The poll showed Chromebooks were used 37 minutes per day in middle school, 20 in HS. But some parents said they suspect actual usage is higher and pleaded for a full ban on phones and AI.

Three years ago, the East Bay Regional Park District allowed e-bikes on trails. An informal survey shows hikers on Iron Horse Trail now feel unsafe.

Journalist Janet Byron recounts her experience covering the blaze that turned catastrophic on Oct. 20, 1991, as a newbie ...

Incumbent Mark Humbert supports a plan to allow larger apartments in the Elmwood. Challengers Mari Mendonca and Michael Wallman oppose it.

Thomas Appleton writes about how Alta Bates staff treated dozens of burned patients while watching the fire approach the ...

Berkeley Ace Hardware and Berkeley Humane (both est. 1895) are among the hundreds of organizations 25 years or older celebrated.

When Gary and I moved from Ithaca, N.Y., back to the Bay Area in 1990 and looked for a house, the threat of fire never crossed my mind.

It would bring Berkeley’s total sales tax in line with Oakland and Albany and maintain the essential services we all rely on.

Measure RTM is needed to keep the Bay Area moving. If it fails to pass, BART could go into a tailspin and AC Transit would ...

After almost 15 years in The Town, Flipside burgers will close Oct. 31. Flipside, located along the Lakeshore commercial ...

Police believe the Richmond man hit the pedestrians, both in their 70s, at University Avenue and Eighth Street on Oct. 7.

Measure U could cost Berkeley taxpayers roughly $600 million over four decades, yet it fails to prioritize the critical, long ...