The Landmarks Commission narrowly voted down an application for the historic designation, brought by opponents of the plan to zone the neighborhood for more housing.

Critics called the campaign a “farce” aimed at thwarting an effort underway to add housing along the wealthy neighborhood’s shopping strip.

The Bay Area is generating enormous wealth and growing impossibly unaffordable. Mark Wogulis and Melanie Bowden recently sold their Berkeley house after a layoff and moved to Santa Fe.

A man who witnessed the shooting at the homeless shelter known as Harrison House testified the dispute started with an argument over music.

The number of unhoused people in Berkeley ticked upward in this year's count. Local officials called it a "fluctuation" and said they want to see more data.

Single-family homes may be converted into co-living near the 36-unit Moshav cohousing condo now rising on San Pablo Avenue. And veterans of Oakland’s Radish are building a compound of their own in the Lorin District.

Artist Space Trust, launched in 2023, wants to make sure the Bay Area can remain a creative hub.

Critics called the campaign a “farce” aimed at thwarting an effort underway to add housing along the wealthy neighborhood’s shopping strip.

A proposal now headed to the City Council would set height limits of five to seven stories for certain properties on College, Solano and North Shattuck.

Berkeley commissions will weigh in on the hotly debated proposal to raise height limits along portions of College, Solano and northern Shattuck avenues.

Meanwhile, other landlords have stiffed the city out of over $1.5 million in bills due, hoping Berkeley’s vacancy tax will eventually be struck down in court.

Officials who pushed for Berkeley to require more citizen petitions to start the process said they were tired of dubious attempts to landmark properties that were eyed for new housing.

The City Council will take up two proposals Tuesday night that would require preservationists to collect more signatures to start the landmarking process.

The controversial 1,100-bed People's Park housing project, set to open next fall, is one of two big new dorms to be completed by 2028.

The money from Alameda County’s Measure W will help fund supportive housing at People’s Park and affordable homes on a South Berkeley church’s property.

Paramedics tried to revive Lon Turner, 67, of El Cerrito, to no avail. He was pronounced dead at the scene, near the Ohlone Greenway.

The proposal to allow taller development on College, Solano and North Shattuck avenues has faced opposition from merchants and residents, who fear new development could push out small businesses.

Construction unions had asked Berkeley leaders to shoot down developers’ attempts to exempt themselves from local labor regulations, but council members said they didn’t have that power.

Construction unions argue local worker protections are being illegally dismantled. Developers say they’re following state law aimed at lowering the cost of building housing. The City Council is expected to act Monday night.

Some nearby residents wanted to block the 110-unit apartment complex, calling it a "behemoth" and “monstrosity.” But council members said they want more housing in North Berkeley.