Zoning codes clustered single-family homes in neighborhoods like Thousand Oaks and the Elmwood and allowed duplexes on the flats, creating a city stratified by wealth and race. Officials may change this.
UC Berkeley wants to upgrade the sand volleyball courts to comply with Title IX regulations, but some neighbors say that will conflict with covenants the university agreed to.
The reason African Americans and other minorities mostly live in South and West Berkeley can be traced back to government-supported racist housing practices.
A story on Berkeleyside highlighted a group that put a halt to repairs on a well-used path. It was unbalanced — many locals approve of Oakland's plans and want work to start now.
Oakland has postponed plans to repair a worn-down path near the Claremont Hotel after petitioning from local residents. Watch our video story.
Jesse Kellerman has set his new book, which he wrote with his father, in Berkeley. It features a deputy sheriff working for the coroner's bureau.
A fire in the 2800 block of Claremont Boulevard in the Claremont neighborhood closed several roads Wednesday. Crews are on the scene.
One customer devastated to hear news of the impending closure is author Michael Chabon who said, "Dark Carnival's stock-in-trade has fed my work and my imagination."
The 3000 block of Claremont Avenue is one of the quirkiest in Berkeley, with a strip of unusual stores.
Pascale Martin is making and selling a unique French confection — chocolate praline — out of her home in Berkeley's Claremont neighborhood.
This charming Dutch Colonial home, with its gracious public rooms and wonderful kitchen/family room, was orginally built in 1926.
A Berkeley resident surprised at home by several intruders Friday afternoon reminds the community to lock up over the holiday weekend.
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