Alameda

The Urban Shield program does not reflect our needs. In the past decade, rather than confronting terrorist threats, the police department has trended toward facing high-risk searches, arrest warrant services, patrol support and crowd management. The tactical exercises at Urban Shield do not focus on these activities but instead on politically motivated mass violence, obscuring the principle of de-escalation in community crime encounters.

Six police departments sent SWAT teams to serve warrants for people responsible for a series of cell phone store robberies in the East Bay.

As a food-insecure student who struggles to balance the stress of a job on top of classes, UC Berkeley sophomore Jenifer Lomeli-Quintero called the food stamps she is given through CalFresh a “lifesaver.”

With three locations in Oakland, Alameda and San Francisco, Burma Superstar has been bringing traditional Burmese flavor to the Bay Area for over 25 years.

Street art has a paramount role in the history and culture of Berkeley. Once disregarded as mere vandalism, street art is now a prestigious field of art.

On Wednesday about 8:25 a.m., members of the Berkeley Police Special Response Team arrested Berkeley resident Anthony McCurty, 37, in connection with a shooting that occurred last month near Burnett Street, according to a Nixle alert released Monday by BPD.

Zach Cowan retired from his city attorney position Friday after nearly 24 years of service with the city of Berkeley. He will be succeeded by Farimah Brown, a municipal attorney who has worked for various cities of the East Bay.

Café Nostos, a café featuring a variety of authentic Greek pastries, opened its doors for business near Downtown Berkeley on Wednesday.

Berkeley City Council unanimously passed an item last week in support of an investigation into the impeachment of President Donald Trump.

Telecommunications service providers recommended that California Public Utilities Commission, or CPUC, use the overlay method, meaning it will add a new area code in the region, in addition to the 510 area code. The plan, pending CPUC approval, would add a new area code by December 2017, according to CPUC’s website.