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North Berkeley,  Warland, along with her boyfriend, are captured confronting McIntosh along a Berkely street and accusing him of speeding. McIntosh said the couple followed him to his next stop, where Warland allegedly started screaming at him and calling him names, including the n-word. ‘Instantly just started cursing me out like, first sentence I’m getting cursed at,’ McIntosh said. ‘I was getting just racially profiled from the jump,’ he added.  ‘I was just trying to do my job...

Especially in the East Bay, this type of sale isn’t an anomaly anymore.

The most and least vaccinated counties in the San Francisco Bay Area FacebookTwitterEmail Chris Mathura, 17, receives his COVID-19 vaccine from nurse Kimberly Torda at UCSF Benioff Children Hospital in Oakland, Calif. on April 15, 2021. It was the first day that anyone over 16 years old in California could receive the COVID-19 vaccine.Douglas Zimmerman/SFGATE You can now find out how many people in your neighborhood are vaccinated. The state of California released a new data set last week that ...

On the edge of West Berkeley, dozens of tents and vehicles can be seen congregating on Second Street as members of the unhoused community wait to be admitted to homeless shelters at full capacity. Amid various implications of the COVID-19 pandemic, a single mother and her child resided in the basement of another family’s house in North Berkeley, struggling to make ends meet during the decline of the local and national economy. With the enforcement of health protocols, an individual in South B...

Ashby, North Berkeley BART housing developments aim for affordability Ryan Kendrick/Staff A $53 million housing investment around the Ashby and North Berkeley BART stations was approved by Berkeley City Council. According to Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguín, Berkeley has a memorandum of understanding with BART to reach “35% affordability at both sites." Last Updated May 3, 2021 Berkeley City Council approved a $53 million investment in building housing around the Ashby and North Berkeley BART s...

Cheese Board Collective’s co-founder Elizabeth Valoma dies at 91 By Tanay Warerkar and Serena Dai © Paul Chinn / The Chronicle A selection of cheeses at the Cheese Board Collective in Berkeley, Calif. on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016. Elizabeth Valoma — the woman who co-founded Berkeley institution the Cheese Board Collective, an establishment at the forefront of the worker-owned food collective movement in the Bay Area — has died at the age of 91. A member of the collective c...

Police investigated two shootings, made two hate crime arrests and seized several guns during traffic stops. Strangers attacked two older women.

Berkeley City Council passes historic investment in affordable housing  Sam Albillo/File Berkeley City Council unanimously passed the largest investment in affordable housing in the city’s history and an ordinance requiring police to report the deployment of controlled equipment. Last Updated April 29, 2021 During its regular meeting Tuesday evening, Berkeley City Council discussed police reporting of controlled equipment and affordable housing — marking a historic vote for the city. The c...

Updated on April 28, 2021 at 6:35 am East Bay Times via Getty Images An allocation of $53 million to help ensure that development being planned at the Ashby and North Berkeley BART stations includes 35 percent affordable housing was unanimously approved Tuesday night by the Berkeley City Council. "If passed, this would represent the citys single largest investment in affordable housing in history," Mayor Jesse Arreguin said on Twitter before the vote. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android...

Berkeley OKs spending $53M on affordable housing projects at BART stations By KTVU staff Berkeley invests in affordable housing at the BART Ashby parking lot. BERKELEY, Calif. - The city of Berkeley is about to make the biggest affordable housing investment in city history.  On Tuesday night, the city council voted to spend $53 million to develop hundreds of new affordable homes at the Ashby and North Berkeley BART stations.     BART leaders are excited about the projects approval. Bart boar...