Page One On the Strange Death of Michael Hastings: Was the Reporter Car-Hacked or Bombed? By Gar Smith Thursday August 08, 2013 - 02:56:00 PM First responders at crash scene where reporter Michael ...

In the past thirty years, three Berkeley-born businesses revolutionized their industries and made their names famous around the world: Chez Panisse, Peet’s Coffee and The Body Shop. You may be ...

Two disturbing responses to last night's City Council meeting. The first, Sophie Hahn's shocking statement at Kate Harrison's resignation. Ms Harrison carefully delineated her principled stand in her ...

Far from being an ancient indigenous art, Irish crochet was invented in the mid-1800s as a way of enabling families and communities to survive the potato famine. The invention is generally credited to ...

Since 1969, California has required that all local governments plan to meet the housing needs of everyone in the community regardless of income. The state required process for determining how many ...

Some parallels can be drawn between forcing women to carry pregnancies against their will, and forcing people deemed mentally ill to receive medication and other treatment against their will. There ...

The Berkeley Neighborhoods Council (BNC) is writing this letter because of deep concerns expressed by many Berkeley neighborhoods over the increasing threat to the well-being of residents and the ...

California’s most pre-eminent sculptor of the late 19 th century was both a disabled Berkeley man and one of the first artists from the then-young state to earn international attention and acclaim.

[Editor’s Note: We believe that “if in doubt about how to vote, ask Margot”. She’s the best candidate for Berkeley’s Assemblymember. As such, she’s been to all the candidate forums, so she’s gotten a ...

Only a few weeks are left to see Berkeley’s beloved burrowing owl before it departs from its winter home at the water’s edge of Cesar Chavez Park. Whether this rare and beautiful creature will return ...

The East Bay's Non-commercial VoiceIn modern times, it is established that racism and homophobia are not socially acceptable. Now, in today's culture, people are finding other ways to hate. Calling ...

I often think I should approach writing the Activist’s Diary like plein air painting by picking a .point in time and stopping, but the world and the City keep moving on while I write. I finished Naomi ...