Caltrans seeks input on plan to replace University Avenue I-80 overcrossing
The overpass is two feet shorter than standard and needs to be raised or replaced to accommodate oversized vehicles.
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.
With a new crop of Asian-American officials, Berkeley sets a new record
Berkeley’s population is 19.7% Asian-American, according to the Census, but this is the first year since 1977 there will be Asian Americans serving on the City Council.
Berkeley won’t pave any streets in 2018; pavement continues to deteriorate
The city put out its requests for bids to repave streets so late in 2018 that it either got no bids or ones that came in way over the projected cost. Which street is the worst paved? Take our reader poll.
With zoning and neighbor veto power, Berkeley is pricing out the non-rich, says author of new book
Randy Shaw argues more apartment complexes must be built in neighborhoods like the Elmwood and Thousand Oaks to ensure teachers and nurses can afford to live here. He will talk at Books Inc. on Thursday.
Berkeley’s shuttered Pacific Steel owes around $1M in severance pay to workers
The company did reach a settlement to pay off hundreds of thousands of dollars it owed to workers' health and pension funds.
Rush on masks; UC Berkeley a ghost town; Big Game rescheduled
More events around town have been canceled, people are driving to Tahoe and elsewhere in search of clean air, and there is a rush on air masks.
Berkeley wants input on Pacific Steel Casting plant’s future
The land is zoned for manufacturing and the city wants to hear ideas about how to convert it from heavy industrial use. That will also make it easier to sell.
‘Trending’ goods for sale at Amazon’s newly opened Berkeley store
This is the third 4-star Amazon store in the country and it's packed with items rated 4-stars or more by customers.
Civility reigns in the four-way race in Berkeley’s District 1 to replace Linda Maio
The race is close and no candidate is expected to capture the seat at first. Ranked-choice voting and voters' No. 2 choices will play a large role in selecting the next council member.
White nationalist group came to Berkeley in 2017 with intent to cause violence, documents contend
Members of Rise Above Movement trained in military-like tactics before coming to Berkeley. They later bragged on social media about hitting people and stealing Yvette Felarca's banner.
Poll shows AD15 candidate Beckles with 4% lead over Wicks; many still undecided
With less than a week before election day, a single poll shows the candidate who has served eight years in public office narrowly ahead of a campaign consultant in her first race.
Jovanka Beckles, running for AD15, sees herself as the champion of the people in Berkeley and the East Bay
Beckles was buoyed on Monday by an endorsement from Sen. Bernie Sanders. The Richmond councilwoman has staked out positions on the left of the Democratic spectrum.
