Frontline workers at Alta Bates hospital will be the first in Berkeley to get the COVID-19 vaccine
The vaccine will be distributed during one of the darkest months of the pandemic, with cases surging throughout the Bay Area and California.
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The vaccine will be distributed during one of the darkest months of the pandemic, with cases surging throughout the Bay Area and California.
The plan aims for 100% affordable housing at Ashby BART, and 50% throughout the corridor
Berkeley Unified School District is calling on the state legislature to make teachers among the first people prioritized for the COVID-19 vaccine once it begins rolling out.
Ruth Acty taught in Berkeley Unified School District for 50 years, and was a key part of efforts to integrate school staff in the early 1940s.
The new guidelines prohibit gatherings with people outside of your household through Jan. 4.
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District is issuing a spare the air alert for Saturday because of pollution from wood burning, hitting a new record with 50 alerts in 2020.
Lasher’s was known as the local “fix-it” spot where you could find unique and obscure parts
Alameda County, which is in the Bay Area region of the new guidelines, currently has 33% ICU capacity.
On Tuesday, Berkeley City Council approved a batch of measures to support restaurants and food makers impacted by the pandemic.
Neighbors expressed concern about Eimoto living in the damaged home, but said he was very attached to the property.
The man is believed to be a “known resident” of the home, according to the Berkeley Fire Department.
Thousands of customers were without internet Tuesday in Berkeley as Comcast responded to damaged fiber cables from fire at a shared PG&E utility pole in San Pablo.
After three short weeks, indoor dining is once again closed in Berkeley as the state grapples with a rise in COVID-19 cases and Alameda County return to the purple tier.
A two-alarm fire displaced five people early Monday morning at an apartment building in the 2600 block of Etna Street, authorities said.
It is among 41 counties in the state that are now classified as Tier 1, the purple tier, indicating widespread coronavirus spread.
It’s bad luck to kill an Albatross, but owner Andrew McGee says he hopes to preserve the pub’s people-focused mission if he ever opens a bar again.
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