Emergency Operations Center

In an effort to provide aid to Berkeley community members unable to receive vaccine doses from mass vaccination sites, a mobile vaccine clinic was hosted last week at the Ed Roberts Campus, or ERC, for eligible groups to receive their first doses of the Pfizer vaccine.

With COVID-19 shifting the traditional workplace to remote work and posing a wide variety of challenges, both the city of Berkeley and UC Berkeley have developed useful virtual work strategies that may carry forward into the future. 

The return of research at UC Berkeley is underway, with 30 research buildings planned to open by the end of June, campus administration said.

Mayor Jesse Arreguín hosted a virtual town hall meeting Saturday to discuss the city’s progress dealing with COVID-19 and to answer questions from citizens about the city’s transition to reopening.

Communitywide preparations are underway after the first case of COVID-19, a coronavirus that has been spreading across the globe, has been confirmed in Berkeley.

The degree to which City Council has translated its progressive ideas into action since the 2016 local elections remains a widespread source of debate.

Sophie Hahn is now a District 5 Berkeley City Council member. But she’s also a mother, a former lawyer, a whistleblower and an activist.

While the holidays were a time of celebration for many, for homeless residents in Berkeley, the dropping temperatures meant increasing strains on their health that led to the death of two community members.

The capacity of storm shelters in Berkeley has doubled in response to a City Council directive discussed at last Tuesday’s meeting, providing about 130 people with nightly shelter as the weather in Berkeley worsens.

UC Berkeley’s new Emergency Operations Center, located in Warren Hall, was officially opened on Friday, as part of a five year plan to improve campus emergency response procedures.