Bancroft Way

Commuters planning to use Berkeley roads from Saturday evening to midday Sunday should be prepared for street closures, detours, parking restrictions and rerouted buses due to the Berkeley Half Marathon.

The Southside neighborhood could be one step closer to building taller and denser housing as early as the end of this year if proposed zoning changes are approved by Berkeley City Council tonight.

Calls for “regime change in Iran” could be heard at the corner of Bancroft Way and Telegraph Avenue from picketers waving the flags for Iran and Mujahedin-e Khalq, Iran’s main opposition group, Saturday.

UC Board of Regents approved funds to plan construction of new housing at 2200 Bancroft Way, replacing the Office of Communications & Public Affairs.

Plaintiffs have sued the City of Berkeley for dangerous condition of property after veteran Williams Evans was hit and killed by a truck driver. Construction Materials Trucking Inc. and Rojas Trucking have also been sued for negligence.

AC Transit made a slate of changes to bus routes starting in August, including the extension of Line 7 and reduction of less traveled lines in Berkeley, it announced Thursday. 

ASUC senators discussed upcoming projects with campus administration and passed new resolutions at the weekly Senate meeting Wednesday.

A vigil was held Tuesday for William Evans, who was killed by a truck driver while crossing Bancroft Way at Shattuck Avenue in his wheelchair.  

On May 2, 2017, the city of Berkeley approved the Berkeley Bicycle Plan 2017. The plan recommended a network of bike facilities that would connect Berkeley as a whole, making it possible for people to get around without unsafe intersections and high volumes of traffic.

Mark Humbert, a federal employee benefits attorney and 20-year Berkeley resident, is running for the Berkeley District 8 City Council seat.