Nico Savidge

Tenants who have lived at a Sacramento Street apartment complex for decades fear what might happen as their property goes on the market. Mayor Adena Ishii wants to put $1.3 million toward a program that could turn it into permanently affordable housing.

Twenty Berkeley workers face layoffs, and more than 100 vacant roles will be eliminated, but jobs in the fire department were spared for now.

“It was so unnecessary,” an official said of the seven-month battle between Berkeley neighbors that escalated to the City Council.

Coming from Oakland and San Francisco, Jamie Parks will oversee the department handling street paving, safety projects and other city infrastructure.

Questions facing Berkeley residents in 2026 include whether to double the soda tax, increase sales taxes and pay new parcel taxes to support the arts and create a public bank.

City leaders will decide on an updated plan this week to build the long-debated bike lanes, at the expense of more than 100 parking spaces.

The council narrowly rejected a proposal to study changes that would encourage cyclists to ride on other North Berkeley streets.

The project on Ashby Avenue is one of two affordable housing developments planned at properties owned by historically Black churches in South Berkeley.

Steve Meckfessel said his firm hopes to attract tech companies to the West Berkeley building, while supporting its independent filmmakers.

Voters will pick from crowded fields in two City Council races, while a Rent Board commissioner who didn’t make the ballot for re-election says she’s planning a legal challenge.