Police report flooding under I-80 overpass on Ashby Avenue
Drivers are encouraged to avoid Ashby at the I-80 overpass while Caltrans addresses the flooding.
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Berkeley schools, Cal closed Friday due to air quality; Saturday farmers market canceled
The poor air quality in Berkeley has prompted schools, colleges and outdoor events to shut down.
Berkeleyside wins SPJ excellence award for longform story on Milo Yiannopoulos’ contentious Berkeley visit
'One day, one night: The fuse that lit the Battles of Berkeley' is a 12,000-word oral history crafted by Frances Dinkelspiel that tells a story through the voices of those who were there.
Mountain lion spotted by couple sitting on bench at Lawrence Hall of Science
It's the second mountain lion sighting in the Berkeley hills in the past two months.
Michael Krasny, local authors to share stories about beloved pets at Best in Show
The KQED Forum host will be at 'Best in Show: Stories from Beyond the Shelter' Friday at the Freight, a fundraiser for Berkeley Humane's lifesaving mission featuring local authors Julie Barton and Steven Winn.
Charlie Hallowell pens open apology, moves forward with Berkeley restaurant opening
In a long letter sent by email to the Pizzaiolo community, the East Bay restaurateur expresses remorse and talks about the steps he has taken to improve his operation moving forward.
Update: Power restored after outage for 3,000+ in Northwest Berkeley, Albany
The PG&E outage map at 10:05 p.m. showed power had been restored to the 3,006 customers without power earlier in the evening.
Bayer HealthCare in Berkeley cuts 227 jobs, citing need to make ‘efficiencies’
The West Berkeley company, one of the city's largest employers, says the move is a result of needing to make efficiencies as it transitions its customers to next-generation hemophilia drugs.
In a final TV show, Anthony Bourdain takes W. Kamau Bell on a journey of discovery
A trip to Kenya, facilitated by a Berkeley travel company, proved illuminating on many levels for East Bay comedian and TV host Bell in one of Bourdain's last TV appearances.
