Shannon Allen

Bayer HealthCare LLC, or Bayer, a global pharmaceutical company, presented a 30-year development agreement for a facility within 3 miles of Downtown Berkeley to Berkeley’s Zoning Adjustments Board on Thursday.

City Council members and Berkeley residents expressed opposition to UC Berkeley’s proposed Long Range Development Plan, or LRDP, at a special council meeting Tuesday.

On April 30, Berkeley City Council voted to approve the construction of a Kaiser Permanente medical office building and a surface parking lot to serve patients.

Berkeley City Council will meet Tuesday to discuss proposed reforms to Berkeley Police Department’s use of force policy, among other items.

City Council discussed a Zoning Adjustments Board, or ZAB, appeal and alternative sources of funding for homeless service nonprofit agencies at its regular meeting Tuesday.

After approximately five and a half hours of presentation, public comment and debate at Tuesday’s special Berkeley City Council meeting, a motion to overturn the approval of Berkeley Honda’s new dealership location on Shattuck Avenue fell one vote short of passing.

At its Tuesday meeting, Berkeley City Council voted to overturn the Landmarks Preservation Commission’s December decision to classify the original Berkeley Bowl building as a “structure of merit.”