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Willard Pool in Berkeley Closes
BERKELEY, Calif. (KCBS)- Willard Pool on Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley has been shut down due to budget issues. The closure comes as the city council renews city worker memberships at the YMCA. Berkeley...
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Berkeley Council To Vote On Inviting Guantanamo Detainees
BERKELEY (KCBS/BCN) – The City of Berkeley was set to vote Tuesday night on a proposal to invite some former Guantanamo Bay detainees to resettle there. The resolution, which is being proposed by the...
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Berkeley Council Votes Against Welcoming Gitmo Detainees
BERKELEY (AP) — The Berkeley city council has narrowly rejected a measure that would have welcomed freed Guantanamo Bay detainees to resettle in the East Bay city. The resolution was rejected late...
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Police Union Calls For Investigation of Berkeley Chief’s Actions
BERKELEY (KCBS) — The Berkeley Police Association is calling for a formal investigation into Police Chief Michael Meehan for ordering a sergeant to make a late night visit to a reporter’s house to make...
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Berkeley’s City Council To Vote On Downtown Development Proposal
BERKELEY (CBS SF) – A plan that would allow for the construction of several tall buildings in downtown Berkeley – some up to 15 stories high – goes before the City Council for a vote Tuesday. The...
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Berkeley Mayor To Sit Farther Away From Rival At Meetings
BERKELEY (CBS 5) — A political feud between Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates and a rival city councilmember has turned into a grown-up game of musical chairs. With all the issues facing the East Bay city’s...
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Phil Matier: Berkeley Considers ‘No Drone Zone’ Proposal
OAKLAND (KCBS) – The City of Berkeley was on the brink of banning the small, unmanned aircraft commonly known as drones from hovering overhead. At its meeting Tuesday, the City Council planned to...
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New Study Claims Bay Area Power Plant Is 2nd Most Polluting In State
BERKELEY (KCBS)— A California environmental group claims that a Bay Area power plant is the second most polluting in the state according to a new study. Environment California’s report, America’s...
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Fed Up Parents Want To Shut Down A Berkeley Pot Club Because The Neighborhood...
BERKELEY (CBS SF) — Some Berkeley parents are tired of marijuana ‘contact’ fumes wafting into their yards from a nearby pot club. They want the city to do something about the 40 Acres Collective,...
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Berkeley City Council Places Moratorium On Some Police Tactics Against...
BERKELEY (KCBS) – The Berkeley City Council voted for a moratorium on the use of tear gas,rubber bullets and over-the-shoulder baton strikes by police against non-violent protesters. The Contra Costa...
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New Berkeley Councilwoman Kate Harrison Set To Be Sworn In
BERKELEY (CBS SF) — Berkeley’s city government will move further to the left Wednesday when veteran activist Kate Harrison is sworn in as the new representative for City Council District 4. In the...
View ArticleBerkeley Councilman Apologizes For Behavior After Traffic Violation
BERKELEY (KPIX) — A Berkeley city councilman is apologizing for his treatment of a police officer who pulled him over last month. At one point during the traffic stop, the lawmaker brought up the issue...
View ArticleBerkeley Councilman Texted Police Chief In Attempt To Get Out Of Ticket
BERKELEY (KPIX 5) – New evidence has emerged of how a Berkeley City Councilman tried to get his way out of a ticket for running a red light by calling the police chief. KPIX 5 reported August 24 on how...
View ArticleBerkeley City Council To Consider RV Ban During Thursday Meeting
BERKELEY (CBS SF) — The Berkeley City Council will hold a special meeting on Thursday evening to consider options for dealing with the increasing number of people who live in RVs, including prohibiting...
View ArticleBerkeley City Council Considers Natural Gas Ban In Residential Buildings
BERKELEY (KPIX 5) — A commonplace kitchen appliance that chef’s swear by might be phased out in some buildings in Berkeley. The city is considering a ban on natural gas in residential buildings. That...
View ArticleBerkeley Ordinance To Eliminate Gender-Specific Language From City Code
BERKELEY (CBS SF) – A newly passed ordinance in Berkeley is moving the city toward eliminating gender-specific language from the municipal code. Under the Berkeley ordinance that was voted on Tuesday...
View ArticleBerkeley Officials Decide Not To Cut Down Existing Traffic Circle Trees
BERKELEY (KPIX 5) — Berkeley elected officials met Tuesday to determine the fate of a number of mature trees growing in traffic circles that were going to be cut down and the city had a change of...
View ArticleBerkeley To Develop Emergency Homeless Shelter On City Land
BERKELEY (CBS SF) — The Berkeley City Council voted Tuesday night to direct City Manager Dee Williams-Ridley to develop an emergency shelter somewhere in the city to try to ease the city’s homeless...
View ArticleBerkeley City Council Votes To Slash Police Budget By $9.2 Million
BERKELEY (CBS SF) — Berkeley city councilmembers voted on Wednesday to cut the police budget next fiscal year by $9.2 million, about 12 percent, though the money saved will help backfill the city’s...
View ArticleBerkeley Passes Resolution to Eliminate Historically Racist Single-Family Zoning
BERKELEY (KPIX 5) — A new plan to revamp Berkeley neighborhoods enacted by the city council this week updates zoning laws to end past policies of housing discrimination. Tuesday night, the Berkeley...
View ArticleBerkeley City Council Unanimously Approves Elimination of Single Family Zoning
BERKELEY (CBS SF) — The Berkeley City Council voted unanimously Thursday night to start removing single-family zoning from the city and update the city’s general plan. Berkeley is working to meet the...
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