Hate crime report: Transgender woman shot with pellet gun
Someone with a pellet gun shot a transgender woman in the back as she walked in downtown Berkeley on Friday. City officials are speaking out.
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Ohlone Park homeless camp closure set for this week
People on both sides say they are considering legal action.
Berkeley faces 'tough choices' as budget talks continue
Money for an affordable housing program may be on the chopping block. A citywide hiring freeze is already in place.
Are meetings with Mayor Adena Ishii Berkeley's hottest ticket?
Appointments for the next round of office hours, on July 1, will open the week of June 9.
A new sanctioned encampment isn't a pipe dream: Op-ed
"Sweeps are expensive, cruel and ultimately useless, merely shifting the rousted population to elsewhere in Berkeley," Amber Whitson argues.
Berkeley postpones EMBER vote, announces workshops
District 6 Councilman Brent Blackaby shared the following announcement Thursday. It has been reprinted with permission.
Berkeley ceasefire vote splits City Council and community
Mayor Adena Ishii was unable to unite her colleagues behind a single proposal. A Berkeley-focused item from Terry Taplin won the night.