Car strikes tree in central Berkeley kills one, injures two

Update, 11:32 am: All three of the occupants of the Cadillac are currently Berkeley residents, according to new information released by BPD. The male driver and …

Take it to the street: Jazz on 4th benefits Berkeley High

For the impressive cast of young jazz musicians at Berkeley High, the road to Cuba runs right through Fourth Street. On Sunday …

The Berkeley Wire: 05.17.12

Campbell Hall demolition

Accolades for Edie Meidav and other East Bay authors

The East Bay Literary scene is heating up. Never before in the 31-year history of the Northern California Book Awards have the Fred …

Berkeleyans closer to being able to sell backyard produce

In August 2010, Sophie Hahn told a reporter it was easier to have a pot collective in Berkeley than to have a vegetable collective. …

Activists accuse Bayer of killing bees, protest in Berkeley

A group of about fifty protesters from Taking Back Our Food System, an East Bay coalition of food, Occupy, and environmental and …

Berkeley murder suspect DeWitt breaks deputy’s jaw

Daniel Jordan DeWitt, the 23-year old charged with murdering Peter Cukor, 67, outside his Berkeley Hills home on February 18, yesterday punched …

Olympic star Natalie Coughlin runs with King students

On Monday, 11-time Olympic medallist Natalie Coughlin introduced First Lady Michelle Obama at a Let's Move press conference in Dallas. Yesterday, the …

The Berkeley Wire: 05.16.12

Helios building by Avi

West Berkeley plan held for further council debate

For the third consecutive week, Berkeley City Council heard many passionate arguments against the third phase of the West Berkeley Project and …

In memory: John Quigley, Cal leader, inspirational mentor

John M. Quigley, a leading scholar of housing markets, local public finance, energy efficient buildings, homelessness, and racial discrimination in housing, passed …

Berkeley home, crime hotbed, declared a public nuisance

Last night, a West Berkeley home that has been the nexus for serious crime and drug dealing for 30 years was declared …

Where in Berkeley?

baseball seats

The Berkeley Wire: 05.15.12

Campanile by TJ Gehling

Shop Talk: The ins and outs of Berkeley businesses

BETTER BOOKS Reader Carla Shapreau writes in to say she had the pleasure of visiting a new business in Berkeley where rare books …

Unfunded liabilities prompt initiative, Council resolution

A ballot initiative to force the city to do biennial reports on obligations for employee and retiree expenses and for Berkeley's physical …

McDonald’s tries to rebrand itself in Berkeley of all places

In an attempt to rebrand its current image as a place that only serves fatty fast food and super-size sodas, McDonald’s Corporation …