BART wants to dock contractor $2.4M for delays in renovating Downtown Berkeley BART
USS Cal Builders is disputing the charges, saying BART made numerous changes to the plans which led to the delay.
Frances Dinkelspiel (co-founder) is a journalist and author. Her first book, Towers of Gold: How One Jewish Immigrant Named Isaias Hellman Created California, published in November 2008, was a San Francisco Chronicle bestseller. Her second book, Tangled Vines: Greed, Murder, Obsession and an Arsonist in the Vineyards of California was published in October 2015 and was both a New York Times and San Francisco Chronicle bestseller. Frances is a former staff reporter for the Syracuse Newspapers and the San Jose Mercury News. Her freelance work has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, People Magazine, Daily Beast, the San Francisco Chronicle, and elsewhere.
Update: Candle left burning in tent caused fire at West Berkeley encampment
A fire that is believed to have started in a homeless encampment was quickly extinguished by first-responders Monday afternoon.
Shots fired Friday night into car on Regent Street
Bullets “riddled” a car Southside Friday night, according to the Berkeley Police. Two 24-year-old former UC Berkeley students who were minutes away from getting into the 2004 BMW said they “consider ourselves lucky.”
Don’t look for liquor at Safeway on College — its license has been suspended
The store sold alcohol to minors three times in the past three years.
There are 26 portable toilets, 10 hand-washing stations, and 15 encampments in Berkeley: A 2019 statistical index
The numbers behind the people living on Berkeley's streets.
‘Street Spirit’ newspaper offers ‘justice news and homeless blues’
The 24-year-old publication is one of more than 100 street newspapers in 34 countries with a combined readership of more than 5 million.
UC Berkeley kicked off the U.S. News & World Report rankings of best U.S. colleges
Cal incorrectly reported the number of alumni who have donated to the school. This misrepresentation cost it a top spot on the influential list high school seniors rely on.
Berkeley’s homeless population jumped 13% in past two years
There are now 1,108 unhoused people in Berkeley. The growth rate of people experiencing homelessness is much lower than in nearby cities, however.
Christopher Cukor says murder of his father in Berkeley prompted him to call police on a black man
Cukor, who was with his son at the time of the San Francisco encounter, said it was his personal history, not racism, that prompted him to call the police.
Berkeley homeowners fight arcane wording that could subject duplexes to rent control
In 2013, the Rent Board voted that a "natural person" must own a golden duplex to keep it exempt from rent control. That has caused issues for owners who put their homes in revocable living trusts.
With the resignation of Commissioner Christina Murphy, Rent Stabilization Board to appoint new member
She can no longer afford the rents in Berkeley so she is moving to Vallejo.
Berkeley residents have enjoyed city’s 3 family camps for almost 100 years
Mara Melandry's book, 'Our Paradise: Berkeley's Fabulous Family Camps,' tells the history of the city's three camps.
City sues UC Berkeley for not studying impacts of 30% student enrollment hike
Settlement discussions between the two sides did not go very far, even though Berkeley and Cal both say they want to resolve their differences outside of court.
Want to go wine tasting? You can try more wine on a day trip to Berkeley than to Napa or Sonoma
There are now eight wineries in a two-block area in West Berkeley, with four others just a few hundred feet away.
Bayer breaks ground on $150m building to make biologic therapies
The building comes just two years after Bayer built a $100 million quality assurance building on its 46-acre campus in West Berkeley.
Car found floating in Berkeley’s Aquatic Park
The fire department did not find anyone inside the car, which had been stolen.
