After 18 months of protests, a remade city council will debate if it should call for an end to the bombardment of Gaza and military aid to Israel.

Many Americans are skeptical. Consumer confidence has fallen ( https://apnews.com/article/ consumer-confidence-inflation-fda8125b8b8f4929b1528046d84275 8f), and Trump ...

Now that I have been so slow to finish off this Activist’s Diary and fallen into covering two weeks of meetings, it feels like the world has shifted again. Trump’s visit with Viktor Orban at ...

According to official records, the Berkeley Marina is home for 186 vessels including 172 recreational boats (including "live a-boards") and five commercial fishing boats. My long-time fave boat-name ...

It is clear from his comportment that the Mayor has lost his ethical way. He pockets his rules, yet doesn’t see that he leaves himself with nothing. He doesn’t know how to escape this; he feels those ...

The election to fill the vacant District 7 Council position is April 16. City Council Committees except the Agenda and Rules Committee and undefined “certain exceptions” are suspended until May 1.

Two disturbing responses to last night's City Council meeting. The first, Sophie Hahn's shocking statement at Kate Harrison's resignation. Ms Harrison carefully delineated her principled stand in her ...

City Council returns from winter recess on Tuesday. From 11 am – 12 pm is the online Arts Program webinar on grants. At 1:30 pm the Commission on aging meets in person. At 6 pm the Planning Commission ...

A crowd showed up at City Council on October 2, 2023. It was a new crowd, a young crowd, full of people who hadn’t been there before. And many of them appeared to be new to council’s procedures. There ...

The first week of August was a perfect kind of week. The Berkeley City Council was on summer recess and so were most of the boards and commissions. Trump was finally indicted for his attempted coup ...

Carrie-Ann Matheson, San Francisco Opera Center Artistic Director, indicates that as part of Merola Opera’s training responsibilities for young singers, care must be taken to give them support in ...