Visit Berkeley

For Berkeley residents with an affinity for pizza, beer and funky music, a local brewery and restaurant has collaborated with the California Jazz Conservatory, or CJC, to host a music night every Wednesday. 

Shopping locally has gone digital with Berkeley Bucks, Visit Berkeley’s new e-gift-cards redeemable only at Berkeley businesses.

Residence Inn Berkeley, a 16-story hotel, will be opening in Downtown Berkeley this October in response to growing demands.

On Friday, Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguín announced the reactivation of the Berkeley Relief Fund and the launch of the Berkeley Holidays campaign, both of which aim to support small businesses.

Berkeley residents celebrated a mostly socially distanced Halloween on Saturday night with events organized by the city's neighborhoods in accordance with COVID-19 safety guidelines.

Ahead of the expected August UC Berkeley move-in season, tourism organization Visit Berkeley delivered personal protective equipment, or PPE, to local hotels June 23 and 24.

Small and local businesses around Berkeley are struggling because of the COVID-19, colloquially known as the coronavirus, pandemic.

Pending a vote at its Oct. 15 regular meeting, the Berkeley City Council will implement a preliminary batch of 15 smart kiosks on city sidewalks. 

A new Best Western Plus location is slated to open in North Berkeley at the intersection of University Avenue and Sacramento Street this May, and will provide more space for visitors in the city, as first reported by Berkeleyside.

The development of a 16-story hotel in downtown Berkeley will move forward with a new design, after Measure R – an expansion of regulations on downtown buildings – failed to pass in November, according to a press release last Tuesday.