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About $342,500, a little less than half of the approximately $705,000 raised in the race so far, has come from just 30 sources. By Zack Haber Nine candidates are running to represent District 5 on the Alameda County’s Board of Supervisors. District 5 covers West and North Oakland and includes Emeryville, Berkeley, Piedmont and Albany.

Now that Intuit is discontinuing its personal finance app Mint in January, some startups say they are already seeing a bump in new...

Monarch's co-founder said that Nov. 1 “was our biggest day in terms of new users since we launched the app” in January 2021.

Now that Intuit is discontinuing its personal finance app Mint in January, some startups say they are already seeing a bump in new customers. One of these is Monarch Money, a subscription-based money manager app co-founded by Val Agostino, Jon Sutherland and Ozzie Osman, with the goal of helping customers create financial goals and a path to achieve them. My colleague Mary Ann Azevedo reported on the company in 2021 when Monarch raised $4.8 million in seed funding.

The Berkeley City Council adopted new regulations for Accessory Dwelling Units, or ADUs, in the Berkeley Hills at its regular meeting Tuesday.

For an industry that doesn’t do it for the money, we sure talk about money an awful lot in the world of startups. A few posts were written this past week diving deeper into the numbers that drive VC…

Whether as a method of providing government feedback or a vessel for reaching the public, many Berkeley City Council commenters are in agreement: public comment in council meetings can be a valuable tool for the city’s citizens.

More than 100 cyclists rode down Hopkins Street in support of bike lanes and street safety in the city of Berkeley.

Residents expressed concerns following an announcement by Mayor Arreguín sharing the city’s plans to incorporate blockchain into the municipal bond system.