With its new community wildfire plan, the city is tightening fire risk vegetation requirements, exploring ways to help homeowners fund the work, and taking steps toward restricting parking on narrow streets in the hills.
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Election 2022: What is Measure N?
It’s on the ballot because California’s state constitution requires cities to get permission from residents to build affordable housing.
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What makes Berkeley a hotbed of worker co-ops?
With its roots in 1970s counterculture, Berkeley has more worker co-ops per capita than any other city in the state.
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City settles for $95k with elderly Berkeley homeowner burdened by code repair debt
A hearing is set for October to determine whether Leonard Powell’s court-ordered receiver mismanaged his home code problems.
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North Berkeley Senior Center is finally open
The center is open from 9 a.m. to 3 p,m. Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. It is closed on Tuesdays.
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What emergency services are offered in Berkeley on hot and smoky days?
The city has one official cooling center, with a policy to “consider” activating it if thermometers hit 90 degrees.
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New city website limits access to vast archive of Berkeley records
The new city website been lauded for its design, but links to public records have been broken, frustrating council members and activists.
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Worried about wildfire? Here’s how to share your thoughts on Berkeley’s wildfire risk reduction plans
The city will hold a meeting Wednesday to introduce its plan to protect the community from increasingly destructive wildfires and garner resident feedback.
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Monkeypox in Berkeley: What you need to know
From symptoms to look out for to how to find a vaccine and other ways you can protect yourself, here’s everything you need to know about monkeypox.
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Remembering Ronald Brown, personnel director for City of Berkeley, natty dresser
Brown loved to shop and travel. He died surrounded by his family at age 85 on June 11.
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Berkeley’s animal shelter is ‘swamped’ with kittens
The city shelter has become so crowded that they’ve had to put cats in kennels meant for dogs.
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Update: Case of elderly Berkeley homeowner burdened by major code repair debt will continue in the fall
Leonard Powell hopes the court will find that Berkeley and a receiver mismanaged his home code problems.