Berkeley to get a little greener with new alternative to PG&E
Eleven cities participating in East Bay Community Energy will switch over commercial accounts in June, and residential in November.
Natalie Orenstein joined the Berkeleyside staff in early 2017, and has contributed reporting to the site since 2012, when she started as an intern. She previously wrote about public policy and social science research for a number of national nonprofits and foundations. Her journalism has also appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, the J Weekly, the San Francisco Bay Guardian, and elsewhere. Natalie is a proud Berkeley native and has only strayed from the Bay Area once, to attend Pomona College.
Felarca case draws crowd to Sacramento, but hearing on Berkeley teacher’s dismissal motion postponed
The King Middle School teacher is facing a felony charge from a violent Sacramento neo-Nazi rally and counter protest in 2016.
REALM consolidates its Berkeley charter schools, hopes to improve finances
The vote, by the Berkeley School Board, takes the possibility of revocation of REALM's charter off the table for now.
Berkeley Unified is investigating teacher who showed historic weapon in class
A popular Berkeley High history teacher was placed on administrative leave after he showed an old bazooka to his students.
Plans underway for ‘tiny house village’ in West Berkeley
A "tiny house village" for homeless youth could be built at the current Ohmega Salvage site in West Berkeley.
Police respond to South Berkeley gunfire, find casings in two locations
No victims were found in either of two nearby locations where shell casings were found.
First permitted cob structure in Berkeley could pave way for more green building
The backyard shed is made out of a cheap, earthen material similar to adobe and not recognized in the building code.
Should UC Berkeley’s Oxford Tract be developed for student housing?
At a town hall held this week, discussion centered on whether to build much-needed student housing on a Berkeley tract of land long used for extensive research.
Berkeley police tell Marina RV campers to move out … or get towed
More than 20 people have been living in RVs parked along Marina Boulevard for months.
Gov. Brown pardons Berkeley Ecology Center employee at risk of deportation
"There are many opportunities that have opened up for me," said Daniel Maher, who lost his legal status when he was convicted of crimes in the 1990s.
Seven options on shortlist for LeConte Elementary’s new name
Suggestions for LeConte's new name include civil-rights icons, Berkeley school figures and a Spanish word. You can vote for your favorite on an unofficial Berkeleyside reader poll!
These students in Berkeley run their own food business out of a classroom
At Growing Leaders, Willard Middle School students learn to garden, cook and sell 600 meals each month.
