Chez Panisse

At the center of the Free Speech Movement was Mario Savio, a campus student who led the student protests and movement that culminated with campus students winning the right to political free speech.

David Lance Goines was a man of many titles, from calligrapher, printer, artist, political activist to a “peculiar fellow.”

The Berkeley Forum lineup for the spring 2023 includes a diverse range of speakers and panelists who will cover various topics, including:  representation, mental health awareness and creative marketing.

Everyone has that one book that they couldn’t put down as a kid. The one that they would constantly reread and scour the pictures of cover to cover. For me, that book was actually a cookbook. Specifically, Fanny at Chez Panisse, a children's recipe guide written by Alice Waters, founder of the Berkeley restaurant Chez Panisse.

Long-time Chez Panisse welcomer Fritz Streiff died Sept. 28 at age 72.

After being closed for two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the iconic Berkeley restaurant Chez Panisse recently announced plans to reopen its North Berkeley space, forcing out its 24-year-old subleaser tapas bar César.

Alice Waters, owner and founder of Berkeley restaurant Chez Panisse, first fell in love with French cuisine while skipping classes at the Sorbonne in Paris.

Famed Berkeley restaurant Chez Panisse is suing its insurance provider, AMCO Insurance Company, for refusing to provide coverage for losses incurred from the COVID-19 pandemic.

With schools closed due to the shelter-in-place order, the Edible Schoolyard Project, which operates out of Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School, has been donating its harvests to the Berkeley Food Network.

There is a long history of female leadership in business and entrepreneurship in the city of Berkeley, and many women today continue to work to increase diversity and equity in these fields.