heroin and died in the Tenderloin.
At Idea Makers: Lively talk about women, technology and the changing definition of feminism
Designer and technologist Mindy Seu, author and podcaster Lauren Schiller, and activist Hadley Dynak were guests at the Berkeleyside event at BAMPFA.
Berkeley Rep’s bloody, beautiful new play joins the vampire media frenzy
The downtown Berkeley theater’s production of ‘Let the Right One In,’ based on the Swedish vampire novel ‘Let Me In,’ is as mesmerizing as it is horrifying.
Mr. Espresso opens beautiful new Caffe in downtown Oakland
A running list of new restaurants opening in Berkeley, Oakland and beyond.
World-premiere musical directed by Tony-winner Michael Mayer in Berkeley Rep’s 2023-24 season
The theater also brings us a visit to Boonville, a ‘Grapes of Wrath’ return trip, a dark comedy by the creator of ‘Russian Doll,’ and more.