Downtown Berkeley Association

Berkeley City Council approved the Berkeley Police Department’s request to use pepper spray against violent protesters with a 6-3 vote at Tuesday’s special meeting.

The founders of Caviar, a delivery service company, plan on opening Chick'n Rice, a Thai casual dining restaurant, on Center Street later this August.

Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguín will hold his first-ever state of the city address July 10 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre in Downtown Berkeley.

Calling all artists: until the end of the month, the city of Berkeley is looking for a sculpture to be featured as part of the renovated Downtown BART plaza. The open call is for an already-made sculpture to be featured in the plaza.

According to Chipotle spokesperson Chris Arnold, construction for the restaurant will begin in early 2017, and is set to open mid-year at 2225 Shattuck Ave.

Saha, a new Middle Eastern cuisine restaurant on Shattuck Avenue that filled the vacancy left by Herbivore, celebrated its opening at a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday.

With the upcoming November election in mind, the Downtown Berkeley Association, or DBA, released the responses to a questionnaire Monday that asked mayoral and Berkeley City Council candidates about their visions for the future of the Downtown area.

Construction began Monday on the Downtown Berkeley BART station that is estimated to be completed by the end of next year.

The popular street vendor company Off the Grid is back on the grid and set to open a food truck market for the fourth time in Berkeley.