Berkeley's 2026 crop of ballot measures includes proposals to create a public bank and double the city's soda tax.

Eight-year-old Forest & Flour was a Grand Lake Avenue farmers market staple, boasting inclusive ingredients and high wages ...

Some are considering programs run by France, Canada and other countries that aim to recruit weary U.S. researchers.

At a fencing club in West Berkeley, First Person Story has carved out room for small groups of underrepresented storytellers to bond, break silences, rehash, rehearse and let loose in raucous live ...

Measure RTM is needed to keep the Bay Area moving. If it fails to pass, BART could go into a tailspin and AC Transit would ...

Igor Tregub says his experience makes him the best pick to represent Central Berkeley. Majdi Gaith says he’ll bring a fresh perspective.

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

Police believe the Richmond man hit the pedestrians, both in their 70s, at University Avenue and Eighth Street on Oct. 7.

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 ...

Ka’Dijah Brown, Jennifer Shanoski and Sandy Park are on the ballot for the three Berkeley school board seats. Reichi Lee is waging a write-in campaign.

Transit leaders say train and bus systems will collapse without the 0.5% sales tax. Opponents say taxes are too high already.

The half-cent sales tax would burden lower-income families and doesn’t fully address the structural deficit caused by city leaders’ lack of fiscal discipline.