Cheryl Davila

Tensions mounted during Berkeley City Council’s first regular meeting Tuesday following the Nov. 3 elections as Councilmember Cheryl Davila made allegations about a coordinated effort to hurt her chances of reelection.

The Berkeley City Council will discuss two items Tuesday night focused on preventing gun violence, according to the City Council agenda.

In a tight race, candidate Terry Taplin is leading against incumbent Cheryl Davila with 38.52% of the vote for the Berkeley City Council District 2 seat, as of press time.

Berkeley’s Police Review Commission, or PRC, discussed how the city’s plan to dramatically cut funding to its police department has resulted in staffing challenges at a meeting Wednesday.

At its peak, about 60 people gathered at Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park on Saturday for a rally supporting Proposition 16, the Black Lives Matter movement and #EndSARS in Nigeria.

On Friday, three of the four candidates in the District 2 Berkeley City Council race discussed their platforms during a town hall hosted by BridgeUSA at Berkeley and the ASUC Office of the External Affairs Vice President.

Berkeley City Council is calling for Vollmer Peak to be renamed amid claims that August Vollmer, after whom the popular hiking destination is named, upheld ideas of white supremacy during his lifetime.

After orange, ash-filled skies left Berkeley residents wondering what climate change will mean for the future, various community organizations hosted a Q&A session Thursday with Berkeley Districts 2 and 6 City Council candidates.

Though local ordinances have suspended penalties for late rent payments as a result of the pandemic, concerns regarding holds on class registrations for students living in university housing with overdue payments were addressed at a Berkeley Tenants Union press conference Tuesday.

After almost 10 hours of discussion, Berkeley City Council approved a revised version of the Berkeley Police Department’s use-of-force policy, among other items, at its Thursday meeting.