Several Berkeleyans who were aware of the nature of the harassment of BDP advertisers became alarmed by the increasingly belligerent tactics and consequences of the campaign and thought a statement ...

The re-election of Donald Trump has accelerated the decline of the United States into oligarchy. Trump has had billionaire donors for each of his presidential campaigns, but in 2024 the role of these ...

The first two weeks in December will be the mad dash of meetings to finish up before the winter council recess from December 11 through January 20, 2025. The December 10, 2024 City Council meeting ...

Georges Bizet’s Carmen was last seen here in 2019 in Francesca Zambello’s production, which is now revved. I attended the Saturday evening performance on November 16 at the War Memorial Opera House.

Under General Director Mathew Shilvock, San Francisco Opera now offers yet another arbitrarily quirky staging, this time of Richard Wagner’s Tristan und IsoIde, which I attended on Sunday, Oc-tober 27 ...

A local non-profit, Berkeley Public Eye, films each monthly Berkeley Planning Commission meeting to better inform the community of Berkeley's land use projects and Commission policy recommendations.

Israel’s ongoing military aggression in Syria and its expansion of illegal settlements in the Golan Heights represent an alarming shift in Middle Eastern geopolitics. According to the Syrian ...

If you are unable to attend a meeting in person due to a disability and/or it is not offered in the hybrid or an accessible format, TO REQUEST A DISABILITY RELATED ACCOMMODATION(S) TO PARTICIPATE IN A ...

The members of the zoning board have a very large responsibility as you consider the proposal to demolish Berkeley’s last downtown movie theater in favor of more housing, predominantly priced at ...

The escalation of violence continues in several regions, with devastating consequences for civilians. The intensity of Israel’s military operations in Gaza, Syria, and Lebanon, as well as the broader ...

On December 2, the Times of India (TOI) led its newscast with a report on tensions in Ukraine that flashed the headline: 'America's Mistake: Putin Vows Revenge on Live TV.' TOI quoted the Russian ...