Berkeley News

EMA is proposing a plan to deter fire danger by clearcutting several forest areas in the hills, targetting eucalyptus mostly, and spraying herbicides to kill undergrowth.

Recent events in Berkeley have laid bare many of the weaknesses in our approach to caring for those with mental illness.

Isaac Johnson, a junior at Berkeley High School, had been on life support since the May 11 shooting, and was pronounced dead about 2:30 p.m. Friday, said his aunt Kaye Hudson of Berkeley.

Tomorrow night Berkeley-born Patrick Landeza will find out if he is the first musician living and working outside the islands to win a coveted Na Hoku Hanohano Award, the Hawaiian music industry's top honor.

The East Bay hills don't need to wait for the next fire storm. There's one raging right now over a plan to clear thousands of trees-estimates range from 22,000 to 85,00, depending on who you ask-from Berkeley's Strawberry and Claremont Canyons and parts of the Oakland hills.

Dr. Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa entered the United States by literally hopping over a fence.

In the time it takes to cook a baked potato, one Bay Area rabbi can teach students how to identify all 24 books of the Bible and its ancient commentaries.

After more than 12 months of planning, San Francisco's third Moishe House opened in Cow Hollow earlier this year.

A patio of squares and rounds Colored stones, surrounded by pavers of stained concrete, create the illusion of a stream bubbling through the center of this 12-foot patio in Berkeley.

For some gardeners, warmer weather means more fruit and veggies to swap and share.

One of the Bay Area's most famous restaurants is set to reopen June 21, nearly four months after a fire destroyed parts of the building.

The federal government may chop down some 82,000 trees near Berkeley's Strawberry Canyon and in Claremont Canyon in the hills near North Oakland, according to reports.

The school board Wednesday night named Donald Evans as the new superintendent to oversee the district after a tumultuous search that took over a year.

A University of California, Berkeley, law school graduate has taken a plea deal in the beheading of an exotic bird last October at a Las Vegas Strip resort Prosecutor Frank Coumou said Thursday that 26-year-old Hazhir Kargaran appeared in court Wednesday and was sentenced to two days in the Clark County jail, a one-year suspended sentence, a $1,000 ... (more)

An exhibit at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archives spins an ancient-but-technologically astute portrait of expression from six graduates of the UC Berkeley Master of Fine Arts program.

Gov. Jerry Brown is set to continue his climate change charge, joining scientists releasing a 20-page call to action on environmental problems including pollution, extinctions and population growth.

Cloutier will leave his position as program director for public policy, community health and civic engagement at the San Francisco Foundation, where he served for two years.

Clark County prosecutors have charged a third University of California, Berkeley law student in connection with the October beheading of an exotic bird on the Strip.

John Cameron Fogerty achieved fame as the lead singer/songwriter and guitarist in Creedence Clearwater Revival and has since gone on to a chart-topping solo career.

BERKELEYSIDE: The owners a popular Telegraph Avenue ice cream shop have asked Berkeley officials to revoke the permit for a new ice cream take-out window proposed to open right across the street, at Rasputin Music.