A much-anticipated discussion of one was removed from the April 24 planning commission agenda. Earlier this afternoon, the University of California's property development director and project manager for the Whole Foods and senior housing project at Un... »
The Gill Tract land near San Pablo and Marin avenues now under occupation by social justice advocates and urban farmers was not unused—it was just waiting for spring planting by a group of researchers, several of whom study plant genetics, and Miguel A... »
Officials from the University of California at Berkeley said they will work to find a peaceful resolution with activists who took over Albany's Gill Tract on Sunday to plant an urban farm, says the university. Anya Kamenskaya, who is involved with the ... »
According to one local activist with SF Bay Food Shed, about 300 protesters and food justice advocates marched from a Berkeley rally "and occupied the Gill Tract around 1:30." They immediately started working the land and planting the 10,000 veggie sta... »
-With contribution from Bay City News A group of activists says it has taken over a tract of University of California at Berkeley-owned land on the Berkeley-Albany border and plans to plant seedlings and convert the land to agricultural use. The group,... »
The number jobless rose last month in the East Bay. The unemployment rate for the region in March increased to 9.8 percent, up from 9.6 percent in February. However, the region also added 6,200 jobs. The biggest gains came in education and health servi... »
Marin Avenue is once again the site of a serious crash between a vehicle and a pedestrian. But officials said late Wednesday afternoon that the pedestrian has been released from the hospital and "is doing well." Sgt. Mary Kusmiss of the Berkeley Police... »
Brandon McCartney, the 22-year-old Berkeley native better known as the gold-grilled rapper Lil B "THE BASEDGOD", will be appearing at New York University's Kimmel Center on April 11, the university announced last week. But the performer SPIN Magazine c... »
Look at a color-coded map "walkability" map of Berkeley and you’ll see a dense swath of green, bordered by a thin strip of yellow that fades into pink on the east. That swath of green is the most walkable portion of the city -- pedestrian-friendly enou... »
Here's a question to add to your St. Patrick's Day celebration: How Irish is your town? Berkeley beat out El Cerrito's Irish population at 8.6 percent, but fell behind Albany at 10.4 percent. We have 9.0 percent Irish. San Francisco, host of the West ... »
In 2005, Marin Avenue went on a diet. In the jargon of urban planners that means a stretch of the road that follows the course of an old creek from the Berkeley Hills to San Pablo Avenue was narrowed from four travel lanes to two. A two-way turn lane a... »
When I lived in LA, I commuted 374 miles to see my Bay Area dentist because every time I went to some fancy dental office in LA, they’d give me a “treatment plan.” They wanted to rip out my amalgam fillings and replace them with porcelain. The cost? Ro... »
One of the upsides of living in a university town is the abundance of places catering to hungry students in a hurry. That means plenty of tasty sandwich shops. Where do you go for the best sandwich in Berkeley? Vote for your favorite in the poll at th... »
Commute time on the Interstate 80 is anyone’s guess. But that could be about to change, according to the nine cities and multiple local agencies who have teamed up to tackle congestion on one of Northern California's busiest freeways. The I-80 Integrat... »
If you want to know what's being planned to reduce the heavy traffic jams on Interstate 80 in Alameda and Contra Costa counties, local agencies will tell you at an "open house" meeting Monday night in Richmond. The meeting from 6-9 p.m. at the Richmond... »
