Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center

“A few days ago, I didn’t know what we were gonna do,” Worthington said. “I was focused on ‘Is there someone who can take this job and will they be successful.’”

Now in its 14th year, the festival featured an eclectic slate of music — this year’s lineup included Ivory Coast tribal pop, Cuban salsa, Latino Afro-pop, bluegrass, Middle Eastern music and dance, classical Guzheng and Tibetan folk music.

Nearly 300 UCPD officers waited on UC Berkeley's Sproul Plaza expecting violent protests in reaction to the cancellation of conservative author Ann Coulter’s planned campus address.

For the third night in a row since Donald Trump’s presidential win, Berkeley protesters took to the streets Thursday, with some joining protests of more than 600 people in Oakland.

Voters currently residing in Alameda County can now drop off their vote-by-mail ballot at any time thanks to a new drop box, which is located in front of the Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center in Downtown Berkeley.