Tom Bates

City Council is taking steps toward establishing more shelter spaces and resources for homeless residents for the coming winter after a regular meeting Tuesday night.

During its Tuesday regular meeting, Berkeley City Council is scheduled to discuss adopting a resolution that, if passed, will request an examination of the Alameda County probate court's legal practices.

The Berkeley Animal Rights Center, or ARC, is facing the potential termination of its lease with the city after the ARC received a letter Sept. 30 outlining alleged violations of the lease terms.

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.

The League of Conservation Voters of the East Bay, or LCVEB, announced on Monday their endorsement of Berkeley mayoral candidate Laurie Capitelli.

The Berkeley City Manager’s Office provided an update on a plan to improve the city’s ability to serve the Berkeley community and presented the positive progress of a city education initiative during a special Berkeley City Council meeting Tuesday.

Berkeley City Council unanimously agreed to hold a public hearing to discuss the first phase of a pilot program that will add a two-lane bikeway and a transit-only lane to sections of Bancroft Way at its regular meeting Tuesday.

Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill into legislation Thursday intended to increase transparency between licensed contractors and the Contractors State License Board, or CSLB, in light of the 2015 Berkeley balcony collapse.

UC Berkeley public policy professor and former U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich endorsed Berkeley mayoral candidate Laurie Capitelli on Thursday, one week after former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders endorsed opposing mayoral candidate Jesse Arreguin.

Berkeley City Council’s summer recess, which like those of many East Bay cities lasts about eight weeks from mid-July to mid-September, has prompted some community concerns that it at times has rushed or delayed the council's decision-making process.