Crews from multiple fire agencies have responded, and Cal Fire is dropping water from the sky as wary residents watch from across the East Bay.

Nosh covers food and restaurant news across the East Bay, and each week we publish one article covering all the restaurant openings and one article covering closin ...

A committee chose Sí Se Puede Park as the new name for the waterfront open space. The City Council is poised to approve the pick next week.

The poll showed Chromebooks were used 37 minutes per day in middle school, 20 in HS. But some parents said they suspect actual usage is higher and pleaded for a full ban on phones and AI.

Three years ago, the East Bay Regional Park District allowed e-bikes on trails. An informal survey shows hikers on Iron Horse Trail now feel unsafe.

Journalist Janet Byron recounts her experience covering the blaze that turned catastrophic on Oct. 20, 1991, as a newbie ...

Incumbent Mark Humbert supports a plan to allow larger apartments in the Elmwood. Challengers Mari Mendonca and Michael Wallman oppose it.

Berkeley Ace Hardware and Berkeley Humane (both est. 1895) are among the hundreds of organizations 25 years or older celebrated.

Thomas Appleton writes about how Alta Bates staff treated dozens of burned patients while watching the fire approach the ...

When Gary and I moved from Ithaca, N.Y., back to the Bay Area in 1990 and looked for a house, the threat of fire never crossed my mind.

Incumbent Mark Humbert, who supports a limited version of the plan to bring more housing to Elmwood, faces challengers Mari Mendonca and Michael Wallman, who want to scrap the idea.

It would bring Berkeley’s total sales tax in line with Oakland and Albany and maintain the essential services we all rely on.