Berkeley City Councilmember Kate Harrison in a surprise announcement Tuesday said she is resigning from office, making it the second resignation of a member of the council this month.
On Tuesday, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit dismissed Berkeley’s landmark natural gas appliances ban in new buildings and declined to revisit the case. This decision reaffirms
UC Berkeley officials hope a makeshift barrier of stacked cargo containers will keep protesters out of People's Park while the campus presses forward with a plan to convert the historic site to student housing.
People’s Park advocates anticipate that UC Berkeley will fence off the park this week in an event similar to the last time a perimeter fence was erected in August 2022.
Following the conclusion of the independent investigation looking into allegations of misconduct and racist text messages by the Berkeley Police Department Bike Unit, the Berkeley Police Accountability Board expressed frustration with the lack of transparency surrounding the findings.