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2024 Election: How to find your Alameda County voter guide

Here's our step-by-step guide to find your voter guide online, along with some other election resources.

Body found in Berkeley Hills ravine near Codornices Park

Update: The coroner's office identified the man as 21-year-old Christopher Zimmerman of Berkeley.

Dispatch from Berkeley wildfire season: Cut, whack, yank, dig, repeat

Home inspections, a "fuel break" on Grizzly Peak and a project focused on eucalyptus understory cleanup are just a few of the efforts underway.

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Fall 2024 election guide for Berkeley and Alameda County

Here are many of the key races you'll find on the ballot in Berkeley on Nov. 5, 2024. We'll keep this voter guide updated as it gets closer.

UC Berkeley warns of sex crimes tied to 'spiked drinks'

Community frustration over WarnMe alerts remains high months after the university promised a review of the notification system.

Berkeley votes to tackle its most hazardous homeless camps

The vote came after hours of impassioned public comment with most speakers urging the city not to criminalize the homeless.