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Downtown Berkeley anticipates soon welcoming Hub Berkeley, a building pending zoning board approval that aims to create student housing. The city recently released the project’s drafted Environmental Impact Report this

The Berkeley city government agreed to repeal its ban on natural gas piping in new buildings.

As members of the External Affairs Vice President’s office (EAVP) of the Associated Student of the University of California (ASUC) at UC Berkeley, we stand united in supporting the Southside Zoning Modification Project. We urge the City Council to adopt Item 13 as presented, as it is a critical step toward building a brighter future for UC Berkeley and the Southside community.

A team of Los Angeles Times journalists analyzed the Writers Guild of America's contract with studios, marking it up line by line. See the most significant changes, the pivotal arguments and the key subtexts within this historic document.

Animal activists are applauding the decision announced over the weekend, that the Stronach Group, which owns Golden Gate Fields, will discontinue horse racing at the East Bay racetrack at the end of the year. 

We continue to track litigation and legislations involving proposed or enacted bans or limitations on natural gas appliances. As anticipated, this area continues to evolve, and we are...

In California Restaurant Association v. City of Berkeley, the Ninth Circuit ruled the EPCA preempts local bans on the installation of natural gas infrastructure in new construction. Berkeley’s ban attempted to locally accelerate recent statewide efforts at electrification.

Last week, in California Restaurant Association v. City of Berkeley, the Ninth Circuit ruled the federal Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) preempts local bans on the...

On 17 April 2023, in California Restaurant Association v. City of Berkeley, the Ninth Circuit struck down a local ordinance banning natural gas piping in newly constructed buildings,...

California Restaurant Association v. City of Berkeley, Ninth Circuit struck down Berkely ordinance banning natural gas federal law preempts ordinance. Federal Energy Policy Conservation Act EPCA EPCA is federal statute regulates energy efficiency of water heaters furnaces stoves heating